“If The Falcons Didn’t Take Penix At #8, The Raiders Were Taking Him” | Pat McAfee Reacts

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was it the Falcons pick what was the one that you knew there was going to be some too here I knew the quarterbacks were going early P okay I I knew that penx was in the conversation I didn’t I wasn’t sure that he was going to go I knew he could go I had a feeling that bone Nicks was gonna go we knew JJ McCarthy was gonna go so in my mind I just knew that in the first half of the first round there was a real chance that six quarterbacks were going to be picked and by the way if had slid past the Falcons at eight and the rest of the quarterbacks went the way they did then there was the possibility that the Raiders would have taken penck so when we were standing there before the show I said to you it’s gonna be a big night for quarterbacks yep and I said there’s G to be some big news I had a feeling penck could be in play at eight I had a real feel that Nicks was going to be in play at 12 I knew all together that it was going to be Topsy and Turvy and that the quarterbacks were going to fly off the board and they did yeah offense flew off the board I mean Chris Ballard with our pick at the Colt he said we just got the best rusher in the draft because of how offensive heavy the beginning of it all was we’re kind of hearing that uh my sense from around the internet is like there’s 31 teams that are happy with what uh fan bases that are happy with what their team did a lot of questions around Atlanta have you been able to Snoop around a little bit into that situation I know Kirk Cousins said he’s super excited to work with penx and penx just got dropped into this he’s top 10 draft pick yeah and now all he has to hear about is how dumb of a decision it is so it sucks for pennic we would like to let the world know have you dug around in that world at all and what are other teams saying about that particular move you know here’s the problem I get no problem with Michael penx or taking Michael Pennock but there are some things about it that I think raise some questions number one they were at eight they could have traded back to at the very least number 10 gotten something from the Jets who had some interest in moving up in the draft the Jets would have moved up the Falcons could have moved back two slots gotten an extra fourth round pick at the very least from the New York Jets that’s number one you could have moved further back if you would have liked that and really been willing to roll the dice that the Raiders wouldn’t take pennic again no issues there and then I guess my question would be you sign Kirk Cousins in March if you know you’re all in on Michael penx the way they are then why would you give Kirk Cousins a hundred million before now they had a lot of defensive needs but in rounds 2 three 4 they took three players along the defensive line so you could justify it that way and say look they got help up front and they solidify the quarterback position and the whole thing with this franchise was after they traded Matt Ryan to Indianapolis they felt like they had one quarterback and they never had any quarterbacks and I think they were scarred by that so much so that they wanted to address the quarterback in free agency and then it was important to them it was always going to be important to them to address the quarterback position even more they loved Michael penck Raheem Morris was a huge penck fan and so the way that they figured it was we’re going to lock up this position and we’re going to make sure that we don’t have any questions or doubts in this spot again my number one question would be why we you not trade back to try to get him an extra and pick up extra draft Capital because you could have done that they say somebody would have taken Michael benck before 10 that wouldn’t have happened I’m just telling you that wouldn’t have happened okay so I mean Conor just celebrated because of pull catch there from who was and we were all very confused about how pennx wasn’t being talked about as a top 10 guy you know going into the draft a lot of us that watched all of college football last year and saw the way he handled his team his teammates and the game it’s like this guy is an NFL guy now we’re staring down the possibility of not seeing him for a couple years if Kirk Cousins plays exactly like how Kirk Cousins normally plays but I guess what orlovski is saying from the message that he’s getting inside the building is like if he going play for two years perfect we transition right into another quarter back now he’ll be 26 I believe at the time because he’s already 24 years old but last year a lot of backups played so maybe this decision looks good around week 11 or week 12 if something happens nonetheless you never know how a draft goes for anybody until we see how they play on Sundays Mondays Wednesdays Thursdays Saturdays Fridays Fridays now Black Friday we got a game Y and opening week we got a game on Friday oh yeah so yeah so you know you know what the old expression is Pat On Any Given Wednesday any given Wednesday yeah especially if it’s Christmas you’re ask can get ask can get got there and so I’ll be excited to hear what font has to say about it as it continues to roll on but trading back thinking he can get him later seems like a right decision yeah Chey at three and even two what was the best offer because obviously Minnesota there was a lot of talk of them moving up did they ever offer one of their you know Premier players and same with even like a Raiders situation they ever offer one of their top dogs or was it just you know the first round picks of this year and next year Connor wants me to say that the Vikings offered Justin Jefferson to get up to number three right did they did did they or not no no no they did not they did not offer that they offered they offered various pick packages to come up there the the Vikings had the most discussions with the Patriots and on Thursday I texted somebody in New England I’m like any chance this gets done and the text I got back a few hours before the draft was zero chance zero so clearly the Patriots were determined to stick where they were they knew like everybody else that Caleb Williams was going one that Jaden Williams was going to and that they were going to be able to take Drake may they talked to the Giants and the Giants you know I don’t know that the Giants weren’t for Joe Al at three as opposed to the quarterback I know we talked a lot about them the Giants really wanted Joe Al sounds like it I think they wanted Joe Al that’s my suspicion based on things I’ve heard from people it’s unconfirmed I want to be very clear about that but that’s what I believe is they wanted Joe Al there and for the right price if they could have gotten up there and it made sense they could have done that but New England never came close to dealing that pick they were very consistent in the idea that it was going to take a lot for them to move it was highly unlikely that they were going to move and then the text came in a few hours before the draft zero chance they’re moving it was consistent all along they always were in to stay okay so from what you said the Giants always on Daniel Jones right sounds like it we want to protect if prot let’s get they can be they’re as all in as they can be let’s not forget they did bring in Drew lock who they like and if Daniel Jones is healthy yeah they’d love to see him be healthy but you’re also talking about a guy coming off the ACL who said neck injuries the eyes durability has been a question the eyes the eyes yeah the eyes the eyes yes we saw it yeah exactly that was one of those Adam gase like press conferences hey you look refreshed by the way how pumped are you that the giraff was over pre pumped you know yeah well it’s always nice it’s to me the analogy that I use is it’s always like finishing fine all at the end of the school year and back then back then you know you’re off for a couple of months like what I’ve learned with this league is it’s slower but you’re never off