re: Michael Lombardi destroys Falcon's GM

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They essentially locked up their QB situation for the next 10-15 years.

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neither of these QB’s will be on their roster in 7 years.

I mean the Atlanta GM was an exec for the Saints in the past

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Weren't you on the Zach Wilson train a couple of years back?

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I think so. Can't get them all right. I'll eat that one.

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RD Dawg

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You also thought that the Braves are still cheap and didn't have a top-5 payroll until I physically had to point it out to you over on the UGA board b/c you were being so obtuse about it. Then you ghosted. So I'm not the only one w/bad takes.

Many NFL experts have seconded my instant take in the draft thread that it was the worst draft decision in NFL history.

Has anyone come to rhe conclusion that Atlanta does not know what it is doing either with signing Cousins or drafting Penix.

Consider this. Cousins is coming off an Achilles injury. Those injuries are hard to come back from. Dez Bryant popped his in practice with the Saints and it ended what was left of his career. In Basketball Demarcus Cousins ruptured his and it basically ended his NBA career....he's playing in Taiwan now.

Most who have had this injury have seen their careers negatively impacted and shortened even after surgery.

With Penix.....2 ACL surgeries and shoulder surgery. If he is forced to scramble much, he's a liability because he becomes injury prone and not having a decent to good line makes him a sitting duck.

So Arthur Blank has committed at least 150 million guaranteed to 2 QB's that are really high risk on the injury end. Prices at Home Depot getting ready to go up along with GameDay concessions at the Mercedes Benz Dome.

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He was only ranked that low due to his past injuries.

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Durability, especially for a QB, is almost as important as physical talents. It’s even more important for a QB than for other positions. If your left guard goes down, you just plug in another left guard and you can manage. If your QB goes down, you’re usually in trouble.

Penis has a history of major injuries. Doesn’t mean he’ll get another one but you have to consider injury history when drafting a player.

Yeah, people saying Penix’s skill set is that low are just silly and blinded by other factors. He’s going to be a good one.

I just don’t see this pick after opening up the checkbook TO THAT EXTENT (emphasis on that for differentiation) for Cousins. If you’re going to do A, B becomes problematic because I am not sure Penix is the guy you want to serve a significant apprenticeship. .

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was the best player on the board @ #8.

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Haha! No.

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No one was sold on Mahomes either. I'm not comparing the two, just making a point

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You’re right no one really knows, least of all message board posters. i don’t think it’s a bad pick because i don’t like Penix, i think it’s unbelievable stupid because they just signed Cousins to a pretty big deal. They are either going to waste prime years for Penix who is already 24, have an extremely expensive back up or eat a massive amount of dead cap space. It shows a complete lack of vision or a coherent plan by the first office to do both moves. They had the 8th pick, if they wanted a QB they could have signed a cheap bridge QB like TB did last year. It’s gross incompetence to do what they did.

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Him trashing Dan Orlovsky was hilarious.

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He's done it plenty of times on the GM Shuffle.

Danny O just can't catch a break.

Lombardi has been giving the Falcons front office the business lately though. Ever since they passed on Belichick. He's convinced Rich McKay is still very much involved in a lot of the discission making.