PFF's Sam Monson Breaks Down Atlanta's Draft & Michael Penix Jr. 

WOW a level headed logical discussion about why the falcons picked penix. Almost impossible to find. Even if you disagree with the plan its wild for all these people on the internet to keep saying there was no plan. It's very simple to understand why this was done. 😂

If you line his numbers up against the other 5 QB …Penix wins and numbers are better

Personally I have never seen a draft expert who really was hyped about an edge in the 3rd round if he wasn’t a combine warrior. I believe our draft was to set up depth on the front line because we will possibly move Troy Anderson to the outside linebacker spot where he can use his athleticism and think less. If you used him as the edge I’m sure he could bring pressure. He has a build that fits that mold better

Sam has the best take on this I’ve seen. Great interview

Good interview

Yes, great interview, excellent insights. The elephant in the room: can they elevate out of a weak pass rush? I think they need more help than they got in the draft.

Nice interview. Adam shelter said that it is was 25 mill on cap, 2026 its like 5 mill on cap. We can move on from Kirk next year if it dont work or if penix is great . But I’m glad we got penix. Rise up 🏹 9:51

I like Penix. I’m glad he’s a Falcon. But I think how we went about getting him is wrong. Get Cousins. Yes. Get Penix. Yes. Get BOTH? I don’t think so. BUT, we’re committed. Let’s make it work. And I go back to before Bartkowski. I remember Fulton Kuykendall. John Zook. Those guys. I am definitely hoping for the best from Cousins and Penix.

Pat Mahomes was pick 10 after Alex smith went to afc championship game that year and had like 3 winning seasons in a row. 12:58

For this pick to NOT make sense... you would have to say your solid bet is .. Draft a defensive player (even though the rest of the NFL told you none was eye pop'n because none was selected in the first 14 picks) And you would have to sale that you are a one 8th overall pick in a meh defensive draft away from playoff run with kirk Cousins. OR Maybe just maybe Your management can self evaluate and see that Kirk Cousins is a 78win 70 loss 2 tie career record QB That he has 16 wins to 47 losses vs teams with a winning record (put that in perspective Lamar Jackson had 8 wins vs teams with winning records by DOUBLE DIGITS in 2023 ALONE!!!!!..... 13 years and only involved in 16 wins vs teams over .500.............................. 3 and 13 on Monday Night football (2 of those wins vs the Bears last few years ... yea the team with the 1st pick in the draft).. speaks to this theme of shrinking in clutch prime time games. Maybe they saw that Kirk Cousins has 1 playoff win in 13 years (we have had 3 presidents in that time) IS it REALLY a solid bet to go all in for a playoff run over expanding your window of opportunity and getting a QB you BELIEVE in for the future? Which sounds more reasonable guys. Placing your bet in Kirk Cousins making a playoff run at 36 years old coming off injury looking at his resume. OR A decade window with a young QB you are high on Which one sounds more reasonable? .. which one sounds more logical?

Speaking of edges who were not 1st round picks producing......Danielle Hunter was pick 88.....i think he did ok.

Will said Mooney 4.38 and Moore 4.29 aren't the deepest NFL threats in the league. Pitts 4.44. Who are the deepest threats in the league ans how many teams actually have them? Smh let's stop trying to move the goal post. As if Odunze 4.45 is the deepest 😂, Polk ran a 4.52, McMillian ran a 4.47. These were Penix WRs at Washington when he threw for 4,5K+ passing yards. Point is a true QB can get the most out of his WRs which Penix did two yrs back to back as the last QB since Mahones at TexTch throwing back to back seasons of 4,5K+ passing yard seasons. Don't try to compare Penix to Bo Nix, McCarthy, Maye, Daniels to Penix they don't have the passing yards, TDs, or pressure to carry a team that Penix had the past two seasons.. it's not even close. People like to find issue where there isn't an issue because they don't agree with what someone else did. It's crazy to me. As a person who just covers sports or a team. But you aren't a fan of the team. Your job isn't to agree or disagree with what the team does. Its to be neutral and see it for what they say they are trying to do. You can't be neutral if you allow your feelings and ego to get involved. You can't ask about positions that are totally dependent on QB play for success and then say outside of the lack of quality and functionality of the QB position did you get what you expected. That's like asking someone about a car without the engine and saying hay did you get what you thought out of this luxury car? How could I 🤪 crazy it has no engine. 😂 what are we doing???? Ask me that question after a yr or two with Cousins that's why the Falcons got Cousins to get the most out of London, Pitts, Robinson and their Offense.

So genuinely going all-in with Kirk and the current roster would have been ‘playing it safe’? What would you call kicking the can down the road with Penix whilst leaving critical weaknesses in the roster, then? A scheme to secure Terry/Raheem’s job security for three years and yet another transitional period? And before citing last season’s defense as supporting evidence, people need to acknowledge the reality that Campbell and Dupree have left. It’s not outrageous to suggest that our likely output in 2024 could be worse. Monson didn’t sound overly optimistic about the Falcons receiver depth, I noticed.

Lol falcons are the joke of the nfl