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Falcons got Cousins and Penix

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Its a slow news cycle just was reading a little about the dynamics of the falcons paying a ton for cousins only to use the 8th overall pick on penix instead of someone to help cousins.  Really makes no sense to lock cousins in long term and not use the 8th pick to get him more help.  Reminded me of something the panthers would do and gave me hope that the falcons are trending down instead of up. 

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He is a QB, on a rookie deal and Cousins is old coming off an achilles injury.

Which QB they got is the part that is highly debatable if it was good. Yeah they could have used that on more tallent but Cousins doesn't win in the postseason so it wouldn't matter anyways. Chances are good they take the NFCS regardless this year or it goes back to a Bucs team that just breaks .500.

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If they screwed it up, it’s one pick. Kind of like if we’d taken Levis maybe, at 9 in 2023. That is their worst case. 

Would you rather do that and hit or miss, or what we did?

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16 minutes ago, Waldo said:

He is a QB, on a rookie deal and Cousins is old coming off an achilles injury.

Which QB they got is the part that is highly debatable if it was good. Yeah they could have used that on more tallent but Cousins doesn't win in the postseason so it wouldn't matter anyways. Chances are good they take the NFCS regardless this year or it goes back to a Bucs team that just breaks .500.

Well then that begs the question, why sign an old, injured Cousins to a big deal and thus hamper your ability to add talent around a QB on a rookie deal?

This decision reeks of indecisiveness in the FO, and I can't believe it's receiving praise on this website.

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20 minutes ago, strato said:

If they screwed it up, it’s one pick. Kind of like if we’d taken Levis maybe, at 9 in 2023. That is their worst case. 

Would you rather do that and hit or miss, or what we did?

It'd be like if we drafted Levis at 9 in 2023 after giving Derek Carr $100 million. Would you honestly be ok with that?

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Im still bummed we didnt take Rattler in the 5th round to have on hand in case Bryce busts. I would be willing to bet that he will be one of the steals of the draft.

As far as Penix goes, if Cousins struggles with staying healthy they have a young QB with loads of potential that could come in and potentially be pretty decent if he can develop and prove himself. I dont think they made a bad move at all personally but im no expert and not a GM obviously.

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5 minutes ago, travisura said:

It'd be like if we drafted Levis at 9 in 2023 after giving Derek Carr $100 million. Would you honestly be ok with that?

It's almost worse than trading DJ Moore, swapping picks, and giving up a 1st + 2nd round pick for Bryce Young. 

If Penix becomes a top 10 type of QB no one will care where he was drafted or that Cousins was already on the team

They invested twice in the most important position. I have seen a ton of you clamoring for some competition for mighty midget. 

I hate the falcons, but stop judging their QBs when we have the worst starter in the league until proven otherwise. 

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2 minutes ago, PootieNunu said:

It's almost worse than trading DJ Moore, swapping picks, and giving up a 1st + 2nd round pick for Bryce Young. 

If Penix becomes a top 10 type of QB no one will care where he was drafted or that Cousins was already on the team

They invested twice in the most important position. I have seen a ton of you clamoring for some competition for mighty midget. 

I hate the falcons, but stop judging their QBs when we have the worst starter in the league until proven otherwise. 

If Bryce was a top 10 QB no one would care what we gave up to get him. See? Two can play that game.

So I guess the Falcons get props for the concept of investing in the QB, regardless of how nonsensical the specifics are. 

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20 minutes ago, travisura said:

Well then that begs the question, why sign an old, injured Cousins to a big deal and thus hamper your ability to add talent around a QB on a rookie deal?

This decision reeks of indecisiveness in the FO, and I can't believe it's receiving praise on this website.

It's almost as if, get this crazy thought, that other teams in the league can also make bad/questionable decisions from time to time. But for some reason, we can't discuss those without every thread turning into the same "Dude did you know that Bryce young is short" pile on from the usual suspects. 

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8 minutes ago, travisura said:

If Bryce was a top 10 QB no one would care what we gave up to get him. See? Two can play that game.

So I guess the Falcons get props for the concept of investing in the QB, regardless of how nonsensical the specifics are. 

Bryce isnt a top 10 QB and looks to never be one, so your argument is irrelevant. 

If Penix sucks they look dumb, if he is great they don't look dumb. 

They dont get props, but I dont get all the hate especially from our team. It seems more like hoping that Penix will suck and Cousins gets hurt again to me. 

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1 minute ago, X-Clown said:

It's almost as if, get this crazy thought, that other teams in the league can also make bad/questionable decisions from time to time. But for some reason, we can't discuss those without every thread turning into the same "Dude did you know that Bryce young is short" pile on from the usual suspects. 

"But, but, but, we can't judge the Falcons QB situation because ours is so bad!!!"

We absolutely can, and wouldn't the Bryce move make us qualified to judge a poor QB decision? Lol.

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3 minutes ago, X-Clown said:

It's almost as if, get this crazy thought, that other teams in the league can also make bad/questionable decisions from time to time. But for some reason, we can't discuss those without every thread turning into the same "Dude did you know that Bryce young is short" pile on from the usual suspects. 

Well we already had one of these threads about this bullshit a while back. Sorry that Bryce sucks and pointing out that fact hurts your feelings. 

I wouldnt give a flying fug if he was short but could actually play the position. 

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