2024 NFL Draft Round 1

The “loser” in my opinion (grain of salt because any of these could end up being absolutely the right pick) is Atlanta.

I actually love Penix but if I was ranking bottom 5 situations for him as a 24 year old rookie with lengthy injury history, Atlanta would def make the list.

Cousins got 4 years. $180M. You’ve gotta expect at least 3 seasons out of him in the room and barring catastrophe 2 seasons as the sure starter.

So AT BEST, Penix is Year 3 and 27 before he takes a starter snap, again barring injury from Kirk. Not only that, but in that year 3 - if he flops, there’s not that much time to develop him beyond Year 3, age 27. If he’s amazing, you have to immediately pay him in his first offseason as a starter… It is bad.