Falcons' Michael Penix Jr. Pick Leaves The Athletic Speechless 

Nate just touching Dane's leg in surprise is adorable

Tice’s reaction is priceless lol

Nate pulled out the Thierry Henry leg touch reaction he was so surprised

You might talk yourself into the pick in isolation, however big picture it’s bad process. Atlanta now have a TE, a RB and a backup QB as top 10 picks on rookie contracts. Those are not the positions where you maximize contract value having a rookie over a veteran.

Awesome to see the show come this far... Feedback: would be nice to have stronger key light on faces and add some lighting from backside angle for hair light to help separate from background

EJ from Bootleg Football theorized (after a few scotches but forget that for a second) that the Falcons know or think that they are losing their 1st next year and therefore had to get ahead of the punishment by drafting a replacement for Cousins 1 year earlier than they would have originaly preferred. Again this is just a theory but I'm leaning that way and am terribly interested to see how this plays out. But it does seem like unnesserary drama and a bit of a questionable decision but at least with this theory I could see some justification for it.

If I was Penix Jr I wouldn't sign. He's gonna be 28 or so when he gets his 2nd contract and get screwed out of that too by riding the bench for most of his rookie deal.

Awesome content in pre-draft and the 2 full days of draft coverage!!! Well done to everyone on the team!! Critique from a production point of view. On the moment of the picks, the graphics took over the entire screen, so we always missed the first 5-10 seconds of the reactions. Would be great if the graphics came either slightly later, or shared the screen with the guys. So that, the totally raw, initial reactions, aren't lost!! So good though, well done to you all! AGAIN!

Reminds me a little when Ryan Pace moved up one for Mitch. Dumbest move the Bears ever did. Ryan didn't even tell the HC John Fox. No coincidence Ryan is with Atlanta

It’s not about the draft pick. It’s about what the draft pick represents!

This is the Jordan Love pick but on another level. So unexpected. Will Kirk win back to back MVP awards too?

I agreed with the point, some fell in love with Penix, Jr.

Cousins has a 100 million reasons why he don't care😅

Credit to Mays, Tice and Brugler for finding other things to say aside from "What the &^$% are the Falcons thinking?"

Definitely created a lot of chaos and thought the Falcons made a bad decision. Nothing against Penix but after giving that much money to Kirk the first step shouldn't be lets see who comes after, you have to be thinking how do we help this squad. Dallas Turner and Odunze were there and you went and spent the 8th pick on a guy whos gonna have to sit.

The first 3 QBs were first round talent. The next 3 were taken wayyyy too high, that is the summary of the draft this year

Honestly, I could do a better job that some of these NFl GM's.The level of flawed strategic thinking by the Falcons is shocking.

I actually really like the pick, I rated Penix highly. The strange thing is the pick after the Cousins contract.

Great pick !

How's this a bad pick, cousin is to win now penix is later , plus they going to lose picks for tampering next year , so get your sucession plan at QB which is the most important player on the team , great move falcons IMO

Having MPJ as a late second round early third pick is just wild to me. There was three teams the Seahawks saints and raiders who were trying to trade up with Atlanta to the 8th pick to select MPJ. You guys are definitely not GM material

Why do so many people obsess about the age thing? Quarterbacks play into their fourties now.

Great move. Haters have no vision.

The move makes a ton of sense to me. The Falcons realize that winning franchises like the Packers let their QB SIT behind the starter and learn the system and the league for a few seasons. And 28 is not QB old, if it all goes right, he'll still have over a decade of great QB play ahead of him. A great QB is worth that risk.

No way penixx was going to be ther at round 2. There were like 6 teams out for him. ATL got a steal in this draft that’s why everyone is mad.

These same dudes thought JJ McCarthy was a top 5 pick and not a 5th rounder.

Robert? What's w/the stach. Get rid of the stach. Hate the stach.

Robert, get rid of the mustache.

27 (when he becomes the starter) is not old for a QB guys. They obv think Penix is really good. If he is, then it’s a genius pick.

It is amazing how some people never learn from the past lol The Packers taking Jordan Love was RIPPED. Packers taking Rodgers was ripped. Chiefs taking Mahomes off 11 wins and Alex Smith Pro Bowl was RIPPED. Sit your QB behind a vet. Take the W. Fin.

Dane Brugler has never worked in the NFL in any capacity. Nate Tice worked one season as a quality control analyst. So when they question the decisions of real NFL scouts, coaches and front office personnel everyone should understand that context.