Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins ​​had a day at the office he’d like to quickly forget and left fans in A-Town and across the league clamoring for his job.

Cousins ​​passed for 245 yards and completed 24 of 39 passes in the four-point loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, but his carelessness with the ball is what doomed Atlanta.

That’s because the 36-year-old signal-caller threw four unforgivable interceptions that day, including a pick six in the loss.

Arguably his worst play came on his third interception – where he threw an emergency pass into an end zone covered with defenders. Cousins’ pass fell into triple coverage and Marcus Maye was able to catch it.

But even after that mistake, the Falcons managed to get the ball back – giving Cousins ​​one last chance at redemption.

Instead, he forced a pass on 4th-and-12 and safety Derwin James jumped the route to pick off Cousins ​​for the fourth time of the night.

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins ​​had a rough day at the office in a loss to the Chargers.

Cousins ​​threw four picks that day – including the one above, his third on the afternoon

The performance left many fans of the now 6-6 Falcons clamoring for the team to move on for rookie quarterback Michael Penix Jr. – who Atlanta drafted last year out of the University of Washington.

‘It’s time. FREE PENIX,” one user wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Former NFL quarterback Kurt Benkert tweeted: “Dude, make it stop.” Give us Penix Jr. If Bo Nix can do it in Denver, Penix can do it with all these weapons in Atlanta.

Mike Conti, play-by-play voice of Atlanta sports, posted: “You need to watch Penix now. I have no idea what Cousins ​​is doing.

Kevin Knight, a reporter for SB Nation’s “The Falcoholic” blog, posted: “Kirk Cousins ​​just put himself out of the game.” Penix deserves a chance and if he plays well, let him run the show.

Sports Illustrated’s Matt Verderame posted: “It’s time to play Michael Penix Jr. This is unbelievably bad.”

The Falcons invested a lot of money in Cousins ​​this offseason, signing him to a four-year, $180 million contract in free agency with $100 million guaranteed.

Then, Atlanta managed to select Penix with the eighth overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft.

This led some fans to call for Cousins ​​to be replaced by newcomer Michael Penix Jr.

So far, Cousins ​​hasn’t really lived up to his expectations.

He provided some big individual moments – like a Monday Night Football overtime victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 5. But his overall stats left more to be desired.

While his 2,807 passing yards rank seventh in the league and he has a solid 17-9 TD/INT ratio, his QBR of 56.8 is 20th in the league and his passer rating is 96, 6 is average.

Despite this, at 6-6, the Falcons currently lead the NFC South. Cousins ​​will face his former team, the Minnesota Vikings, on the road next Sunday.