Kirk Cousins might not have preferred that.

The Atlanta Falcons shocked the NFL world with its decide at No. 8 general on Thursday, taking Michael Penix Jr. within the first spherical of the 2024 draft.

It even reportedly left Cousins “a bit shocked,” whereas his agent, Mike McCartney, reacted equally, through texts revealed by NFL Community’s Mike Garafolo.

“Sure, it was an enormous shock,” the textual content learn. “We had no thought this was coming. The reality is the entire league had no thought this was coming. We obtained no heads up.

“Kirk obtained a name from the Falcons after they had been on the clock. That was the primary we heard. It by no means got here up in any dialog.”

The Washington quarterback was one in all six sign callers taken throughout the first 12 picks, however his drew probably the most controversy. As a result of his age (24) and damage historical past (two ACL tears), most thought he’d be a later spherical decide regardless of his potential.

As an alternative, the Falcons, regardless of signing Cousins to a four-year, $180 million deal within the offseason with $100 million assured, seemingly drafted his future alternative regardless of their plethora of defensive gaps to plug.

The concept of selecting a future bridge quarterback early within the draft is not a wholly new idea. In reality, the Inexperienced Bay Packers made it comparatively well-liked with Brett Favre passing the baton to Aaron Rodgers, who then transferred it to Jordan Love.

However the obvious lack of communication concerned between all events makes it an ungainly scenario, particularly with Raheem Morris again as head coach. It will be one thing he’ll have to resolve swiftly.