.The Atlanta ga Falcons had fairly perhaps the boldest offseason in the NFL, signing quarterback and also four-time Pro Bowler Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 thousand package ($ 100 million assured) as well as also composing Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. along with the No. 8 choice in the 2024 NFL Draft.Team owner Arthur Empty produced the case for why the Falcons, whom he designated "private thinkers," were wise to assign substantial resources to a set of quarterbacks." Our experts produced it very clear to Kirk and others that our team possibly were actually mosting likely to draft a quarterback in the course of this draught. As it turned out, Michael Penix, for our coaching workers and our staffs division, classed amazingly higher. They watched him as a remarkable gamer," Space said to The Atlanta georgia Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. "Our team've been actually through a condition, post-Matt Ryan, when our company're seeing that movie when our company really did not have a franchise business quarterback. We really did not desire to repeat that again. I suggest, I certainly failed to. I am actually super sensitive to all types of sequence preparation. After 60-odd years of business, in any kind of organization, that's vital. At the vital posture, the quarterback posture in the NFL, that's very significant. " Therefore, merely paying attention to our mentoring personnel and our personnel team, they actually decided. Michael was visiting be actually on call at variety eight. They viewed a remarkable ability. Kirk Cousins is our franchise business quarterback, is our starting quarterback, and he seems to become doing wonderful from a clinical standpoint." Relatives, that are going to be actually 36 at the start of the 2024 time, possessed his 2023 project shortened after eight video games because of a torn Achilles. He spent the previous 6 seasons of his job along with the Minnesota Vikings, which was actually anticipated through six seasons in Washington, with him being the full-time starter the last 3 years (2015-17). Before the Achilles tear, Cousins totaled 2,331 passing yards, 18 passing goals, five interceptions as well as a 103.8 passer score, while accomplishing 69.5% of his passes.Meanwhile, Penix ended up second in 2023 Heisman Prize ballot, a year after ending up eighth. Over his pair of periods in Washington (2022-23), Penix averaged 4,772 passing gardens, 33.5 passing goals, 9.5 interceptions and a 154.2 passer score every time, while finishing 65.4% of his passes.The Huskies went a bundled 25-3 with Penix under facility, highlighted through achieving last season's College Soccer Playoff Championship game game.Atlanta is going over a third successive 7-10 time, which resulted in head train Arthur Smith's termination for past Los Angeles Rams protective coordinator as well as previous Falcons interim coach Raheem Morris. Moreover, the Falcons have not made the playoffs or even had a gaining record since 2017. Eagles under 10.5 victories, Cowboys, Falcons over emphasize Danny Parkins' succeed total wagers Atlanta georgia has begun three quarterbacks over recent pair of years, which happened after trading the professional and also four-time Pro Bowler Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts in 2022: Desmond Ridder, Marcus Mariota as well as Taylor Heinicke." Our team hope and also wish he's [Relatives] got three to 4 terrific years in front of him, possibly beyond that. That knows? However we also know that at some point, there will be actually an aspect that our company'll need to have a switch," Empty stated concerning Atlanta georgia's future at quarterback. "Our team intend to make sure our company do that effortlessly." Space referenced the Green Gulf Packers, that traded approximately decide on quarterback Jordan Passion in the 2020 NFL Draft and also sat him responsible for Aaron Rodgers for 3 times, as a potential design for the Falcons Passion aided the Packers get to the NFC local round in his first total time under center (2023) and also gained a four-year, $220 million extension coming from Eco-friendly Bay last week. [Want wonderful tales supplied straight to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Athletics profile, comply with games, teams and also players to get a customized email list daily.] Adhere to Follow your faves to individualize your FOX Athletics experience Atlanta georgia Falcons Michael Penix Jr. Kirk Cousins Get a lot more coming from National Volleyball Game Observe your preferences to get relevant information about activities, news and even more.