The Atlanta Falcons made a giant splash in free company this offseason by signing Kirk Cousins, a four-time Professional Bowl quarterback, to a large deal.
Cousins will flip 36 years of age this summer season and is coming off a torn Achilles he suffered halfway by way of final season, however the Falcons really feel he will probably be their first professional signal-caller since Matt Ryan was in his prime a number of years in the past.
On draft day in April, Atlanta additionally had the chance to accumulate a fourth-round draft decide from the Chicago Bears in the event that they agreed to surrender their No. 8 general decide for the No. 9 decide so Chicago may take broad receiver Rome Odunze at No. 8.
Atlanta stated no, and Ari Meirov tweeted a video of that call being made.
The #Bears have been open to buying and selling a future 4th to the #Falcons to maneuver from 9 to eight to safe Rome Odunze.
Looks like Atlanta wasn’t . The Bears nonetheless obtained Odunze.
However this feels noteworthy after Atlanta misplaced a future fifth this week for tampering.pic.twitter.com/cB2kAn7fmO
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) June 14, 2024
Because it turned out, the Bears nonetheless obtained Odunze at No. 9, whereas the Falcons made a curious resolution at No. 8.
Regardless of having already signed Cousins, they took Michael Penix Jr., a quarterback from the College of Washington, which had everybody asking what the Falcons have been pondering.
Maybe they took Penix due to Cousins’ age and Achilles damage in order that they may very well be set at QB for a few years to come back if Penix seems to be the actual deal.
Each the Falcons and Bears may’ve probably made the identical decisions within the first spherical had they made the deal that they mentioned, and after the Falcons misplaced a fifth-round decide as a result of tampering allegations, the sting of shedding that decide would’ve been lessened.
As it’s, Atlanta, who went 7-10 final yr, doesn’t have a mighty spectacular roster proper now, however they do have a strong younger broad receiver in Drake London, in addition to a possible star operating again in Bijan Robinson.
