FOX Sports’ Joel Klatt: Michael Penix Jr Should Be Angry That Falcons Drafted Him | Rich Eisen Show
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2024
- FOX Sports’ Joel Klatt tells Rich Eisen why Michael Penix Jr. should be angry that he was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons.
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5:25 "Good for you... You're married, you don't go the club, and you're not single!" LMAO 😂
Agreed. 100 mil is not 'bridge qb' money, and #8 overall pick is not for the qb 2-4 years down the road. It's absurdity
Why?
@@SunShine-xc6dhbecause Penix is about to be 24 years old. If you’re gonna draft a developmental QB to sit behind someone for 2-4 years they you should take a younger QB. Jordan love was 21 when the packers drafted him
@@hawkeye0378 24 is extremely YOUNG.
@@hawkeye0378 who cares.. good qbs play to there upper 30's or even 40's and those guys still played part of there careers as tackle football whichh is basically always a penalty in the current nfl.
Dumb move. Should've traded that pick and built a defense.
Atlanta my have killed Penix career. Can a team trade a newly drafted player? Joel nailed it.
In theory yes but Atlanta would seem even dumber.
Yes, you can trade the rights to a drafted player until he signs a contract with your team. Even after, but then you are stuck with the signing bonus.
It happened with Eli Manning
Pissed off Kirk too. Terrible management but nothing new for Falcons fans
@@andrewchristianson8242 You're right technically but it's basically the opposite situation.
Joel gets it. If I'm Penix I try everything possible to force a trade. Insane pick
Sounds like you wanted your team to draft him.
What if they drafted him to use as a trade piece with the Raiders?
He isn’t going to start for 2 years but team really believes in him … Kirk is older and conjure off an injury …he might be needed sooner rather than later ..
But for now .. no pressure .. know you have a job … by the time he begins to play .. hopefully he will be ready as he will play with good players especially the line
He will get his “money” if that’s what everyone is worried about … it’s cost control for 5 years anyway if a team wants to play hardball
His agent need to go to the Falcons and say what going on here.
That's an insane comment. An NFL team drafts him with the 8th pick, and off the bat he should demand a trade? How would that look? He was taken to be their future QB. They're riding with him. And he will get paid well to watch and learn for a couple of seasons then take over the reigns. Why mess that up?
Joel klatt is the best
An All In Atlanta goes "All In" with a 24 year-old QB who won't play for two years. GENIUS. I usually don't agree with Klatt BUT he is spot on here. Rap was ridiculous with his carry the bag for Atlanta
EXACTLY!!! Penix shouldn't sign his contract with them. Force them to trade his contract.
Easy to say when it doesn't effect your life 😂 kp was picked 20th now?
@@lokiloc3affect
@chrism6880 it's actually either or they can be used interchangeably "affect" or "effect"
@@lokiloc3 wh... no? No. Affect is a verb. Effect is a noun that means the outcome of a cause. Effect can be used as a verb as well, but it means to be about.
@chrism6880 As I said, interchangeable. If it could not be used as a verb at all, then I would understand your comment but since it can.
I just don't see your point?
Atlanta should fire there GM today before he screws up the rest of the draft
Rumors I heard said that Arthur Blank made that call.
Edit: I met Arthur Blank not Smith 🤦
@@TraumaCenter13 He definitely signed off on it.
@@TraumaCenter13 Crazy thing is that if they wait 4-5 years like they say the plan is to play him, Arthur Smith may not even be around to see him play! 💀😬🤣
Arthur Smith isn't even the Falcons coach anymore, wtf you guys talking about
@@euj0 my bad, I met Arthur Blank 🤦
The sucession plans arent for 24 year old pro ready qbs lmao, JJ was perfect to learn under kirk if they wanted that route
Not for having just signed a FA QB to big money. For teams that have had QB longtime and won something.
Kirk will only play for two years. Nobody wanted JJ on there team other than Minnesota. Penix is top three of all the quarterbacks
@@jmoney6244nah horrible decision. Makes 0 sense . Feel bad for penix cuz 2 years to wait when he’s already 24🥴
@@Jayden-yn6wf you do realize QBs play into there late 30’s right. Nothing wrong with sitting behind a Vet for two years. My Falcons did a great job taking him away from other teams 🤣
@jmoney6244 yeah raiders wanted him
Cousins and Penix SHOULD BOTH ASK FOR TRADES AT THIS POINT
Cousins is untradeable right now because of his contract. The cap hit and the dead the dead money hit the Falcons would take would be very large. So they likely have to keep Kirk for now.
Penix could demand a trade, or flat out not sign with Atlanta. If he doesn’t sign, he goes back into the draft next year. As ludicrous as that sounds, that may be the best path to him getting on the field. Whoever drafts him next year will play him right away in all likelihood.
@@TommyRibs Joel Klatt said Penix SHOULD NOT SIGN ... are they going to promise Penix he will play in 2 years no matter what even if Kirk is a Pro Bowler? the reality is if PENIX was not promised to play in 2 years I would go back into the draft HE WILL PLAY SOONER IF HE GOES BACK IN THE DRAFT if they didn't promise him WHY>? Because in 2 years Kirk will still be playing at a PRO BOWL level
Cousins has a no trade clause, Author and Terry are Idiots. Also there going to get hit for tampering
This is the best take I’ve heard so far. Penix needed to go to a team where he could build experience right away, not sit and wait when he’s already on the older side
That’s the problem these qb are thrusted into action too soon
@@brandonannisette6023literally what I always say. The QB needs to develop. CJ was literally the exception but every good QB in the league today sat under a vet QB for a year or two before starting. People just slow
Everyone not CJ
It’s insurance for Kirk. Cousins deal is 2 years guaranteed and the falcons literally won’t be able to get another star QB for years after that. Why is this so difficult to understand? Edge rush is easy to find, a franchise QB is not.
Penix wants to play. Not sit 4 years behind Kirk. Why pay Kirk all that money. Now when Kirk plays bad the drama will start. Not a good decision Atlanta.😢
What if they drafted him to trade with the Raiders?
@@williamgullett5911 Well, TRADE HIS A$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get out of here Karen 😒🤦🏽♂️. Kirk has a two year deal and Penix is still battling his injury. The pick was perfect
@@burn8175 Penix played injury free the past two seasons. What the heck are you talking about? Cousins is coming off the injury.
You don’t know him personally lmao talking like he spoke to you
If I’m the Raiders, I’m shooting ATL a call. 😂
Brock Bowers for a QB...
I feel bad for Penix, he is the most pro ready QB right now from this draft, he got shafted.
No he is not. Not even close. If he doesn't have to play for 2 or 3 years. They prolonged his career by 2 or 3 years.
As usual Joel is right.
Sometimes the best moves are the ones no one else understands
Finally someone is making sense, thank u Klatt...
One thing that I thought about that hasn’t been brought up in this context is something Rich has been talking about off and on:
In the modern NFL collective bargaining agreement, practice time both in the offseason and in-season is limited, and you don’t have practice reps to spread around. So how can you count on Penix being the guy down the road if you might not be able to dedicate the resources to ensure that he becomes the guy?
That is a very, very good point.
I’ve been saying this. We’ve been seeing QBs come out the draft and get cooked in the NFL countless times. Let the man grow and develop into a dog fr.
Klatt is the best in the business. Very well said
Good to see Joel on the best Sports talk show in the Business...Mr Rich Eisen
Literally anything but qb and rb would make sense at 8
This guy gets it !!
Kurt will be 37 and is still recovering from his injury. Its insurance, penix could start if kirk gets hurt.
Love the pick. Good chance he will play. 66 QBs played in the NFL last year
"Every year someone comes out of the draft looking like a donkey!" Draft Day, Kevin Costner
Dude gonna be 28 years old when he takes a snap😂
He'll be a grown man playing for a big contract
@@RushedPhenom M.P. gonna be negotiating his social security payouts by the time he steps on the field. 😂
He'll be 26. Cousins isn't seeing year 3 of that contract.
@luke7834 that is still up there in NFL age. It is many 4 or 5 year veterans in the league that are 26 years old now and will be only a couple of years older than him when he starts🤣
@@robertmartinjr.4537 It's particularly irrelevant for Quarterbacks who are still premium players in their mid thirties. If he's good then you've got him for 10+ years even if he starts at 26. Come on guy, you're being silly.
It’s almost like everyone has seen Kirk after his injury…. It’s even more fascinating that they think Kirk is really going to win a Super Bowl or something 😂😂😂😂
Kirks contract is structured so they have to play him for at least the next two years
Atlanta got a backup QB relatively cheap, no way in telling if cousins can stay healthy or gets reinjured. the pick isn't the smartest, but it isn't the worst either.
Everyone wants a rookie qb to sit behind a veteran until it’s time for a rookie to sit behind a veteran
Atlanta made that selection because penix was his future replacement. Also too they picked him because other teams were gonna pick him too so they had to take a QB that is top ten. Michael penix can learn from Kirk cousins...Kirk cousins can mentor him.
That argument with all due respect is stupid.
It’s a Lose-Lose situation for Atlanta, Kirk balls out, you wasted a pick. Kirk is a bust, you still have to pay him for two years even if he gets hurt and Penix steps in to performs GREAT. You can’t build around Penix or fix your defense because you have money tied to Kirk.
Don’t get me wrong Penix in ATL is a great fit, but what was the point in sign Kirk to 100 million contract. Penix is ready to play right now… HE 24.
Cousins ain’t mentoring someone who could take his job in 2 years 😭
@@kevind6965it’s a two year guaranteed deal. Kirk isn’t playing past 38. His contract will be restructured and Penix will start. Kirk wants to retire from Atlanta if he’s starting or not. Y’all slow
@@Jayden-yn6wfwhy not?
@@kevind6965 I don't think it's a stupid argument. How is it a wasted pick if Kirk balls out? He's 35. He plays great for two years, and then when he's 37 and his guaranteed money is off the books you hand over to Penix who is ready to play. There's nothing stupid about it. Unless you believe Dallas Turner or Byron Murphy puts Atlanta in the Superbowl. Do you believe that?
if cousins get hurt, this will look like genius move.
No it won’t.
It won't because it will make Cousins' contract look like hot garbage.
@@keptinkrunchactualhe’s only guaranteed two years. Again, Atlanta made the best move.
It will look like a genius move when Penix is a HOFer and plays till his late 30s showing that concern that he was 24 as a rookie was so dumb
It will make Atlanta look stupid for paying a player coming off a major injury that much for that long - which pretty much summarizes the entire Cousins contract……😂
Do y’all seriously think Kirk Cousins can lead you to a Super Bowl? Lmao
35 year old QB with one playoff win. The question shouldn’t be “why did they draft Penix”, it should be “why did they sign Cousins”.
I’ve ever seen a QB who has more privilege than Cousins. So little media scrutiny and so much empathy for one career playoff win
Penix was going top 10 ether way. Saints, raiders, Seahawks tried to trade up to get him
To play him. Huge difference.
I honestly kinda doubt the validity of that report. It’s coming from one guy, and the Seahawks didn’t have the capital to move up for him either. Not to mention in their press conference they said they mocked the QBs going where they did
That's not the point of discussion, everyone knows Penix is good and ready to play.. in fact, that makes it even weirder that Atlanta took him.
Saints haven't drafted a QB in the first or second round since 1970 and they were all the sudden going to break that philosophy for...Penix, when they already have Carr on the roster for the next two seasons? You don't really believe that story, do you?
No they didn't 😂😂
I guess I'm on my own in thinking this is a strange take. How will it delay him getting a second contract? Kirk only has two years in Atlanta. Zach Wilson, Justin Fields, Trey Lance all basically flamed out by year two, but Penix has the chance to learn how to be a pro. How is that not a blessing? Am I wrong?
It is a blessing. He'll get an extra 2 years at least. He wasn't going to make it to year 3 if asked to start this year
Notice how everyone mentions his age. I think subconsciously or consciously they don’t think a black QB can play that long into his mid to late 30s. They act like he has shelf life of a RB. Never mind him being a pocket passer
@@truthbearer7891 The whole thing is just weird. It's way overblown, a few years down the line and a lot of people are going to pretend they never had an issue with it. They'll maybe win a playoff game or two with Kirk, and once his arm starts going the way of Brees and Roethlisberger, Penix steps into a great situation, ready to go. People mention his injuries, and I get it, but he's a lot less likely to get hit once he's got two years experience with the playbook and the protection calls.
Joel’s the best!
Maybe they seen something in Kirk that makes them unsure about his ability to play injury free like an insurance policy .
Penix should just not sign a contract with Atlanta and go into next year’s draft. He will be a first round pick again, and that will be a better path for him to get onto the field faster. The next team that drafts him will start him in 2025.
Yes, this sounds crazy, but it is leverage, and right now Penix needs leverage.
There's always a learning curve entering the NFL, especially for quarterbacks. Didn't mgmt, ownership and most of the fans discourage drafting a young QB to come in and start right away? Didn't the Ridder experience put a bad taste in a lot of people's mouth? Penix is in Atlanta now. Let him learn and grow. He'll be better for it and more ready a lil diwn the road...unless the Falcons have other plans we don't know about.
The logic doesn’t make sense. If you think cousins is still good, which you do because you gave him $100m guaranteed, then why draft an nfl ready QB. If you like penix and think he’s amazing, then why give cousins the money? This is the patriots where a QB has no talent. Atlanta has talent, penix would have started right away and been good. So either go with penix or cousins. Why did they do both?
Because they want a guy for now and a guy for later
No one is ever NFL ready even bill Belichick said that
They’re trying to win now and the future. Why throw Penix in a system and have pressure rn to turn everything around when you can have a Vet teaching him the ropes and help his skills. Penix has flaws that can be fixed over time. We know what Kirk will do in the nfl, no one knows what Penix will do, plus he’s battling an injury still. We both know Kirk is only playing for two years so why not get a QB now that can start and win as soon as the time comes
This isn’t the exact same as the Love situation either.. sure the logic in trying to obtain the end result is, but the situations as a whole have some differences
Maybe they learned a little somthin' from the NY Jets experience last year.
Penix is a badass..wait and see.
Kirk and Penix 🤞🏾
As a Colts fan, I remember when we brought on Matt Ryan for two years for big bucks, then he stunk it up. Unless you are Peyton Manning or Tom Brady, I think the second-tier, older QBs struggle with a team change and often fail. The real thing I'd question is why Cousins got paid so much money!
This is a SILLY take. To say Penix should not sign when he has the chance to be the face of ATL is crazy. These dudes just run their mouths
As the Brits used to say in the age of the sail, too much of one thing on ship, means you don't have enough of another...
Atlanta has been treating Penix like he’s the man. As if he’s going to be the starter far sooner than later. Maybe even next season.
When did Kirk last play a full season?
I’m a Cardinals fan but I’m going to disagree with Klatt here. Give Cousins 2 years, learn behind him. Aaron Rodgers was pro ready and sat for 2 years. Penix can learn behind cousins who’s a pretty damn good QB. Cousins only has 2 years guaranteed, so you can cut him after 2 years.
Then why give him that 4 year 140+ mil in the 1st place? Atlanta pulled a stupid move.
@@Daetwiz34 2 years only guaranteed you can cut after 2 years. If it was 4 years guaranteed id agree with you.
The fact that people are trying to justify this move just goes to show people will justify any move.
@@commonsense3921 I’m not trying to justify anything. I’m not a falcons fan. I’m a cardinals fan. If anything I want this to implode, as they are also in the NFC.
This is indefensible. Trade for fields then penix sits for one year and falcons use that 80 mil to bolster their defense. It’s stupid what they did
If they were going to draft Penix then they should have traded for Fields who only has one year left on his contract and let him sit behind a veteran then start in 2025. Use 80 million to sign Wilkens or Danielle Hunter to beef up their pass rush. The pick wasn’t bad but signing cousins was.
What the hell could MPJ learn from Fields? lol
They saved him from the Raiders. He should thank them.
The raiders are trending up
@@Doors067 Raiders are at best the 3rd best team in the division and looking to be 4th if they don't figure out QB.
@@codyb.3015 Raiders have finished 2nd in their division for the last 4 years even though every off season, they're projected to finish last. Just say you don't follow the AFC West much, that's fine.
@@ChadAnderson-zl6qp I agree but Garner Minshew is not the answer but I won’t be surprise if they finish with a winning record , and I got them going 9-8
Plus, the first time Cousins has an “iffy” game the fan base will be screaming for Penix off the bench! Why in the world would you draft yourself into a QB controversy? The entire scenario is mind-boggling……..🤯
He is the best backup in the league, that’s a good thing. As a Falcons fan and B1G fan, I love the pick.
Joel Klatt nailed it. That is what a lot of people are thinking
Klatt is 100% spot on. The Falcons have zero clue what they're doing.
That's a good picture of you "sports guy"😂
The elephant in the room. Job security for the GM. The coach. Coaches and GMs are tied to the quarterback. Since he probably will not play this year. This gives a couple more years to not get fired for drafting a bust at QB.
Atlanta is definitely not thinking super bowl.
You’re insane
As a Falcons fan I was stunned by the pick, my only hope is Penix is given the job after sitting for 1 year and we just eat that years 50 mil to Cousins
You just nailed how this will go down. This was a checkers play by Atlanta when the rest of the teams are playing chess.
Why do you care about that if Cousins is playing well? I think it's a good pick honestly, clearing up the QB question for the next 5 years at least.
@@luke7834 Because I think Penix will be a better QB than Cousins and I don’t want to damage Penix’s growth by making him sit too long and Penix is our long term, top 10 asset we have to protect, Cousins became a rental once they made the pick. Obviously if Cousins is playing his best ball AND Penix needs more time then Cousins should keep the job into year 2
@@corvus2512 I can't ever think of a situation where a quarterback sat too long, only the opposite. I'm not even a Falcons fan, but I'd be stoked if I was. When Penix is top of the depth chart two years from now, how many of Daniels, Maye, JJ, Nix will have already flamed out because they needed to sit and didn't? I'm also personally of the belief that Washington's offense was very much a college offense. People are saying Penix is pro ready mainly based on his age, not his experience. McCarthy was in a pro offense and people say he needs to sit because of his age. I'd flip those situations, but that's my take based on what I've seen.
Reports are Seahawks, Raiders, and Saints all made offers to 8 so they can take Penix. He was going there no matter what, AtL did not want to pass up on his generational arm talent/cerebral play and they pulled the trigger.
Ok. So they could have drafted a position of need and gotten extra compensation from a QB needy trade partner. The point stands.
@@comrade_snarky not if you want a generational QB talent. The other “positions of need” pale in comparison. No one wins a Super Bowl because of great edge rushers.
@@antwanr5058 They gave Kirk Cousins $100M guaranteed only to immediately go draft a "generational QB talent"? One of these moves doesn't make sense, any way you slice it.
@@comrade_snarky it makes total sense. It’s the most important position in football and Kirk has dealt with injuries lately. MP might be better than Kirk right now that’s how pro ready he is. I assure you he will be pushing Kirk in training camp and I give it no more than a year before he takes Kirks spot and makes the league look stupid for letting him fall to 8. Guaranteed money means next to nothing in the NFL in fact it’s preferable to overall cap hit. If Penix winds up playing and takes kirks job the falcons can easily flip Kirk for a 3rd-5th round pick and move on. Sure they lost some money but in the grand scheme of things, getting an elite QB means perennial playoff appearance.
@@antwanr5058 If you get a chance to spend $100M guaranteed on a bridge QB, you gotta do it.
Ex-frickin-zactly! Raider fan here,we could have moved harder on cousins if we knew the falcons were gonna pull a cheeseball move like this. If Cousins would have known this was going to take place,he might of thought,hmm Raiders might be my move. And giving us the horns by snagging Penix for NO intelligent reason. Yea, Cousins, Penix and the Raiders should be fired up over this incompetent B.S. Smash the Falcons this year!
Kirk was coming to Atlanta anyways. Kirk isn’t trying to play hard 4-5 seasons. He said he got 2 strong seasons in him and retire in a place he view his home. Knowing that why not get the best runner up to learn from him and win as soon as he steps back? Smh raiders make no sense
You think Atlanta owes you a QB? What is this nonsense?
Nothing about them owing the Raiders anything,read the original comment,it's pulling their heads outta their asses with their move/pick. How did they help their franchise for the next 2-4 years,for penux to sit behind cousins to learn,nope that is doing him a disservice. He was the most nfl ready plug him in qb in the draft now he's gotta sit n wait to play hoping cousins gets hurt or bombs out! I'd be pissed if I was him as well as cousins. As well as the miles the Raiders could have made possibly on both if them. 99.9% of all analyst/top guys are saying the same thing regarding the pick,just not the raider part.
I can't stop watching this clip. Joel's the man.
We just have to wait and see how this all plays out
Caught us off guard with the pick, we really need a pass rusher,
that said, welcome Micheal Penix.
Klatt rationale is correct however we don’t know the Falcons big board and it was pretty clear drafting a defender that early wasn’t an option for any team in the Top 10
We don’t know if the Falcons attempted to trade down and simply didn’t find fair value on trade
I thought they were gonna take Odunze and add another weapon for Kirk.
I do understand the pick you can always find weapons in a draft more and more athletes are playing WR/TE and not tailback or DB.
If you’re in position to take a franchise QB you do it.
Once upon a time Kirk was drafted after RG3 he should know how this insurance policy works
I agree totally with Joel. I guess the Falcons are not 100% confident Cousins will stay healthy and Penix is an insurance policy....not what he wants tho.
Wildly different bag between pick 8 and 30 something. No guarantee on the second either.
He makes the same money and gets to sit and learn behind a good QB. What’s better than that?
Frankly, that's the way they did for generations. It's only been in this generation that anyone thought it a good idea to throw a rookie qb out there right away.
Falcons plan would have been perfect if they had had Drake Maye available to them at 8. It makes no sense with Penix who is already an old prospect with significant injury history. Penix needed to go to team that was ready to play him now. The only possible thing Atlanta is thinking is that Penix's shelf life is so short that they must see him not lasting longer than like 5 years or so and so if they sit him for 4 years they will still get those 5 years in just down the road. It still makes zero sense as they have needs that could have been filled giving them a much better chance at winning and 4 years down the road could have easily been dealt with at a later time. 5 years at QB and not even guaranteed is not an 8th overall pick and even if their intention ll along was getting Penix they could have traded down a bit, got some much needed assets, and still gotten him.
FYI the owner made that pick. Your welcome
Please stop, Cousin’s has won one playoff game his entire career. In two years they can cut him and now they have a starter who may actually be able to win games when it matters. Time will tell but Cousins is winning you nothing, they will just suck less with him. Hell Brady and Mahomes both sat for a year behind good QBs.
I, too, don't understand the Vikings selecting Michael Penix. Maybe they're playing 4D chess to my checkers, but I just don't get it
Atlanta is trying to play the odds. The odds are that you're not going to win a Super Bowl with Kirk Cousins. With that said, you don't even know the health of Kirk Cousins coming back off of his injury. Atlanta probably won't have a high pick next year, and next year isn't a good QB class. So I'm sure Morris and Atlanta's GM are thinking of what they need to do to ensure their careers for longer than 3 years. It's smart.
Then why pay him? They must have believed that they could win a SB with him, otherwise why give 180 with 100 milly guaranteed?
@@kevintrice2444 For the same reason the Cowboys might have to overpay DAK in Dallas by FAR More. Yet almost nobody thinks DAK is going to win a Super bowl for Dallas.
Rich saying I thought they’d flip #8 for Fields is all the evidence needed to see he knows very little.
Yea I see why these dudes don’t work for no NFL team. Terrible logic
They say the smartest moves are the ones most don’t understand. The worst scenario that can happen with this is still a good problem to have🤷🏽♂️
MPJ (Good guy) to his (Bad guy )Agent: Trade me to a team that needs me SOONER… get what you need from them and make it happen. 🏴☠️😤
The amount of pocket watching I’ve seen this offseason is crazy. Get out Kirk pockets and look at the facts. He’s guaranteed two years. He’s going to play harder than ever these next two years while teaching Penix the way. After year two his contract is restructured and Penix will get his shot. Why gamble and not get Penix and focus on Kirk, so if he gets hurt this season Atlanta is back in the same situation they’ve been in the past 5 seasons. The best QBs sat and learned behind vet QBs for a few years. Again they were 7-9 with no passing game last season. These dudes don’t know football I swear.
Someone gets it! I’m a fan and I’m listening to these guys that barely know our roster. #11 defense last year and still have unlocked pieces that Raheem loves. To put multiple jobs on the line and go all in on Kirk is crazy! 100 mil isn’t what it used to be in the nfl guys. Now what if this move sparks Kirk like it did Rodgers👀
The media is upset that they were out the loop on the pick and are trying to make the Falcons look foolish for doing so offering zero context. They are going to look so dumb when Penix is best QB from this draft class and when Dallas Turner is not some generational player
His second contract will be EXACTLY the same as all the other first round picks. It will be for $300,000,000. He will be 26 years old in quaterback years. He will see 3 contracts so that makes no sense.
As usual, Klatt is correct in his thinking about Penix and Atlanta. Yet his assessment can reveal that the situation benefits Atlanta not only for Penix as 2024-2026 insurance but also to possibly limit their Penix second contract position. They will only have to pay big money if Penix shines.
Everyone scared to criticize the GM directly.
Penix is in the best situation out of all the Qb drafted why nobody talking about that
They did it to and with Russell Wilson who's won wayyyyyy more games than Cousins. So why not? Kirk has 2 years
"mountain of dead cap space" my brother in Christ its 5.5 million moslty to Janu Smith 😂
So everyone just assumes that 36 y/o Kirk, off an Achilles rupture, is going to play every game this year? We all saw how the Jets got derailed
"'It was love at first sight when we saw him throw in the wind!' ...Good for you, you're married, you don't go to the club and you're not single..."🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Both Cousins And Pennix should demand a trade to a team competent management.
This is beyond dumb.
Kirk made sure his money was fully guaranteed. But forgot to add a no trade clause 😂
Everyone is being overdramatic.... When has the NFL ever went into a season thinking a team with Cousins at QB is legit contender?
Then why give him 100m guaranteed?
@@NickyTeslabecause that’s the market Mahomes burrow and Allen got over 160 million-200 guaranteed all QBs even baker got 50 million guaranteed and he had 1 good year… he’s in between those two hence why he got 100
@@NickyTesla Because they are dumbasses. In reality, it's because his agent forced the issue. They needed something and they signed the best available.
Guaranteed 100 m. 1 season or 4. Dumb move drafting another qb.
It isn't about whatever your opinion on Cousins is. The issue here is the Falcons again do what thy do. If you like Penix fine draft him; if you like Cousins go ahead and sign him. Either one is probably fine and probably helps the team win. The only way you can screw it up... is to do both...
What I would say to Joel (and I'm a big fan of his, by the way. Watch all of his stuff) is if you're a Falcons fan, are you more excited to have Kirk Cousins for the next two years or Michael Penix Jr. for the next 6 or 7? What if I told you you could have both?
That move makes no sense. You build around a 50 million quarterback. You don’t draft a quarterback in the first round. They can’t fill other positions of need. That move was asinine.
I thought they must have taken him for a team with a lower pick and a trade was in the making. It really is baffling but then again the Falcons aren't really known for their great moves.
what if Michael Penix forces his way outta Atl and the Raiders trade for him by giving up next year's 1st and Michael Mayor for Penix and Atl's next year's third?
Atlanta drafting Penix means they have concerns about Kirk. You don't draft a QB 8th overall after signing another to a massive guaranteed contract if you don't think it's going to work out or Kirk's not going to be able to stay healthy. And that's all fair questions, I think most people had that same concern with Kirk given his age, but then that just leads to why the hell Atlanta signed him if they were just going to turn around a draft a QB anyways. And even if you were going to take a QB, maybe you should've drafted the guy who just turned 21 over the guy who turns 24 in a week. Like realistically, Penix might not even see the field until he's 26-27 at best, and what good is having a "rookie" QB who's 3-4 years away from being 30?
Does Kirk have full seasons being healthy? MPJ will see the field soon
Let’s understand Atlanta may have drafted Penix to keep him from another program
Lenox can absolutely sling it, but he also has a history of injuries. This pick was surprising to say the least
I can't believe a QB pick was even on their radar. I'm not an expert, but I know that this was a bad move.
Michael penix should be the next QB to say i will not play for you Atlanta if he wants to take back control of his football career/life
I don’t see Kirk cousins leading the falcons to the superbowl. His contract is going to be mid once Purdy, dak, and cj gets paid.
"Alright guys, we have the 8th pick in the NFL draft. We just acquired Kirk Cousins for a lengthy contract. We are one pick away from getting past 28 - 3. All we have to do is make the most of this pick."
Wait till Klatt goes on Cowherds show. Cowherd had the exact opposite take.
Terry said man what?!!!
The pundits think they know more than the teams. None of you know how to sustain the QB position long term. You have no basis of reference to criticize this move.
You can't say penix is ready to play ..but l don't know why they pic him
Here's what I would say. Let him play winner gets to start. Penix has so much more talent than Kirk. Maybe not in his first year but I think he can win the job outright.