You can say whatever you want about our arch rivals in Atlanta, but their decision to play Penix now is brilliant. True, the money spent on the lame duck Cousins is crippling, but they simply had to go out and get a starting caliber quarterback at the time they did.
But the Falcons always knew that Kirk wasn’t the answer. They were looking to the future. Their plan was to have a teachable kid with some raw football skills to eventually take the reins and start building around him. Yes, Cousins wasn’t happy with that draft pick, but the Falcons simply refused to die under the worn out wheels of a has-been, ineffective quarterback.
So what do they have now? They have a young QB who has had some time to work with his players and has some confidence once he got the official call as the new starter. He is perfectly healthy going into the home stretch of the season. And they also have a fairly decent emergency QB if for any reason reason something unforeseen happens to Penix.
Now that they have the division lead, it seems that everything has fallen into place for them to have a chance at some real success going into the playoffs. They had a plan that is working. We did not… and now we’re starting all over again.
I’ll be hoping for the worse for the Falcons from here on out. But they sure made some good decisions. 😢