re: I'm starting to see how ATL rationalized taking Penix

This is my problem with it. I think Penix is going to be very good, the people who are dissing his actual skills as third-round level are silly and reacting to the hype he drew or to the fact that his coach is now at a school they hate.

But the Falcons couldn’t have just come up with the plan to take him last week. Or you’d like to think they wouldn’t have, although we are talking about the Falcons here.

So if this is where you are looking to go in the draft, why do you open the checkbook TO THAT EXTENT for a QB who’s relatively aged and has an Achilles tear on his resume?