It's easier to build a team around a QB on a rookie QB then overpaying for a marginal one and hamstringing your team for years. I see the thought process behind it even if I don't necessarily agree with it.
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Professor K.
rap game Paul Millsap
It's easier but it's not sustainable. Every team that has operated under that building strategy has had to tear down their roster and try to quickly rebuild once their QB's 2nd contract kicks in. Chiefs are the only ones to survive this and remain at the same level of competitiveness, with every other team(Chargers/Bills/Eagles/Bengals/etc) in recent years taking some form of a step back.
Mr Hate Coffee
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I’ve been listening to Atlanta sports radio all morning 
The bolded is the problem.
If Kirk was one his last year, or even on a 2 year deal, I get it. But they had their pick of any defender and just committed it all to Kirk... and they took Penix. And the GM or whoever seems content with Penix sitting until he's 28-29...
It essentially is a 2 year deal as they can cut him after the 2nd season at only a $25 million dead cap hit.
He will more than likely end up getting benched at some point next season if he plays just alright so he doesn't get injured and it becomes guaranteed for injury.
They should made a move for Russell before Steelers did. Got him for cheap with the intention of drafting Penix. Man, that was full on incompetence.
Plus, Kirk coming off an Achilles injury too. Atlanta sport writers probably tearing them up.
Professor K.
rap game Paul Millsap
He actually is breh. We only owe him 10 mill after 2025. He was always getting cut/retiring after that, unless he was playing top 5 QB-level ball.
MP is hitting the field at the same age Rodgers did
Didn’t he get a big guarantee though?
The only number that matters is fully guaranteed at signing as teams can maneuver out of the rest if they really want to do so.
It's why you see QBs getting benched over the past few years to prevent injury.
Professor K.
rap game Paul Millsap
Yeah 100 mill. 45 these first 2 years and 10 year 3. He was never seeing year 4 no matter who we picked
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I think a lot of people are forgetting he (Cousins) just tore his Achilles last year. There's no tellin how his ass is gonna bounce back. I actually don't think this pick is as bas as some people think it is.
I think it’s the 100 million guaranteed that makes this pick for Penix bad. They should’ve never guaranteed that with intention of drafting a QB this high.
A team taking a QB to eventually take over for an older one is smart.
But to do so when you just signed one to a long-term deal with 100M guaranteed is asinine.
However, the thread has informed me that Atlanta has an out after year 2 so it may not be so bad.
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O.iatlhawksfan
Biggest homer on the Coli
Take away all the hoopla that the draft process beings Penix is easily the 3rd or 4th best QB in this draft
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It's not really that ground breaking. Teams do it all the time