6'2", 228. Me being a looooong time Bears fan(1959), I loved the Falcon's pick at 8. I had them drafting Rome Odunza at 8 and I was real curious to see if Da Bears wouild trade down for an extra pick or draft an O tackle, an edge rusher or interior D lineman at 9. I really liked Odunza and Harrison Jr, but I figured no way would the Bears get one of them at 9, so color me a real happy camper Dan.
Kirk cousins is an old maybe at times an above average quarterback...these sideline talk show critics somehow think they know more than the experts....in this day and age of more mobile QBs, and QB'S getting hurt, you almost need a good backup...(See the jets and Rodgers)
Eisen says 'when have we ever seen anything remotely similar to this?" Well, we've seen it twice with the Packers. Superstar quarterback offended by the franchise drafting a QB while he is there (Farve is there when they chose Rodgers, Rodgers is there when they chose Love.) The quarterback position is such a wild card, I am not surprised teams take guys early to give them time to evaluate and provide depth in case of injury. You have Heisman trophy winners that are busts and the last person chosen in the draft playing for the 49ers.
A reach, imo.. Believe ATL envisions Penix as the next franchise qb. That said, the pick was a surprise (just signed Cousins for few years). Was hoping Penix would fall to my Raiders at 13
I believe that they’re not quite sure how Kirk will be coming off injury. If he needs a few weeks into the NFL season, they feel Penix could bridge the gap for a relatively cheap plus with all the quarterbacks that seem to have gone down throughout the year, it’s worth having a great number two just in case.
Nothing wrong with doing it the right way and letting Penix sit a couple years. This year he sits for sure but he can do what Mahomes did to Alex Smith and they can bench cut or trade Kirk cousins. Is what it is. Can’t pass up on someone like Penix Jr for a 35 year old coming off Achilles tear
Difference between Penix and Love is age. Let's say you keep Kirk for 2 years, Penix will be 26 with 0 NFL start then he needs to workout cause you have to sign him to a contract at age 27-28? It's just weird. Plus it's the 8th pick not the 26th pick. With the 8th pick your supposed to get an impact day 1 starter now a clipboard for 2 years.
lets talk about about the NFL DRAFT crowds and TV Ratings VS NBA playoffs , the NBA DREAMS of getting HUGE crowds like that at their draft or the TV ratings the draft gets compared to NBA playoffs games WOW
You experts had the same reaction when the Packers drafted Love. So how did that work out? Now most of you thought it was great. Time will tell and I suspect you will call it great in time based. 😮
