Photo by John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images What will tonight bring for the Falcons? The Atlanta Falcons will soon be back on the clock, and they have three total picks to make on the second day of the 2024 NFL Draft. Given that they chose to pick a quarterback in round one and given their still outstanding positional and overall talent needs, that second round pick and those two third round picks are incredibly pivotal selections. You can talk about the action and the picks right here, and we’ll hope for some good ones tonight. It all kicks off in about a half hour, so grab your bev ..read more

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Let’s look at why Penix was the quarterback Atlanta targeted and what he’ll bring to the franchise The Falcons made the first major surprise of the 2024 NFL Draft by selecting Washington quarterback Michael Penix with the No. 8 overall pick. Penix was one of the main characters of the 2023 college football season, leading the Huskies to a 14-1 record and a trip to the national championship, but many draft experts pegged him as a Day 2 talent who could get taken in the first round because of the value of the position to NFL teams. That expecta ..read more

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Falcons shocked the NFL by drafting Michael Penix Jr. at 8, making the decisions with their three Day 2 picks all the more important. Here are the best players available heading into the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft. The Atlanta Falcons made the shocking decision to select quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth overall pick on Thursday. Penix is a prospect the team obviously hopes will be become a future franchise quarterback, but given the contract status of Kirk Cousins, is unlikely to see the field for at least two seasons. With Day 2—wh ..read more

John Smolek/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images They are not happy. After months of anticipation and speculation, the Atlanta Falcons have at last revealed their hand in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. In a move that has caught many off guard, the Falcons have opted for quarterback Michael Penix, Jr. from Washington as their first selection of the weekend. This unexpected choice had sparked debates and analysis across the football community as fans and pundits alike scramble to dissect the implications of this questionable and surprising selection. In the wake of the surprising draft decis ..read more

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images The team clearly wanted to land one of the draft’s top defenders, but missed their chance. The Michael Penix selection yesterday came with significant risks, which I think are well understood at this point. One of those risks was that selecting Penix would make it more difficult for the Falcons to land high-end defensive talent, and that is talent they sorely need. The Falcons clearly tried to have it both ways. Per NFL insider Steve Wyche, who still has ties to the organization from his Atlanta Journal-Constitution days, the Falcons tried to trade back int ..read more

Eric Seals / USA TODAY NETWORK The 2024 NFL Draft is here! Join hosts Kevin Knight, Adnan Ikic, and a star-studded crew of guests as we take you through the second and third rounds with analysis of every pick from a Falcons-focused perspective. Tune in for details on our $50 NFL Shop card giveaway! At long last, the 2024 NFL Draft has finally arrived. We’ll have you covered for all the breaking news and picks here on The Falcoholic, but we’ll also once again be providing live coverage of the event on Falcoholic Live. That’s right, our Atlanta Falcons NFL Draft Party is back and better than eve ..read more

Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images This is the burning question of all burning questions after a first round selection that left fans reeling. It was the stunner of the first round, a pick destined to define the Atlanta Falcons in the coming years, and a big flag to plant for Terry Fontenot and Raheem Morris. The Michael Penix pick at No. 8 wasn’t just an audacious, potentially reckless use of premium draft capital designed to get the Falcons their future quarterback. It was a curveball thrown by a team that’s supposed to be contending in the here and now, one we all expec ..read more

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images How are you feeling, sport? Michael Penix was the first round pick for the Falcons, and as you’d expect from such a selection, it was not exactly well-received in the hours to come. Taking Penix might have been controversial if the Falcons hadn’t signed Kirk Cousins to a huge deal to be their short-term, high-end quarterback as the franchise seeks to return to the playoffs. Because they did sign Cousins, it was much more controversial pick, especially because if all goes well with Cousins we won’t see much of Penix until 2026 at the earliest. Given that, I w ..read more

Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images The Falcons shocked the NFL by drafting Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Host Kevin Knight is here to break down the first round, including thoughts on the pick, the timeline for Penix to start, and the potential conflict this could create with Kirk Cousins. Fellow Falcoholics, welcome to another episode of the Dirty Birds and Brews podcast! The Atlanta Falcons shocked the NFL by drafting Washington Huskies quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Host Kev ..read more

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta spent a lot of money to land Cousins, and angering him in the short-term seems risky. The Atlanta Falcons paid up in a major way to land Kirk Cousins, the consensus best quarterback available in free agency. It was a move designed to help them win in the here and now, with Raheem Morris and offensive coordinator Zac Robinson getting their veteran equivalent to Matthew Stafford or Matt Ryan for a roster they clearly felt was ready to contend. There were long-term questions at the position, sure, but that didn’t necessarily demand an instant fix. The Fa ..read more