.The Atlanta Falcons had quite potentially the boldest offseason in the NFL, authorizing quarterback and also four-time Pro Bowler Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 thousand deal ($ one hundred thousand guaranteed) and also preparing Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the No. 8 choice in the 2024 NFL Draft.Team proprietor Arthur Empty produced the scenario for why the Falcons, whom he identified "private thinkers," were smart to allocate considerable information to a set of quarterbacks." We created it clear to Kirk as well as others that our team perhaps were actually visiting draft a quarterback throughout this draft. As it turned out, Michael Penix, for our mentoring personnel and our workers department, graded exceptionally high. They viewed him as an enormous gamer," Space said to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. "We've been through a situation, post-Matt Ryan, when our company are actually finding that flick when our company really did not have a franchise quarterback. Our company really did not intend to redo that again. I indicate, I surely really did not. I am actually tremendously conscious all forms of progression planning. After 60-odd years of business, in any type of organization, that is actually critical. At the essential posture, the quarterback setting in the NFL, that's very vital. " Thus, only listening to our mentoring staff and our staffs division, they truly decided. Michael was visiting be actually offered at variety 8. They viewed a remarkable talent. Kirk Cousins is our franchise quarterback, is our beginning quarterback, and also he appears to be doing wonderful coming from a health care viewpoint." Cousins, who will be 36 at the start of the 2024 time, possessed his 2023 project stopped after eight video games because of a torn Achilles. He spent the previous six seasons of his occupation along with the Minnesota Vikings, which was actually preceded by six periods in Washington, along with him being actually the full-time starter the last 3 years (2015-17). Prior to the Achilles tear, Relatives amounted to 2,331 passing yards, 18 passing goals, 5 interceptions and also a 103.8 passer ranking, while accomplishing 69.5% of his passes.Meanwhile, Penix ended up second in 2023 Heisman Trophy voting, a year after finishing 8th. Over his pair of periods in Washington (2022-23), Penix averaged 4,772 passing lawns, 33.5 passing goals, 9.5 interceptions as well as a 154.2 passer score every period, while completing 65.4% of his passes.The Huskies went a bundled 25-3 with Penix under center, highlighted through achieving last period's University Football Playoff Championship game game.Atlanta is going over a 3rd successive 7-10 period, which caused head train Arthur Smith's dismissal in favor of former Los Angeles Rams protective organizer and previous Falcons interim train Raheem Morris. Moreover, the Falcons have not created the playoffs or possessed a succeeding record since 2017. Eagles under 10.5 triumphes, Cowboys, Falcons over emphasize Danny Parkins' win total wagers Atlanta has begun three quarterbacks over the past pair of years, which followed trading the veteran as well as four-time Pro Bowler Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts in 2022: Desmond Ridder, Marcus Mariota as well as Taylor Heinicke." Our company really hope as well as wish he is actually [Cousins] obtained 3 to four terrific years facing him, maybe past that. Who recognizes? Yet our experts likewise know that at some point, there will definitely be a factor that our experts'll need to have a switch," Empty claimed concerning Atlanta's future at quarterback. "Our company would like to make sure our experts perform that smoothly." Blank referenced the Eco-friendly Gulf Packers, who traded as much as select quarterback Jordan Affection in the 2020 NFL Draft and also rested him responsible for Aaron Rodgers for three seasons, as a potential style for the Falcons Affection assisted the Packers get to the NFC local round in his initial complete time under facility (2023) as well as gained a four-year, $220 thousand expansion from Veggie Gulf recently. [Want terrific stories delivered straight to your inbox? Produce or even log in to your FOX Sports account, observe leagues, staffs as well as players to receive a customized bulletin daily.] Observe Observe your faves to tailor your FOX Athletics expertise Atlanta georgia Falcons Michael Penix Jr. Kirk Cousins Obtain more coming from National Soccer League Observe your faves to receive relevant information concerning activities, information as well as additional.