Forgive me for saying this, but the Falcons 2024 Quarterback move is GENIUS!

Infoman said
Eff em…. But they absolutely made the right play with Cousins and Pennix. They played the now and the future because they didn’t have a franchise QB in house.

If Cousins works out then it’s money well spent…. And your young QB can sit and learn. If not, you have a young QB you can play on a 5 year rookie contract and start your future now.

It’s the right move with a young QB and a bridge vet QB. No one is gonna care what they paid Cousins if Pennix is a star. No one. $100 million guaranteed QBs are now a dime a dozen in the NFL.

Whether or not it works out in the end is irrelevant. It’s the Falcons so it probably wont. But the decision was correct.

Again. Eff em. But it was the right move. One I wish we would have made years ago.

They made the right move with Penix. Not because I think he's going to be particularly good but because they took a shot at a young QB they believed in and they had a chance to have 5 years with him on a rookie contract so they could use the money to build the team around him. I think he's likely Derek Carr at best so I think they took him too high, but the plan makes sense and it won't matter how high they took him if he works out better than I think he is.

But, what makes it an overall net dumb move is blowing $90 million on Cousins. It more or less means that they don't get the advantage of cap space that you usually get with a rookie QB on a rookie contract because they have to pay off Cousins. So they won't have that 5 year window or the money to build around him.