Penix

No Cousins could be easily traded next year, the QB class supposedly sucks and someone will be desperate.

Cousins is guaranteed $100 million over the next two years, and the Falcons are expected to be penalized multiple draft picks for tampering with him.

Falcons should have tried to trade for Geno if they wanted a bridge for Penix.

If they go 9-8 and miss the playoffs, not being able to stop the run. Falcons fans are going to be pissed looking at Murphy kicking ass in Seattle. And if cousins plays well for the next 4 years and they never achieve much more than a 1 and done playoff, they will all grow to hate Penix before he ever takes the field.

Cousins is a 3 team vet with less than 3 total playoff wins.
But the money was already spent.

You don't compound that mistake by not trying to get better. Penix will likely be better.

So the pick makes sense to me, even if signing Cousins in the first place didn't.

AROS said:

Can anyone who is less myopic than me when it comes to college football explain why Penix isn’t even sniffing the top 5 QBs on anyone’s draft boards?

I watched every Huskies game last season and while he has his faults like any QB, he is a marvel to watch and one hell of a hose for a left arm.

I can’t believe he is down so low on most people’s boards. I humbly ask, what am I missing?

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Uhh injuries?

The Falcons pick one hell of a good player.

chris98251 said:

No Cousins could be easily traded next year, the QB class supposedly sucks and someone will be desperate.

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Cousins has a no trade clause

Hawkinaz said:

Cousins has a no trade clause

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That just means he can say no, does not mean he can't be traded, Wilson had the same thing and got to go where he wanted, got a lot more then he asked for actually now didn't he. Worked out well for us could work out well for Atlanta.

The whole Penix to Atlanta thing was one of the dumbest draft things I've ever seen. Kind of like Ditka trading every draft pick for Ricky Williams. I mean, they knew they were in the market for a QB, and they knew they were going to have a top pick in the draft, and they could have guessed that Penix would likely be available to them to draft...yet they sign Cousins to a massive contract.

This was a scouting, planning, decision making snafu of magnanimous proportions. This is not going to go away. It's going to be a big ongoing story all next season. Every time Cousins goes into some kind of slide, the fans are going to be shouting for Penix. And what a bomb of confusion you dropped into the locker room. You can't tell me that players aren't going to be talking behind the scenes and feeling a little mixed up about who their real leader is going to be. And then there's Cousins himself. He must have a giant WTF! in his head that could well make it difficult for him to have that "all in" attitude towards the job.

What a shytstorm.

Yep, crap situation for Penix. And a VERY crap situation for Cousins.

NoGain said:

The whole Penix to Atlanta thing was one of the dumbest draft things I've ever seen. Kind of like Ditka trading every draft pick for Ricky Williams. I mean, they knew they were in the market for a QB, and they knew they were going to have a top pick in the draft, and they could have guessed that Penix would likely be available to them to draft...yet they sign Cousins to a massive contract.

This was a scouting, planning, decision making snafu of magnanimous proportions. This is not going to go away. It's going to be a big ongoing story all next season. Every time Cousins goes into some kind of slide, the fans are going to be shouting for Penix. And what a bomb of confusion you dropped into the locker room. You can't tell me that players aren't going to be talking behind the scenes and feeling a little mixed up about who their real leader is going to be. And then there's Cousins himself. He must have a giant WTF! in his head that could well make it difficult for him to have that "all in" attitude towards the job.

What a shytstorm.

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Terry Fortenot has a reputation for being a poor drafter I am expecting him to be fired by the time Penix sees the field. I could have seen the Falcons sign either Sam Darnold or Gardner Minshew for 1-2 yrs and draft a QB( Penix)

The funny part of the story is the Vikings told Cousins they were drafting a QB and that is the reason he wanted out, at least the Vikings were straight up with Cousins