The Falcons shocked the entire NFL world when they drafted Michael Penix Jr. after giving Kirk Cousins $180 million in free agency less than two months prior.
That kind of decision will bring about scrutiny, and it did immediately. In the middle of the offseason, there wasn’t much to talk about other than the Cousins-Penix dynamic in Atlanta, so we did until we were blue in the face.
Unfortunately, those conversations were only beginning. Before the start of the season, it was obvious that with every misstep Cousins would be questioned, and calls for Penix would come. We didn’t have to wait long…