The Falcons be a bunch of scallywags for picking Michael Penix Jr, says a former NFL swashbuckler! Arrr!
2024-04-27
Arrr me hearties! Former NFL player Ross Tucker be layin' into them scurvy Atlanta Falcons on Friday, for choosin' Michael Penix Jr. in the first round o' the NFL Draft. Aye, 'tis a jest fit for Davy Jones' locker!
Avast ye mateys! The Atlanta Falcons be sending shockwaves through the NFL sea when they be pickin' quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the No. 8 spot in the NFL Draft, after signin' Kirk Cousins to a hefty contract not long before. Former NFL player Ross Tucker, now an analyst for CBS, went on "The Dan Patrick Show" and gave the Falcons a right thrashin' for this pick, callin' it "selfish" and "disrespectful."Tucker be sayin' that the decision-makers in Atlanta be lookin' out for their own hides, reckonin' that with Penix in tow, they be buyin' themselves a fair bit o' time to see what they can do in the future. Cousins, bless his soul, was told o' the pick as it was happenin'.Penix himself heard from Cousins and Falcons legend Michael Vick after bein' selected, and he be expressin' his readiness to work behind Cousins and put in the hard yards to be ready when called upon. The Associated Press had a hand in this tale, and ye can follow more o' the sports news from Fox on the high seas.