Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins is one of the QBs featured in season two of Netflix’s “Quarterback,” which gives a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of NFL stars. The show follows Cousins, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, and Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff throughout the 2024 season, while also showing their personal lives.
Cousins is the only QB to be featured in both seasons of the show, so viewers have spent a lot of time watching his family on screen, including his wife, Julie Hampton. Let’s break down Cousins’ marriage and get to know his wife, Julie Hampton.
Meet Julie Hampton, Kirk Cousins’ Better Half
Hampton describes herself in her Instagram bio as a Child of God, “Wifey,” and mom to her two sons, Cooper and Turner.
She is a University of Georgia graduate who was serious about pursuing her own career aspirations apart from those of her husband. Hampton was an elementary school teacher for a short time. Between having a super-famous husband and being a mother of two sons, life changed pretty abruptly for Hampton, and her career trajectory changed too.
Hampton has her hands full as a very active momtrepreneur who runs the couple’s golf course business and their foundation, the “Julie & Kirk Cousins Foundation.”
The mother of two also has time to look flawless in NFL commercial appearances with her husband and foster dogs as an avid animal lover.
And as if that wasn’t enough, she also showcased her life for the world to see in seasons one and two of Netflix’s hit show “Quarterback.”
Julie and Kirk Cousins’ Love Story
Cousins met his future wife in 2012 through a mutual friend. The couple dated for a year and a half before becoming engaged. On the balcony of the Speaker of the House’s office in the U.S. Capitol building, Cousins popped the question.
Hampton said yes, and they got married in the summer of 2014.
Recalling the proposal, Kirk explained how nervous he was. “I was holding her hand and she goes, ‘Why are your hands cold and sweaty?’ I said, ‘I don’t know.”
But fortunately, Julie said yes and later captioned her IG post about the engagement, “I cannot wait to spend my life with the man of my dreams!”
The couple has been married for more than a decade now, and they have two boys: Cooper, born in 2017, and Turner, born in 2019. Cooper and Turner are already huge football fans and are more aware of their dad’s career than fans may think.
The Cousins make family life and marriage look easy, and Julie deserves a lot of credit for that.
Falcons Players’ Fantasy Outlook for Week 7
Here’s what PFSN’s Kyle Soppe wrote on the notable Falcons players’ fantasy outlooks for the Week 7 matchup against the 49ers:
Michael Penix Jr.
This is part of the developmental process. Michael Penix looks a lot like Cam Ward when I turn on the TV, in that there are some plays made at a high level and others missed without much reason.
I thought he showed well for himself in the upset of the Bills last week, but it didn’t really pay off in fantasy points (250 pass yards, one TD, 6 rushing yards).
He was what the Falcons needed, and he continues to load up his talented teammates with as much usage as they can handle. That’s the path to success for Atlanta, but not us.
Penix has just one game with multiple touchdown passes this season and has a total of 16 rushing yards over his past four. Steps are being taken, and that’s good for the long-term fantasy picture.
Bijan Robinson
There are three instances this season in which a player has 140+ rushing yards and 5+ targets: Bijan Robinson is responsible for two of them.
The first was the Week 2 beatdown of the Vikings, and the second was on Monday night against the Bills, a sparkling performance highlighted by an 81-yard touchdown run. Robinson has a 25-yard touch and five targets in every game this season, a role/skill set combination that is as close to bulletproof as it gets.
He’s a highlight waiting to happen: this game is appointment viewing on Sunday night, as we will have one of the best running backs in recent memory on the field essentially at all times.
Drake London
Through five games, Drake London has more catches (34) than any of his teammates have targets, and Darnell Mooney, who has missed 40% of Atlanta’s games this season, remains second on the target leaderboard when it comes to Falcon WRs.
Penix is far from a polished prospect. Still, he seems keenly aware that getting the ball to his high-pedigree teammates is a good way to make a living, and he’s executing (London, Robinson, and Kyle Pitts have accounted for 69.6% of Atlanta targets).
London has earned 10+ targets three times this season, and his monster game on Monday night (10-158-1) grows if a touchdown at the end of the first half doesn’t come off the board.
The 49ers’ defense is playing well above expectations this season, but they’ve allowed a receiver to clear 15 PPR points in four of six games, and even if Mooney were to return to action, there’s not much debating as to who the most likely player on this team is to check that box.
London is a top 10 play for me this week and not far off of that for the second half of the season as a whole.
Kyle Pitts
With under 40 receiving yards in three of his past four games, at this point, I’d love to tell you that Kyle Pitts is a TD-reliant tight end, but that’s like saying I’m a pickup basketball player who relies on his height.
I’m 5’10”. On a good day.
Pitts has played 66 games across his five seasons, earning 361 targets in the process and scoring just 11 times. If you’re waiting on a single target to get you 7-9 points, more often than not, you’re going to be waiting for all four quarters in that given week.
This, to me at least, looks different than Pitts’ tease runs of years past. His PPR points per target are trending toward a career high, and the efficiency is in a good spot to sustain, given his target diet.
- 2021: 11.2 aDOT
- 2022: 13.7 aDOT
- 2023: 12.0 aDOT
- 2024: 8.7 aDOT
- 2025: 4.9 aDOT
There’s a world in which he’s racking up 5+ catches a week, and that fuels double-digit PPR production every week.
I’m just not sure we are living in that world.