Should the Falcons Have Started Michael Penix in the Preseason?

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00:00Because the Falcons are one of four teams that play on Friday,

00:03we're going to get more news and notes from those four teams

00:06and the other teams that don't have to play until the weekend

00:08on Saturday, Sunday, and into Monday.

00:10So I just want to be clear on that.

00:12I don't want to crush Raheem Morris right out of the gate

00:14without saying that that's the case.

00:16But now that I have, why in the world would their rookie quarterback

00:20not play at all in the preseason?

00:22Like zero?

00:23Like this is the one team that I thought would play him,

00:26hold out Kirk Cousins because you don't want to get that guy hurt

00:28because you want to trade him at some point.

00:30The only, Joe, am I thinking of this correctly?

00:33That they may have some trades lined up here for Cousins

00:35and they just don't want to shake the tree at all

00:37because they don't know who their backup is going to be?

00:39It's the only thing that I can think of here

00:40that they secretly have deals that we don't know about.

00:43I would tend to agree.

00:45That's probably the scenario there.

00:46And I would want Michael Penix, who I think has some upside

00:49potentially as your late second or even better,

00:53your third quarterback in a super flex league.

00:55But yeah, to me, especially with a shortened preseason,

00:58I don't understand not getting guys reps.

01:00Now, look, a lot of these teams do these joint practices, right?

01:02They're doing like one of these joint ones with the Titans

01:05and they're running things.

01:06So like I understand that the preparation that I think we are all used to

01:10where the preseason games are eventually where you get the guys out there

01:13and get the reps.

01:13I don't know if the NFL coaches and the NFL organizations look at it the way

01:18we used to look at it or the way we're accustomed to looking at it.

01:20I think the landscape has changed so much over the last couple of years.

01:24You know, you used to have those four preseason games

01:25and the track was very simple.

01:27And the first game, nobody really plays.

01:30Second game, the starters play a series or two.

01:32Then usually they play a whole half in the third.

01:34And then the fourth game, you don't see anybody.

01:35It's a ghost down because everyone's just trying to get to the regular season.

01:39Now with less time, there's less opportunity for reps.

01:41And I think sometimes it's unfortunate because I think when you look

01:44at the early September football, it can be a little sloppy.

01:47And I think it's because we don't have the two-a-days anymore.

01:49We don't have the things that we're used to seeing.

01:51We don't have as much repetition time for these guys.

01:53Now look, there's the OTAs.

01:55There's the other things that have been working on the offenses.

01:56But, you know, that in-game action I think is very different than anything else.

01:59So I'm with you.

02:00I think it's a little suspect, a little strange.

02:02It would not shock me if Cousins was somebody that a team wanted to go after

02:07because I don't think he's completely done necessarily.

02:10You could help certain teams in the NFL, I think, right now.

02:13But I do think for fantasy value, I think it is a little concerning

02:16that Penix isn't taking any reps.

02:18Again, it's not a big deal.

02:19It's only a super flex kind of issue.

02:21But it does make you just slightly hesitant and going,

02:24okay, well, you know, how's that relationship with Drake London going to be

02:27and Kyle Pitts going to be and, you know, Bijan's going to be Bijan.

02:29But I think you're right.

02:30I think there's probably a little bit more behind-the-scenes action going on here

02:33than we realize.

02:34Thank you, guys.

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