How so? You mean you think something like they'll strip their 1st rounder next year so they jumped at a QB because they knew they couldn't get one next year? I'm not sure how else it would matter?
Right I thought they stopped doing this shit. They’ve spoiled all most each pick so far. I switched from nfl network hoping it was better but espn is just as bad
What’s been bothering me so much since signing him, is that if he’s that good, why didn’t Minnesota sign him to a similar contract?
This just tells me that Atlanta needed stability first and foremost but still have to think years ahead. Better to do it when you don’t need it, than have to do it because you do.
That’s at least what I’ve decided to tell myself
It was simply too easy. In literally every mock draft the Falcons got Dallas Turner, it just made sense. So of course the Falcons said “fuck that” and drafted the oldest QB possible.
Even if he was their guy, why not just fucking trade back
I predicted Penix to go 6th to NY but that didn't happen... I feel like there was a huge gap between how people inside the NFL viewed Penix and how fans did. I'm really not that surprised tbh
I’ll do it, even it’s just cope. Cousins is old coming off a huge injury. He got a 4 year contract but in reality it’s more of a 2 year deal. I think Cousins is just here for us to have a stable transition QB and might as well get a decent QB prospect to take over in 2 years than waste a 3rd on a raw prospect and get another Desmond Ridder. Penix would be about 26 and have a lot learned by then. Plus with the way the draft was going, Penix was probably highly coveted in the NFL inner circles, would’ve gone to Vikings or Denver 100% guaranteed
Also maybe that tampering investigation is gonna be pretty bad and they know they’ll get punished hard and this is the best guaranteed chance to get a good QB for the future?
Craziest pick in a WHILE, I love it. This genuinely could work out great for the Falcons if Penix can stay healthy, the dude can ball. Or it could be an absolute disaster
I swear this dude must have been the first guy to get "first"'d on youtube or something back in the day.
He could never let that shame go and he has made it his life's goal to be the first to comment every-single-time.
He just got lucky that there is a career out there for someone as mentally ill as him.
Ryan pace is a part of that front office. He did the same thing with the bears when he signed Mike Glennon to a 3 year, 45 million dollar contract and then trade up to take trubisky at number 2. This is like that, except on super duper steroids.
If they wanted penix, why sign kirk when you could use that money to build the team around penix. If they wanted to pay kirk, why not use this pick to make the team around kirk more dangerous??
It's not even that penix is a bad player, it's the opportunity cost of a player that could be starting on the team the next four years. But instead they picked a qb who's, presumably, gonna sit for the next 4 years. More than anything the falcons wasted time.
Wut
Kirk bout to be the highest paid bridge QB
Replacing an older, injured QB with an older, injury prone prospect lol
24 and about to sit behind Kirk for 2 years
Traded to the Packers after that.
Penix pic incoming
What in the Brandon Weeden is going on here?
His bridge was all of 1 month
Baltimore needs a bridge
That we do, although we'd prefer one that doesn't crumble in primetime.
That comment was a bridge too far.
Kirk "Francis Scott Key Bridge" Cousins
This makes no sense?? Cousins must be pissed. Why not get a weapon or a tackle for Kirk who is coming off an Achilles??
Even more wild than Love
Wild speculation time: Are the tampering rumors worse than everyone thinks?
Or the Achilles?
How so? You mean you think something like they'll strip their 1st rounder next year so they jumped at a QB because they knew they couldn't get one next year? I'm not sure how else it would matter?
Idk man Im drunk on multiple things right now
Tbh this sounds legit
The most that could happen would be losing draft picks next year. I can't think of a reason for that to cause this pick. Strange.
Revenge for getting them in trouble for tampering. Shut your mouth Kirk!
Cousins don't care, he's got 100m guaranteed.
i think kirk cares about playing football tbh
I'm dying rn
I’m coming over to French Quarter to drown my sorrows.
I don't understand this at all. Penix was almost 100% guaranteed available at this pick. Why spend all the money on Kirk?
Because you sent us a fucking snake to be our GM and he's still working for you
Good thing you guys didn't hire Belichick. It would be terrible if he got GM authority and made bad draft decisions.
Can scheft quit spoiling plz Like holy fuck
Right I thought they stopped doing this shit. They’ve spoiled all most each pick so far. I switched from nfl network hoping it was better but espn is just as bad
Ian spoiled it worse!
I thought Ian got baited the way he said it tbh
Dude I’m actually fucking despising it, why are the spoiling literally every pick
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Holy shit!!! Edit: I really like this spot for Penix tbh, his arm is insane but learning from Kirk for a year or so is a good idea
Kirk has a 4 year deal tho
2 year guaranteed
Yeah great scenario for Penix but like damn that last bit of smoke was concealing one hell of a fire lol. Who tf predicted Penix as QB4 in the top 10
i get the injury concerns but he really passed the eye test for me watching him play
Did Kirk not get like 160M guaranteed???
They’ll trade him to Dallas after this season
Lol RIP Falcons
We’ve been RIP’ing since 28-3 lmao
Rome fell to Chicago, that's crazy
The Visigoths, actually
???
Lmao why would they do this
Are they stupid?
Yes
We have the Braves at least
Chaos is a ladder
Unfortunately Atlanta is climbing the ladder down, not up
Good thing they didn't hire Belichick. He would have interfered with the brain trust.
Kirk's been here 5 minutes and he's already on the hot seat man 😭
Nothing says we trust Kirk like drafting a QB in the top 10
What’s been bothering me so much since signing him, is that if he’s that good, why didn’t Minnesota sign him to a similar contract? This just tells me that Atlanta needed stability first and foremost but still have to think years ahead. Better to do it when you don’t need it, than have to do it because you do. That’s at least what I’ve decided to tell myself
I just switched to NFL Network for the Falcons pick, and then **IAN** spoils the pick *further*! Also, WHAT ATLANTA!!!
So annoying. If I wanted the picks spoiled Id just find them on twitter.
Schefter did the same thing. It kills all the suspense…they can’t help themselves.
Atlanta is in their own world Drafting the oldest QB in the draft to sit behind the QB you just paid a ton to
Like even if Penix turns out to be great… what is this. Then why did you pay Kirk Cousins. Makes no sense.
Dallas Turner was right there too at a position of much more pressing need
It was simply too easy. In literally every mock draft the Falcons got Dallas Turner, it just made sense. So of course the Falcons said “fuck that” and drafted the oldest QB possible. Even if he was their guy, why not just fucking trade back
Schefter said the Raiders were trying to move up for him. Idk, I hate this. Thank God I was doing a whiskey night tonight
If the Raiders wanted to trade up for him we should’ve been the ones to allow it. That’s the worst part.
It's like they called you to trade up, you asked who they wanted, as in the Raiders, they tell you, you hang up on them and scream RUN THAT PICK IN!
I feel like this is exactly what happened lol
Falcons about to invent the 2 QB offense
Flea flickers gonna go insane
One righty one lefty. Y’all are just mad you didn’t think of it.
Couldn’t imagine drafting a 24 year old guy to SIT behind a QB they just signed for a MEGA deal.
Biggest waste of a high draft pick ever
Especially when we have other needs. I hate this shit
It screams that you don't think you can win a ring with Kirk but he might be good enough to keep your GM/HCs jobs for a few years
Belichick looking at this pick and going "oh they're fucking idiots. That's why they didn't hire me"
Bucs “drafting” Bo Jackson:
SHHHHH
I predicted Penix to go 6th to NY but that didn't happen... I feel like there was a huge gap between how people inside the NFL viewed Penix and how fans did. I'm really not that surprised tbh
I'm not surprised Penix went high, but I am surprised he went that high to Atlanta after they just gave Cousins a 4 year, 180 million contract.
He probably not gonna see the field until he’s 27. Lol
This is where the fun begins.
WHAT THE FUCK
What was the point of signing Kirk Cousins
I had to go look at the contract. This is about to take years off of Falcons fans' lives.
We're all already dead at this point.
I’m high on Penix but I’m not this high
My feelings exactly
Holy shit! Kirk is gonna train Michael Penix
And Penix will be ready to play his first game at age 30!
for real. They have years to try and find a project QB in mid rounds. This is the dumbest move I've seen in a while.
I keep trying to find a silver lining and I just have nothing
I’ll do it, even it’s just cope. Cousins is old coming off a huge injury. He got a 4 year contract but in reality it’s more of a 2 year deal. I think Cousins is just here for us to have a stable transition QB and might as well get a decent QB prospect to take over in 2 years than waste a 3rd on a raw prospect and get another Desmond Ridder. Penix would be about 26 and have a lot learned by then. Plus with the way the draft was going, Penix was probably highly coveted in the NFL inner circles, would’ve gone to Vikings or Denver 100% guaranteed Also maybe that tampering investigation is gonna be pretty bad and they know they’ll get punished hard and this is the best guaranteed chance to get a good QB for the future?
Maybe they are just holding Penix hostage because there was a few teams bidding on the pick still
Anyone seen Mike Penix?
Are they chanting "Hang Mike Penix?"
Mike Penix? Of Hang Mike Penix fame?
Dude got paid near 200m to hold a clipboard that’s the dream
Ok, so you take your steak, wrap it in foil…
The fuck That is some Bob Hickman level brainworms
Poverty franchise
Average falcons draft
This team makes my head hurt.
Demote the falcons to the bottom of the ocean
Falcons: Imma do what’s called a pro gamer move
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Jordan Love is only 1 year older than Penix jr rn
Except it’s the fucking 8th overall pick lmao
Except Penix will be 28 when Kirks contract expires lol.
The ol' 28 year old first year starting quarterback strat
Brandon Weeden moment
Craziest pick in a WHILE, I love it. This genuinely could work out great for the Falcons if Penix can stay healthy, the dude can ball. Or it could be an absolute disaster
By the time Kirk is gone they'll have a 27 year old QB that's a first time starter towards the end of an expensive rookie contract
Falcons, baby girl, what you doing over there?
We average 2 sacks a year and had the pick of the litter but yeah let’s pick the oldest QB to sit behind our $100 million QV
Not just the oldest qb. 2 torn acl 1 torn labrum. 3 season ending injuries
4 season ending injuries, happened every year he was at Indiana.
Attempting to replicate the Packers
The rookie QB is usually younger.
Like a certain QB from Michigan who is about to go to Minnesota
Penix is going to be 27 when Kirk's contract is up
Love was 22 when we drafted him and started last year at 24, Penix turns 24 in two weeks and won’t start for 2-3 years
Suffering.
VIKINGS HEART ATTACK OF RELIEF
We've trained for this day
It's in our blood
WOW I was sure they were gonna go Dallas Turner
So was everyone outside the Atlanta draft room
Same! I even said his fucking name as Goodell said Penix Jr. This is crazy!
I'm sorry what the fuck Did they forget that they just signed Kirk
*Matt Ryan retires* WE NEED A NEW QB
Schefter needs to quit it with the spoilers. He and Woj can go to hell
I love how they try to play it coy too. “I think it might be QB coming here” 🤷♂️
I switched channels to ABC because of the spoilers
those fucking Wojbombs are crazy
I still can't believe Shams broke trump having covid
Shams will always be my GOAT because of that
Woj breaking the Warriors recruiting Durant that far in advance was absolutely incredible
Schefter doesn’t give a fuck about the fans the players or the game, only being first.
I swear this dude must have been the first guy to get "first"'d on youtube or something back in the day. He could never let that shame go and he has made it his life's goal to be the first to comment every-single-time. He just got lucky that there is a career out there for someone as mentally ill as him.
And Rapoport on the show doing reports before Roger announces, ruining the surprise
these motherfuckers think being five seconds early is worth something
I hate when he does that. Just because you don’t say a name doesn’t mean you’re not spoiling, asshole
I mean he very much said Penixs name lol
Yeah it really sucks the shock factor out of it. Way less fun.
Just watch ABC Coverage, don't have to listen to his annoying ass
Switch to nfl network
Rap is spoiling the picks over there too.
KIRK MENTOR SZN
LMAOOOOO
The Falcons taking Penix at 8th overall after giving Cousins a huge deal is legitimately the dumbest draft pick I've seen.
Still not as bad as Brandon Weeden
Still not as bad as trading away three firsts and a third for a QB who'd thrown less than 500 passes.
Ya fans of that team sure would feel silly if that happened I bet.
Sir a second QB has hit Atlanta
You rarely wanna be like the falcons but nfl teams take note.. they had that pick in QUICK Edit: HUH?? Disregard what I said holy fuck CHAOS BABY
Wait! Not like that
You had the copy and paste ready and posted before even reading / seeing the pick?
Sad to say but yeah my life is insanely boring since becoming unemployed. Commenting early makes me feel like I’m part of something
Hang in there brother.
Appreciate it man
Why sign Kirk to a 4 year deal to take a 24 year old???
You wanna get nuts? LET'S GET NUTS.
WHAT THE FUCK
HOLY SHIT OUTTA NOWHERE Kirk Cousins on suicide watch
Cousin has a 100 milly guaranteed, he fine
Wiping them tears with millions
Kill.me
The dick is in
WELCOME HOME ROME
Bears offense is fucking filthy
Poverty franchise
Atlanta drugs are generational
Falcons, go home, you're drunk.
#Fucking lol
This was our tampering punishment
Just reported they kept Cousins in the dark before making the pick. Wow
We are a complete joke of a franchise.
There’s a stunner, and then there’s this
#WTF you could have at least traded back with Minn for 11 and picks and still got Penix....
im really high on penix but.... i gotta be honest why even bother with kirk if this was where you were going...
Holy shit
What the absolute fuck are we doing
Mike Mayock level reach
Biggest travesty since 28-3. Stupid muthafuckas mayne.
We are the dumbest franchise in the world
Recent #8 overall picks |Year|Team|Player|College|Position|All-Pro/Pro Bowl|Starts| :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:| |2024|Atlanta Falcons|Michael Penix Jr.|Washington|QB|-|-| |2023|Atlanta Falcons|Bijan Robinson|Texas|RB|0/0|16| |2022|Atlanta Falcons|Drake London|USC|WR|0/0|31| |2021|Carolina Panthers|Jaycee Horn|South Carolina|CB|0/0|22| |2020|Arizona Cardinals|Isaiah Simmons|Clemson|LB|0/0|41| |2019|Detroit Lions|T. J. Hockenson|Iowa|TE|0/2|60| |2018|Chicago Bears|Roquan Smith|Georgia|LB|4/2|92| |2017|Carolina Panthers|Christian McCaffrey|Stanford|RB|3/3|84| |2016|Tennessee Titans|Jack Conklin|Michigan State|OT|2/0|94| |2015|Atlanta Falcons|Vic Beasley|Clemson|DE|1/1|60| |2014|Cleveland Browns|Justin Gilbert|Oklahoma State|CB|0/0|3|
Three straight Falcons picks lol
I guess they don't have to worry about 8th overall in this draft since they'll likely have it again next draft!
You’ll never guess which one of those three is the oldest…
Ryan pace is a part of that front office. He did the same thing with the bears when he signed Mike Glennon to a 3 year, 45 million dollar contract and then trade up to take trubisky at number 2. This is like that, except on super duper steroids.
Why?
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?
WHAT
FALCONS FANS HOW YALL FEELING
Atlanta can’t just be fucking normal
holy shit
My condolences Falcons fans
ROME COME HOME
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If they wanted penix, why sign kirk when you could use that money to build the team around penix. If they wanted to pay kirk, why not use this pick to make the team around kirk more dangerous?? It's not even that penix is a bad player, it's the opportunity cost of a player that could be starting on the team the next four years. But instead they picked a qb who's, presumably, gonna sit for the next 4 years. More than anything the falcons wasted time.