Falcons Make Shocking Pick with Michael Penix Jr. at 8th Overall
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00:03 - What were the odds even for Michael Pennix Jr.
00:05 to wind up in Atlanta?
00:07 - I'm gonna be honest folks,
00:08 I am furious with myself right now
00:11 because last Thursday or two, I think last Thursday,
00:16 I had Adam Kaplan on Game Time Decisions
00:19 and said, "Cap, I know this will sound crazy,
00:22 "but I saw a mock draft today of Jonathan Jones of CBS,
00:26 "I have to give it recognition,
00:28 "where he said Pennix was going in the first 12
00:31 "and mocked him eighth to the Falcons.
00:34 "29 to one for Atlanta to take Pennix,
00:37 "30 to one for Pennix to be a top 10 pick."
00:40 All were available and I laughed it off
00:43 and those are all winning wagers now,
00:46 so a credit to anybody who took that.
00:48 By the way, not that long ago,
00:50 Pennix was a plus price to be selected
00:53 inside the first round.
00:56 He ended up with a draft position over under
00:58 at 21 and a half.
01:00 To call this a stunner is an understatement here
01:04 and that's before you start to consider
01:06 they just brought Kirk Cousins in
01:09 and took one of the oldest draft quarterback prospects
01:12 in some time and said, "Yeah, we'll start him when he's 27."
01:17 By the time Pennix takes the field,
01:19 Sam Darnall will still probably be younger than him,
01:21 but that's not the point.
01:22 Again, these things have ripple effects
01:25 and both Mike and Ben alluded to it.
01:27 There was a huge plus price on no defensive players
01:31 to be selected inside the top 10
01:34 that did close underneath plus 500,
01:37 two picks away, Ben, from that being a winning wage.
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