Falcons Bet on Michael Penix Jr. to Bring Them Back to Relevancy

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00:00there is some belief in the atlanta falcons who of course last year were the odds on favorite at

00:06minus 140 after the splashy acquisition of kirk cousins to win the nfc south and then a weird

00:12move in the draft selecting eight overall michael pennix jr well kirk cousins did not pan out in

00:19atlanta the most expensive backup we have ever seen in nfl history and now starting on year

00:26number two in the nfl it's the michael pennix jr show with the dirty birds the falcons have that

00:32second best price at plus 240 do you believe that atlanta can rival tampa for the top spot in the

00:41nfc south yes i do and they spent some draft capital on the defensive line because they need a pass rush

00:46something they've been lacking for the past couple years raheem morris as a defensive coordinator slash

00:50head coach he needed some weapons to work with now he should have those a decent secondary but the

00:55focal point really isn't the defense yes it has to be better than what it was last year but it is on

00:59michael pennix jr but if you're going to say like well he can't succeed with what he has well i don't

01:03know what we're going to do after that because it's a very good offensive line has a chance to dominate

01:07what you want to see is a little bit better out of kyle pitts at the tight end position which was on

01:11the trading block for most of the all season but drake london's a good wide receiver i like the

01:15addition of moody get a little bit of speed on the outside and again it's bijon robinson you should be

01:20unleashing him in the backfield this year one of the more talented running backs there are so when we look at

01:24like no excuses you don't for atlanta and i remember when he morris came to town as the head

01:29coach that's kind of interesting here but at least you'll get that defense right the defense stunk

01:33here but now you did spend and allocate some of those draft funds per se on that defensive line

01:38it should be better just by default this year you have another year in the system as we like to say

01:43for that defense it should be better but all eyes are on michael pennix and i don't have any reason to

01:47believe that he's going to be a bad quarterback do i have reason to believe that he could be patrick

01:51holmes or cj shroud or let's just say you know jaden daniels in his first overall full season

01:56starting no i don't either at this point but he's got a full off season to get ready kirk cousins is

02:01on the team but he's probably just playing a good teammate at this point you're not looking over your

02:05shoulder you're taking all the ones coming up here the first snaps i should say in training camp

02:09the expectations are high i just don't know if they're as good as tampa bay but i'm not going to

02:14be surprised when they're within a game of each other ben at any point of december those are the

02:19expectations where if it's a horse race hey you get the nod here from the one horse which is tampa

02:24bay on a photo finish but atlanta should be right there in the end if not raheem morse it's hard to

02:29say you're looking for another job at the end of the year

02:31and if it's a football finish it the same way somehow won't sheep out you're cutting the

02:38stronger

02:39and remember gary gesund

02:41and remember this is how it's being said

02:42i've had the farthing punch

02:43and that's how it accelerates the fighting

02:45and that fundamentally creates a feel like here

02:46the guy doesn't hit the right

02:47and the guy doesn't go to your mask

02:48he doesn't hit the left

02:49and that's it

02:50and

02:51and

02:53he goes

02:53you

02:54but

02:55he'll

02:56you

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