Michael Penix Jr Highlights 🔴 Welcome to the Falcons 

Lol okay

I really don’t get the hate on him

@@barrybands3897 he has so many flaws compared to other prospects and when people point those out, they see it as "hate."

lol right until he gets sacked (because he’s a statue) and his knees explode. He had by far the best O line with 3 nfl talents on it. He won’t get that in the league.

@@barrybands3897he’s an inaccurate statue, made of glass. not a single QB with his profile has been successful in the league as well. So he’d HAVE to be special, not to fail. Which he’s not.

Both acl's at that

Dang that means he probably was running a 4.4 before the injury

@@lilrjswagno it was the same one twice

I think penix will go at 2 commander's for their west coast offense system, already a pocket passer with some mobility.

Dang, how young do you want them to be coming into the NFL 18?

not to mention QBs play well into their 30s. Late 30s even. He could have a nice 10 year NFL career and still be only 34. :D

That's only mentioned because they have nothing else besides his injuries to criticize him. It's funny how he was a "inspirational, motivational" story in college... But as soon as he gets pick... "What about his age, what about his injuries" 🤦🏿‍♂️

Jordan love and Aaron Rodgers was 25 the first season starting , penix will be 26 the age thing is totally overrated

That's why he doesn't run the ball, and who can blame him on that

"When he gets coached up" that's awesome and true. I hope the right coaches get him.

Anyone read that?

​@@Dewyyyyyy😂😂

Odunze had over 1000 yards before penix so that’s just one point where your wrong

@@SemiBossz no he didnt

@@SemiBossz both years he had over 1000, he played with MP. 4 year Washington starter who never eclipsed 500 yards before Penix.

I thought that was the craziest take on him so far. His accuracy, especially downfield, was amazing.

@@seattlecarpenter it’s hot take season baby. Anything for clicks.

yea i was like wth?? I've been to every UW game last 2 seasons and saw him drop perfect over the back shoulder throw after another, timing passes, leading the receiver open, etc. Sure he's had off games but who doesn't. Saying "his accuracy is average to below-average" is the dumbest thing said on YT that day.

well his comp % was 38.5% outside the pocket. maybe referring to that? 88% of his throws were inside the pocket. I dont know the league avg in NFL of throws inside the pocket but I doubt it is that high

I forget which year but he led fbs in yards at least once at IU

I feel like if he woulda won the national championship then he woulda been in talks for QB1 in the draft

@@awesomemcintosh That's weird considering Caleb Williams and Drake Maye both lost way more games than Penix.

Yeah, and I wouldn't take Williams over Penix just because running QB's simply don't last long in the NFL.

@bc_qbeval True I think Caleb had a worse team then Penix for sure but I think Maye was a reach and Daniels is one of those boom or bust guys like will he be Lamar or Justin Fields?

@@mikearnold1322 I guess you don't watch much football. Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, and Jalen Hurts have all played a higher % of career games than Joe Burrow. So being a running QB isn't much of a factor in durability these days. The fact is that every QB, no matter their playstyle, will get banged up. Every QB that sustained a season ending injury in this past season was a pocket passer. Joe Burrow, Kirk Cousins, Aaron Rodgers, Justin Herbert.

I would be pretty stoked about this for Penix sake. But I wouldn't be too mad about him ending up a seahawk either.

They just changed the title 😂

They changed the title 😂

Agreed, I'd put him at QB2 behind Caleb.

QB1 ahead of Painted Nails.

check downs boast %%%...but is obvious to see the arm talent is lacking.

Not really, and his deep completion rate was also the lowest of all of the guys being considered in the top 3 rounds as well. Penix had arguably the best OL in college football and one of the best WRs in college football to throw to. Basically, he usually had just enough time to throw YOLO bombs to Odunze and Odunze made it work because he's a freak. And checking it down in that situation is a good thing, not a bad thing.

​@@DoTheAstralPlane okay, thanks for your answer although I don't agree with your last point, if it's third and 8 and they send pressure, checking it down and hoping your guy breaks two tackles isn't the best play IMO knowing your one-on-one and throwing the ball down the field with anticipation is how you win games, even if it's only a 50-50 ball

Yes, deboar didn’t want check downs, I’m fairly certain he taught him over wise. You can see his stats at IU under pressure it was very good

@@DoTheAstralPlane Best 0-line? Top WRs, yes. Penix LOOKS great, ball looks phenomenal....and is accurate...more likely the best QB in this class....out of all of them. Dude can spin it...

They changed the original title 😂

You can edit the title of a video at any time.

They changed the title, they don’t even mention the Falcons

Not a chance he will sniff the air Marino did

@@TheMenofMagicthe No championship part? What air is Marino in?

In round 3 maybe

If the Raiders draft MPJ, I will be rooting for them. First time since Chuckies 2nd time.

I watched him tear apart my Ducks in LV. It’s going to be rough if my Raiders take him in round 2; but he got the goods. No doubt.

@@Dtron3030 I don’t think he’s gonna be that good. I think his game will have a tough time transferring unless he goes to Seattle then I could see him thriving

It's hard to compare players across different different teams and offensive systems, let alone eras. Steve Young was one of the best scrambling/mobile QBs who ever played & could evade the rush. He was also blessed to be in a system where he could get the ball out quickly. In spite of that, he suffered a high sack percentage for the first 7 years he was in the NFL. Stabler played when the offenses in the NFL were mostly ground based. In his breakout season in 1973 the Raiders ran the ball 547 times & passed it only 373 times, a nearly 60%-40% run-pass ratio. By contrast the Ravens were the most run-heavy team in the league in 2023 at 52% & they were one of only 3 teams who ran more than they passed. Being run heavy protects a QB from sacks. But in the 1970s NFL defenses were designed mostly to stop the run. Pass rushing defensive ends were usually installed at RDE. The era of linebacker/edge rushers who could run like wide receivers & set up on either side of the LOS like Von Miller did in Denver had not evolved yet. The problem with left handed passers is that having one makes it mandatory to find a right tackle who can pass block like a left tackle. You also need two of them, one to back up the starter if he's hurt. Those guys are very difficult to find. It's hard enough to find a great pass blocking LT. In the current draft, only Georgia's Amarius Mims is considered a candidate for either tackle spot. Whoever drafts Penix has to figure out how to protect him, & as we have already seen, this guy is fragile. At Washington he was barely touched behind the best line in the country. That won't be the case in the NFL, especially if he has to play behind a team that hasn't solved the RT problem.

@@user-zr4km5ns8t wow! Thanks dude! You’ve really got it going on.

Everyone is allowed to form their own opinion I will say, he had 40 rollouts and 4 passes off scrambles last season. Which would be 7.2% of his dropbacks We always blend tape and stats, present both sides. Not discuss from just one angle.

per PFF, he did have 26 throwaways on 158 pressured dropbacks. so 16.4%

He's six months older than Daniels I believe. But yeah, they are both pretty old.

Burrow is always hurt, they said Stroud couldn’t move within the pocket, showed he could in the playoffs (like Penix), and still knock him, they say he had too many weapons but guys like burrow, Lawrence, and even Daniels all do too, then they make up stuff like he’s supposed to be a perfect QB

@@user-hg4hz1lx2hpenix was also good at IU so idk why people use that argument either lol

@@user-hg4hz1lx2h Yes, bias creeps into things. Sadly. The fans chanted Matt Canada out of PIT for the good-looking dyed-blonde Pickett. Meanwhile, for three years an inept OC turned an MVP-calibre QB who threw 36 TDs to only 6 INTs into a pedestrian 16 (less than half) to 13 (more than double) & everyone defended the OC. If I was cynical, I *_might say_* that since coaching is about the last position of authority still dominated by White Males that it feels like how terrible play-calling affects things is Deliberately Ignored for the reason of not wanting to call this out because when I ask people to point out how Greg Roman 'helped Lamar' in any aspect of his game, I only twice got unintelligible answers. But most are just smart enough to know there aren't any excuses for it. Fields has had to deal with worse, but just barely.

6'3" vs 5'10". Penix is humble, talented and coachable. Russ is arrogant, talented, short and now a coach killer.

Rome Odunze. Ja'Lynn Polk.

@@UnderdogFantasy how many yards did Rome have in 2021? You should do more analysis before responding.

@@UnderdogFantasy compare MPJ to the other QBs in this class for the stat. I'll wait.

Facts, I don't care what the "Draft Experts" think. Get your guy and call it a day! #SKOL

His arm is much like former UDub star Warren Moon, both throw beautiful spirals

Yes they most certainly are, like chattering monkeys. Stupidity is a disease and we are suffering through a global epidemic today. smh

Maye and McCarthy are 2.5 years younger, which is significant. Higher ceiling but also a lower floor.

@@jooglebob So, you're going to draft a QB based on what he HASN'T done (yet) instead of what they HAVE done. Just because Penix has shown far better QB skills (so far) doesn't mean anything, right. You're going to draft Maye and McCarthy based on what your crystal ball says they WILL do if given more time, and also ASSUMING Penix will never get any better. Yeah that really worked out with Zach Wilson, ASSUMING he would develop traits that he never had in the first place. The media just feeds you these dumb ideas and you just happily eat them up. smh

@@broq9194 This is also the same logic that made teams pass on Josh Allen, Pat Mahomes, Jordan Love, and Lamar Jackson. They were raw and needed development time, and personally I hated Allen and Love because they were inaccurate and made a lot of mistakes. There are several busts of that ilk like Wilson, Trey Lance, Malik Willis and more but you can't throw out the baby with the bathwater. I've made that mistake in my draft analysis before and I'm trying to learn from it. Doesn't mean you can blindly run after tools like with Lance but compared to the past busts I mentioned, I think McCarthy/Maye are way farther along than they were at this point. And it's not that I hate Penix, I have a late 1st round grade on him and I think he will be a starting QB in this league. I think Bo Nix is the one who will flop, reminds me of Mac Jones but with a lesser arm and more mobility. It is difficult comparing a QB who has been a starter for 6 years compared to M&M's 2 years each.

@@jooglebob Nuff said. Never said Maye and McCarthy were not "potentially" good QBs. Which NFL prospect is not "potentially" a good QB? Draft analysis and fan opinion is highly suspect however when you ignore demonstrated talent, ability, and production in favor of crystal ball projections of what you think a QB "might" do or "maybe could" do if this or that. Every year, some QBs are graded on "potential" and others are graded on their flaws. If Maye or McCarthy demonstrated the passing ability of Penix they would NO DOUBT be the #1 QBs in this draft, yet Penix gets graded on his flaws instead of his ability. Certain QBs get placed in positions to win and others get thrown to the wolves. Lamar Jackson demonstrated everything he needed to succeed in college and his only real flaw was simple footwork which affected his release point and accuracy, an easy fix even for a high school QB. He never should have been given a low first round grade, and I said it from the very beginning. Patrick demonstrated amazing arm talent and accuracy in college but was too much of a gun slinger, so I think he was drafted in a pretty good place. Josh Allen had instances of crazy inaccuracy and really poor decision making and played against poor competition in college and I wouldn't have drafted him. Allen is a fluke, not the norm. Maye is similar to Allen, but also very similar to Zach Wilson, so we have no idea. McCarthy has been a game manager throwing 17 balls a game and mostly handing the ball off and now he's supposed to lead an NFL franchise with 40 throws a game? And these guys are rated over Penix? It's ridiculous and you can try and justify it anyway you want. I won't even list Penix's superior attributes because I'm tired of writing.

Also the main reason his number weren't as good as Indiana was because he got injured every year

​@@kevineiford2153I would say yes he had some bad luck with injuries,however he changed his style of play his last to years.

@@kevineiford2153he wasn’t good at IU? lol what

@@lukiepookie6227 his numbers weren't as good because he got injured. Never said he wasn't good

@@kevineiford2153 he led FBs in yards before his injury, what about that isn’t good numbers lol

In two years…let’s go 😂

People are trying to justify why he "can't" do it because he's the best pocket passer in this draft, by far, and that accomplishment has traditionally been enjoyed by QBs of a very different complexion. Lefty is just another one of their excuses. Just another fear based assessment.

Yeah games like this one and vs Arizona State are what concern me. There is no NFL QB who has successfully made a living only throwing to the sidelines deep. Tom Brady made his career out of throwing short-to-intermediate. Most of the best pocket passers in the NFL were rhythm passers who can throw with timing and precision over the middle. The deep throws are pretty, but in the NFL they aren't open nearly as often.

​@DoTheAstralPlane Jalen Hurts was in a recent SB....

That’s like saying Caleb is bad because of the Notre dame game

@@lukiepookie6227 Mental weakness will be C.Williams downfall.

@@nvq idrc what you think about QBS, your evaluations are meaningless

They also have less accuracy, and Rivers isn’t as good of a leader, so Penix can lift a team

You have to have a contingency plan with penix like raiders ...he will get a chance if hey can stay healthy good if not backup

Eh, Bo Nix was a day 1 true freshman starter in the SEC at Auburn, which was an absolute mess on the coaching end, then went to a good offensive scheme and showed out. Even when people were joking he was "Bo Pix" he was one of the most electric players in the SEC, and things only got worse at Auburn (things are still getting worse lol). Penix meanwhile has followed the same coaches throughout his college career and mostly really started to get hot when he transferred to a way more talented Washington roster. The only similarities are they're old for rookies.

then you won't be drafting Penix

@@brianford78 Penix has plenty of arm talent.

@@PlaySA he has arm strength

@@brianford78 No, he has arm talent, throws one of the best deep balls any of us has ever seen, and spreads the ball all over the field, hitting receivers in perfect stride anywhere on the field, guys barely even have to move their arms to catch the ball. Did you even watch his film? Probably not, and don't give me that "his receivers made him" bullsh*t. Look at the receiver stats before Penix arrived. Penix MADE Washington into something relevant. Odunze wasn't sh*t before Penix got there. Neither him nor Polk even had 500 yards before Penix got there. Penix made them 1,000 yard receivers. These guys are both good, but their stats wouldn't be nearly as impressive their notoriety wouldn't be nearly as high without Penix. Get your facts straight dude.

@@broq9194 hi - there is no doubt Penix was better than what was there before, as was the new offensive scheme he led - and yes, i watched him a bunch; i kind of have to - his accuracy was inconsistent, and yes, his receivers bailed him out a bunch; but i wouldn't say they made him - but he's more arm strength than arm talent - he's best outside the numbers and/or deep, when the NFL is won over the middle and/or intermediate - his deep/outside game would have to be a transcendent solution to the current NFL defenses for that to pay off the way his truthers seem to think it will (unless the truthers think he is actually very good over the middle, which would be odd) - in fact, there are plays where his first read is outside and he skips other progressions to to go the other outside guy bc he doesn't like throwing over the middle... and his P2S rate is great, but that's also bc he throws it away the second there's pressure - we don't want that in FF QBs - we need it more balanced... my facts are fine, and the beauty of this is that it's subjective and fun and we have differences of opinion watching the same guy - imo he doesn't belong in the NFL 1st rd - the NFL is dumb w/QBs, so he may be there, at which point i will have a couple shares bc that asset class retains value, and i've already taken a couple shares in best ball, but will be below market - this is what we call a balanced, sober approach to it... results could be different; i'm not an oracle, but it's very odd to me a QB like him has a hive outside of Huskies fans.... even Josh & Hayden seem to not know what to make of him; it's not like he's a slam dunk

I watched him play every snap for the past two years and I can confidently say you’re wrong. One of the best QBs I’ve ever seen in the PAC-12 and there’s been a lot of greats.

@@erikolson5440 and i can confidently say you are wrong - that's why this is fun

actually what's great about this is neither of us should be all that confident about any rookie QB but we have a strong take lol

He's gonna be a first round pick.

@@PlaySA very possible - and also crazy imo

Penix is a RAIDER!

I mean they said the same thing about Stroud, until the playoffs, so I don’t see who you wanna ignore that? Again, I don’t see where yall say oh he had a good team, when McCarthy team was excellent, Daniels team was amazing, and then you got Caleb and Maye. Dude is gonna be raw and everyone is gonna say oh well I ain’t see it coming

Did you watch him IU? Terrible oline, no odunzes, and he stil led FBs in yards

Redshirt freshman too

He's like a Ryan Tannehill level of potential added value on the ground.

@@PlaySA He's not even that. He will leave the pocket only if he has absolutely no other choice. Even if he does, he's not going very far.

His mechanics are off? He forces the ball? His scrabbling ability... he's a lefty of course it'll look off, go look at steve young rookie highlights... he doesn't force the ball, he know where to put it. He manipulates the dbs & safties with his eyes. An I believe he uses his core more than his legs. Scrabbling, did you the texas game?. The playbook was for him to dart shit up an chill in the pocket. An remember, cj stroud wasn't a stupid scrambler or a runner I'm college.

The draft is a load of crap, you can read about who picked whom the very next day and not miss a thing.

he’s 23

They reach for less ask Wilson and Lance

He’s the same age as Daniels

23 lol

“like you guys always do with black quarterbacks” Give an example of when - this channel - did that

If Penix neglected an advantageous part of his game simply to make a quasi-political statement, then he shouldn't be an NFL QB.

@@UnderdogFantasy You know dang well he isn't accusing this channel of stigmatizing Black QBs, he is accusing society in general. Maybe you haven't done this. I'm guessing you haven't - Good for you, applause. But guess what - THE ENTIRE REST OF THE FRICKING COUNTRY HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR DECADES!!! You're comment is simply a flat denial of this ever being done, just passing the buck onto the next guilty party. A real man and responsible human being who wants this world to be a better place would acknowledge the truth in this statement, not simply try to pass the buck, not offer a flat denial and do absolutely nothing to correct the problem, doing nothing to make society a little better, actually making it a little worse. Stop ignoring the obvious truth, stop with the flat denials and be a MAN about it, or wear a dress on your podcast so we know what we're looking at. smh