The No. 8 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft is going to be a legendary case study in football history. As soon as it leaked that Atlanta were selecting Michael Penix Jr. it sent shockwaves through the first round, and left Falcons brass scrambling to justify why they were taking a quarterback after signing Kirk Cousins to a 4-year, $180M deal in free agency.
At best it was a decision made with hubris. At worst a team in dire need of defensive help decided to flush a Top 10 pick down the toilet for no reason at all. The unfortunate side effect is that none of this was Penix
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