{"id":117010,"date":"2024-05-05T10:11:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T10:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=117010"},"modified":"2024-05-05T10:11:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T10:11:05","slug":"nfl-executives-ridicule-falcons-tchieu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/nfl-executives-ridicule-falcons-tchieu\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL executives ridicule Falcons for drafting Michael Penix"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Falcons<\/a> shocked their fan base, Kirk Cousins, and just about everyone watching the NFL Draft when they took Michael Penix with their top pick.<\/p>\n

\"NFL
NFL executives ridicule Falcons for drafting Michael Penix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\n
The reasoning is simple from Terry Fontenot and Raheem Morris\u2019 viewpoint. Atlanta expects to compete in the postseason with Cousins and won\u2019t be in a position to land a talent like Penix in the future.Scared from the post-Matt Ryan circus of quarterbacks, the Falcons chose to solidify the most important position in sports. There\u2019s a world where it works out perfectly, but it\u2019s a narrow path with no margin for error.<\/p>\n

Some Falcons fans and national pundits have come around, mainly due to Penix the prospect, but they still haven\u2019t fully accepted the process. Frankly, the outrage has nothing to do with the Heisman runner-up as a player.<\/p>\n

It sucks for Michael Penix. This should be the greatest moment of his life, but he\u2019s found himself in a shitstorm. This is who the Falcons are, and Fontenot\u2019s peers are unanimously puzzled by his decision, just like the fans.<\/p>\n

Mike Sando of The Athletic touched base with a ton of NFL executives, getting their reactions to different draft classes,\u00a0and Atlanta\u2019s were overwhelmingly negative.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow you could go through free agency and think to yourself, \u2018Penix is our guy, but let\u2019s give $100 million to Kirk Cousins just in case Penix doesn\u2019t fall to us at 8\u2019?\u201d an exec said. \u201cCome on, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is what a lot of Falcons fans are asking. Michael Penix isn\u2019t the problem. The problem is allocating $180 million to Cousins and then using your most valuable draft pick on a player who can\u2019t contribute. It comes off as disorganized, as if the Falcons are just making it up as they go along.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cPeople say they can get out of Kirk\u2019s deal after two years, which is basically saying, \u2018Well, we expect him to fail, so we can get rid of the contract after \u201925, but you don\u2019t get to think that way when you\u2019re putting $100 million into Kirk Cousins,\u201d another exec added.<\/p>\n

This is certainly what Kirk Cousins has to be thinking, right? Obviously, he\u2019s a pro\u2019s pro. He will go out and do the job to the best of his ability, including being a great teammate to his eventual successor.<\/p>\n

\"Falcons<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s hard to see a world where he plays out the entirety of his contract in Atlanta, which begs the question, \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat if you are in minicamp and Cousins isn\u2019t even taking snaps and you are like, \u2018Oh my God, let\u2019s go with Michael Penix,\u2019\u201d another exec said. \u201cBecause remember, moving Cousins is much more difficult than it would be to move Penix. You could be stuck with Cousins when you know Penix is the guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is already a talking point.\u00a0According to a source, Dan Patrick says that Penix will get first-team reps during offseason training activities. If there\u2019s one thing we know about the Southpaw, he thrives in a pro-day style setting, which is what OTAs are in the NFL. Falcons players will see Penix spin the rock while Cousins rehabs and the drama will begin. It\u2019s going to be a complete dumpster fire if things go wrong.<\/p>\n

But what\u2019s most bothersome is the next point made by Sando\u2026<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cOther execs noted that current Falcons director of player personnel Ryan Pace was the Bears\u2019 GM in 2017 when the team signed quarterback\u00a0Mike Glennon\u00a0to a surprisingly expensive deal six weeks before\u00a0Chicago\u00a0traded from No. 3 to No. 2 for quarterback\u00a0Mitch Trubisky. Glennon earned $18.5 million for four starts. Cousins\u2019 deal guarantees him $90 million over the next two seasons,\u201d Sando said.<\/p>\n

\"Falcons<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve talked about Atlanta\u2019s director of player personnel\u2019s track record.\u00a0Ryan Pace has had absolutely no success drafting quarterbacks. Not only did he botch the 2017 NFL Draft, but he also selected Justin Fields some years later. Both didn\u2019t make it to second contracts. Granted, he\u2019s only a cog in this dysfunctional machine. The man at the top deserves the lion\u2019s share of the balme.<\/p>\n

\u201cExecs tied the Penix decision to other questionable top-10 draft moves under GM Terry Fontenot, led by drafting tight end\u00a0Kyle Pitts\u00a0at No. 4 in 2021,\u201d Sando added.<\/p>\n

The Falcons are once again the butt of the NFL\u2019s jokes, but there is a scenario, almost like an \u2018Endgame\u2019 singularity, where they come out of this laughing at everyone who doubted and criticized them. But right now, everyone\u2019s puzzled.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

Photographer: Zach Bolinger\/Icon Sportswire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

The Braves have been without their All-Star catcher\u00a0Sean Murphy\u00a0since Opening Day after he suffered an oblique injury. Obliques are typically tricky and can take months to heal from, even minor ones. It\u2019s been a long road back for Murphy, but he took a massive step in the right direction this week.Per Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Murphy has progressed to swinging off a tee and is expected to continue to ramp up offensive activities.<\/p>\n
\n

Sean Murphy swung off a tee in Seattle. He felt good. He\u2019s going to keep building up from there.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Justin Toscano (@JustinCToscano)\u00a0May 3, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Up until this point, Murphy had not swung a bat, which is the last stage in his recovery. Hopefully, there are no setbacks, and he\u2019ll soon progress to batting practice. From there, a rehab assignment is likely in his future, given he hasn\u2019t played a game in well over a month.<\/p>\n

It still may be a few weeks away, but Sean Murphy is progressing in the right direction and should be back with the team by the end of the month, providing there are no setbacks.<\/p>\n

Read more about the Falcons<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Falcons shocked their fan base, Kirk Cousins, and just about everyone watching the NFL Draft when they took Michael Penix with their top pick. The reasoning… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":117011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117013,"href":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117010\/revisions\/117013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}