Quinn never got more than back uo contracts after his rookie deal
I stand corrected. I had to look, he didn't even start for the Browns either.
That makes more sense!
Nah, lots of people were saying he was better than Dak specifically after he sign that deal and were acting like Minnesota held him back
Yes, the Atlanta GM surprised Arthur Blank selecting Penix jr after selling him on a huge contract for kirk Cousins. Blank was not happy and I have to imagine if Penix doesn't look good Terry Fontenot is going to be on the hottest of seats. I honesty think Terry was a poor hire. They got him from New Orleans when Sean Payton was running the show and making the roster decisions. It's like hiring a Belechek discipline. They were all unknowns b/c they had Brady and Belechek covering them. They were just along for the ride.
I believe Bradford was the reason for the rookie salary cap. Teams kept giving him huge contracts. This is a great comparison, and it just shows how desperate teams are for even a mediocre QB.
My money would have been on JaMarcus Russell on that one.
Bradford was the last beneficiary of the pre cap era but JaMarcus Russell was the poster child
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where did you hear that? Blank was in the loop before the pick was made. He praised his staff for the courage to make the pick.....
https://nypost.com/2024/04/26/sport...video-goes-viral-after-michael-penix-jr-pick/
https://********.com/arthur-blank-defends-falcons-first-round-pick-as-qb-succession-planning
But Blank said he's thankful the Falcons don't "always listen to the league" or media.
"And thank heavens we don't always do what everybody else thinks we should be doing. We're actually very independent thinkers," he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
"We've been through a situation, post-Matt Ryan, when we're seeing that movie when we didn't have a franchise quarterback," Blank continued. "We didn't want to repeat that again. I mean, I certainly didn't. I'm super sensitive to all forms of succession planning. After 60-odd years of business, in any business, that's critical. At the key position, the quarterback position in the NFL, that's very important. So, just listening to our coaching staff and our personnel department, they really made the decision. Michael was going to be available at No. 8. They saw an extraordinary talent.
There's nothing in that clips that said Blank wasn't happy. There's speculation from fans on social media trying to read tea leaves. Heated conversation??? Keep in mind they had no way of knowing whether or not Penix would be there for their selection. I'm sure once their selection was up they had to make their choice. That could be part conversation fans saw but Blank praised his staff for thinking ahead coz as he put they want to get caught in the same situation they had with Matt Ryan.
That’s absurd. Most owners are too busy running their empires to have any idea who to draft. Very few owners overrule a GM.
What's absurd is to think Arthur Blank had no idea his GM was going to use a 1st pick to draft a QB.....the most expensive position in football.
You can believe the apologist explanations after the fact. I do not care. The fact is that Blank has no hands on football operations. He lets the GM do his job. But, in this case, he had just signed Cousins to a 100M contract and he questioned why the team used the 8th pick in the draft to get another one. It was the same question the entire league and pundit universe asked.
