Falcons coach noncommittal on Kirk Cousins starting vs. Giants - ESPN

Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris was largely noncommittal Tuesday when asked if Kirk Cousins will be the team's starting quarterback for Sunday's home game against the New York Giants.

The Falcons beat the Las Vegas Raiders 15-9 on the road on «Monday Night Football» to snap a four-game losing streak. But Cousins once again didn't look like himself. He was 11-of-17 for 112 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Cousins has nine interceptions in the past five games with just a single touchdown during that stretch.

«We just got back [to Georgia], man,» Morris said during a virtual news conference, when asked if Cousins will start against the Giants. «We've still got to go through all that process like we always do. Obviously getting back [early Tuesday morning], getting a big-time win.… There's no secret. We didn't play well enough [at] the quarterback position, and we got to find ways to play better.»

In previous weeks, Morris had been firm that Cousins would be the team's starting quarterback moving forward. Not so Tuesday.

The Falcons drafted quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth pick in the NFL draft back in April to be the team's quarterback of the future.

When asked if there was still a feeling in the building that Cousins was the quarterback who gave the Falcons the best chance to win, Morris replied, «That's a loaded question.»

«We didn't play particularly well at the quarterback position,» Morris said of the Raiders game. «We didn't play well yesterday at that spot. I like to be open and honest and clear about those things and it was always going to be those question marks… when it comes to the head coach, when it comes to the quarterback, and you got to be really transparent about it and we got to