.The Atlanta ga Falcons possessed quite possibly the boldest offseason in the NFL, signing quarterback and four-time Pro Bowler Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 thousand bargain ($ one hundred million promised) as well as likewise drafting Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the No. 8 choice in the 2024 NFL Draft.Team owner Arthur Blank helped make the instance for why the Falcons, whom he identified "private thinkers," were important to allocate significant information to a set of quarterbacks." Our company made it very clear to Kirk and others that our team most likely were going to compose a quarterback during the course of this draft. As it ended up, Michael Penix, for our coaching team and our personnel team, graded extraordinarily higher. They saw him as an enormous gamer," Space informed The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. "Our experts've been by means of a scenario, post-Matt Ryan, when our team are actually seeing that film when our team really did not have a franchise business quarterback. Our company really did not would like to duplicate that again. I indicate, I definitely didn't. I'm super conscious all kinds of sequence preparation. After 60-odd years of organization, in any sort of organization, that's important. At the essential position, the quarterback placement in the NFL, that is actually quite vital. " Thus, merely listening to our mentoring staff as well as our personnel department, they really decided. Michael was actually mosting likely to be actually offered at amount 8. They observed an extraordinary ability. Kirk Cousins is our franchise quarterback, is our beginning quarterback, and also he seems to be to become carrying out great coming from a health care viewpoint." Relatives, that will certainly be actually 36 at the beginning of the 2024 time, possessed his 2023 initiative halted after 8 video games due to a torn Achilles. He invested the previous six seasons of his occupation with the Minnesota Vikings, which was actually come before through six seasons in Washington, with him being actually the full-time starter the final 3 years (2015-17). Before the Achilles tear, Cousins completed 2,331 passing backyards, 18 passing touchdowns, five interceptions and a 103.8 passer rating, while accomplishing 69.5% of his passes.Meanwhile, Penix completed second in 2023 Heisman Trophy ballot, a year after finishing 8th. Over his pair of periods in Washington (2022-23), Penix balanced 4,772 passing yards, 33.5 passing goals, 9.5 interceptions and also a 154.2 passer rating per time, while finishing 65.4% of his passes.The Huskies went a consolidated 25-3 along with Penix under facility, highlighted by reaching last season's College Football Playoff Championship game game.Atlanta is actually coming off a 3rd successive 7-10 time, which caused head train Arthur Johnson's termination for previous Los Angeles Rams defensive planner and also former Falcons interim trainer Raheem Morris. Additionally, the Falcons have not made the playoffs or even had a succeeding record due to the fact that 2017. Eagles under 10.5 wins, Cowboys, Falcons over emphasize Danny Parkins' gain total wagers Atlanta ga has actually begun 3 quarterbacks over recent 2 years, which followed trading the pro and also four-time Pro Bowler Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts in 2022: Desmond Ridder, Marcus Mariota and also Taylor Heinicke." We hope and wish he is actually [Relatives] obtained 3 to four wonderful years facing him, perhaps past that. Who understands? However our experts likewise understand that at some time, there will certainly be actually an aspect that our team'll require a change," Empty pointed out concerning Atlanta's future at quarterback. "Our team want to ensure our team do that easily." Space referenced the Green Gulf Packers, who traded up to select quarterback Jordan Love in the 2020 NFL Draught and sat him responsible for Aaron Rodgers for 3 seasons, as a prospective version for the Falcons Passion aided the Packers hit the NFC divisional round in his first complete time under facility (2023) as well as earned a four-year, $220 thousand expansion from Eco-friendly Gulf last week. [Want wonderful tales supplied right to your inbox? Develop or log in to your FOX Athletics account, follow games, teams as well as players to get a tailored newsletter daily.] Comply with Observe your preferences to tailor your FOX Sports expertise Atlanta ga Falcons Michael Penix Jr. Kirk Cousins Get extra from National Soccer League Follow your preferences to acquire information about activities, headlines as well as more.