Falcons QB Kirk Cousins opens up about Atlanta’s decision to draft Michael Penix Jr. in 2024

When Kirk Kinsmen signed four years of the contract with Atlanta Falcons, when the expectation was starting quarterback to the duration. So it’s like a surprise with Falcons Drafted former Washington Star Michael Penix Jr. Few weeks later.

Cousins ​​opened the policy officially in the first business Netflix series “quarterback” and said that I felt a “a little deceive.”

“Certainly, if I have also information about free agency, so that at least would you’ve feelings of my advice,” relatives. “I had to leave Minnesota with how much we loved her there if both teams are going to learned in the quarterback high. But I have learned in the fact that in you can not.”

Atlanta’s $ 180 million a lot on March 13, 2024. Falcons then have a selected penix in the first 2024 NFL Draft March 25.

Cousins ​​’agent’ Mike McPartney, made it clear through NFL Network that Penix Pick comes to “a big surprise”.

“We will not be an idea of ​​this is coming” McCartney said. “The Truth is the whole league had no idea this was coming. We got no heads up. Kirk got a call from the falcons when they were on the clock. That was the first we heard. It never came up in any conversation.”

14 games in 2014 to start at 2024 at 2024 times and at a Atlanta to 7-7 record with throwing up to 3,508 yards to 18 touchdowns to a career-high 16 interceptions. Due to its contest and a high turnover rate that was a penix before a week penix in the week 16 melee in New York Giants.

Now, entering the 2025, consanguinous seems to be quite expensive back to the penix Gearing up for the first full year of Atlanta’s starter. Penix had 775 passes and three touchdowns in the first year with Falcons.