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It's hard not to understand the anger though.
Loads of people keeps mentioning Jordan Love at GB but that feels like apples to oranges. GB were fairly stacked, with Rodgers coming to the end of his time, newish GM/HC with a history of being successful at transitioning QB. And it was a late 1st rounder (22). This is a top ten-pick, $100m guaranteed paid to Kirk over 3 seasons Penix being 24 years old (2 weeks) with an injury history. You also get no benefit of the rookie salary cap at QB - given the money you've paid to Cousins. It feels like a team so burnt by QB purgatory that it's blundered really bad. Either back Cousins or get an actual bridge QB so you can allocate that $90m on defensive players you need.
Of course if Penix does successfully play in Atlanta then all of that goes out the window and certainly the successful transition of Love is being touted as proof this can work. But it's hard not to imagine this is either a really bold move that pays off or a really dumb move that doesn't pay off. No in-between. Going to be interesting to see how this one plays out.
