The Atlanta Falcons pulled off the biggest stunner of the night when they selected Michael Penix Jr., and apparently, even Kirk Cousins was surprised.
The Atlanta Falcons pulled off the biggest stunner of the first round of the NFL Draft by selecting Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth pick. Last month, they signed Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 million deal, leaving just about everyone to think that Penix wasn't even an option there. But, the Falcons apparently like the 24-year-old southpaw, as Cousins, 35, is coming off an Achilles injury.
Surely, your franchise quarterback is typically in the know about what would go on with a top-10 pick. But apparently, the Falcons and Cousins didn't have many conversations about the pick. During the NFL Network's broadcast, Daniel Jeremiah said he got in touch with Cousins' agent, Mike McCartney, who told him the Falcons kept their plans of Penix under wraps from Cousins. 'Kirk Cousins was not given really a heads up on this whole thing,' Jeremiah said.
refuted that report just a tad - McCartney told the outlet that 'the only heads up the Falcons gave Cousins about picking…Penix was a call while the team was on the clock.' The Athletic reported that Cousins 'understood' that a quarterback would be considered, but he did not believe his successor would be taken in the first round - thus, the Penix selection left him 'stunned.
It is ironic that the Falcons took Penix as Cousins recovers from his own serious injury - he has torn his right ACL twice, once in 2018 and once in 2020 with Indiana, and he had a clavicle fracture in 2019 and an A/C joint separation in 2021. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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