FIRST THINGS FIRST | "Kirk Cousins is scapegoat" - Nick reacts to Falcons draft Michael Penix Jr.

FIRST THINGS FIRST | "Kirk Cousins is scapegoat" - Nick reacts to Falcons draft Michael Penix Jr.

[@joemagwood9130]

You give Cousins $100 million guaranteed and a coming off an achilles and with the 8th pick take a QB who had 2 ACL go figure.

[@verndolla8708]

They gave Kirk 100 million guaranteed how could he be so confused 😂😂😂

[@jaylin6669]

Nick wright or Kendrick Lamar 😂😂😂

[@ajmerz276]

Both morons

[@ajmerz276]

Both morons

[@ajmerz276]

Both morons

[@ajmerz276]

Both morons

[@ajmerz276]

Both morons

[@connellbrown514]

Wildes has been on f’n fire with the intros and hip hop references.

[@softwareshinobi]

i like the 'not every team is trying to win the super bowl". i've said this about many teams.

[@limbcollector22]

You know Nick was begging to not talk about Lakers-Nuggets series 😂

[@Ali-fo4uv]

For sure where is it??

[@abdula1992]

Welcome to Atlanta where the players play 😂😂

[@kingvick7446]

If the lakers won we all know the show would've started with that segment. Nick was working hard

[@sportsguy25]

Lakers beating the nuggets would’ve been the story if the night, so obviously. Denver winning is not surprising to anyone

[@georgeparker8198]

Wildes was cooking during this whole clip 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Joes35]

Nick buried the Lakers segment for Penix and then the chiefs 32nd pick. He thinks he’s slick.

[@6alaxy712]

Series over nun to talk about

[@n.c.40g41]

Anybody who thinks Cousins can or will win a Super Bowl has never seen him play. He has won ONE playoff game in his OVER PAID CAREER.

[@erikpuka2627]

Penix is a bust. Left handed Byron Leftwich with even worse pocket presence. Essentially a pocket QB thay can't play from the pocket. Cousins is a good but not great QB.

[@garyspence2128]

Bogus hot take...Before the young man takes a snap, you're writing him off by slandering Byron Leftwich? They can both sling it, but Byron was slower than a marble statue. Penix can move, and put the ball on the money downfield. Learn the subject before you pop off again, rando...

[@nikolatesla5553]

Penix shouldn't be a bust. If he gets hurt, he'll be a bust. But you can say that about every player. I saw every snap of his the last two years. He has the best arm in the draft. And he isn't Leftwich. He is elusive in the pocket.

[@nathancardenas2719]

Wildes dropping bars what lmao

[@jjones2509]

Falcons don't know what they are doing.

[@20eastestates71]

Hell start soon as Kirk start messing up. That 100 million ain’t nothing for him

[@MrDavidknigge]

I have to wonder why the Chiefs, Bengals, and Bills didn't draft a backup QB in the first round like the geniuses in Atlanta? Why didn't Minnesota sign Cousins to a 4 year extention before the draft? Obviously the Falcons are the only ones this smart. I have never seen a fan base cope so hard.

[@IamBlackMagic03]

Wildes "welcome to Atlanta where the players play.... or sit on the bench everyday!". Wildes is hilarious!

[@matthewlaird5235]

How is everyone’s mind blown? The packers with Farve almost went to the superbowl and decided to not draft a piece that will get them a ring, they def Rodger’s. Then, years later they almost make the SB, and they decide to once again not draft a piece that will get them a ring, and they draft Love. Then the Chiefs have a good QB in Alex Smith (I believe he made the pro bowl that year or the year before) and instead of drafting a piece that could get you over the hump, they trade up in front of the Cardinals and snake Pat from us. How did those moves work out. Not even phased by that pick, it happens.

[@fb93gaming53]

short term memory i guess, some brains are built different ;)

[@xcwilliams7980]

Aaron Rodgers had #1 pick upside and fell to 13th I believe. And Favre had been flirting with retirement. Love was the 26th pick and Rodgers had been flirting with retirement of a down year. Kirk just signed for 100 mil guaranteed and penix was the 4th qb taken, at the 8th pick in the draft. But sure if Penix ends up being one the 3 most talented qbs ever than no one will have a problem with this pick

[@MrDavidknigge]

Who but ATL signs a $180M free agent then, in the same GD month drafts his replacement? This has no parallels.

[@matthewlaird5235]

I’m not making a prediction on the kind of player the guy will be, I’m just commenting on people not being able to wrap their heads around the pick.

[@matthewlaird5235]

I just gave you three parallels, and your response is there are no parallels. I guess your right, Kirk is never going to be a HOF quarterback, so your right, no parallels exist.

[@raysville7256]

Cousins has been so lucky to have a career

[@erikpuka2627]

He been a good QB. Especially the past 2 years. Stop the BS

[@raysville7256]

​@@erikpuka2627 He is marginal at best, stop the BS

[@kevinathans4191]

​@@raysville7256 You clearly don't watch football.

[@raysville7256]

@@kevinathans4191 Clearly you are related to Cousins, but it's OK Michael Penix Jr. will pick up the slack for Atlanta. LMAO

[@kevinathans4191]

@@raysville7256 No, I simply watch football. Did you notice how the Vikings season ended when Kirk got hurt? Why do you think that is?

[@jordankibbee3441]

So perhaps Kraft was not Saboing Bill he was protecting him from the dumpster fire that's Atlanta.

[@BostonBori92]

I love how Washington abusing the franchise tags to avoid paying Kirk Cousins every year is looked at as him being a football merchant choosing money 😂 Had they just given him a deal instead of giving him prove it deals at large amounts he wouldnt have been overvalued when he hit FA hows that Kirks fault

[@TheDriller100]

let's remember, equity, inclusion, diversity is what matters with the falcons management 😂😂😂.. but wouldn't hire bill

[@amrey3628]

Another r a c i s t i n c e l.... Who keeps breeding y'all? Bill screwer Bill over and I'm a Patriots fan saying that. Plus Atlanta guaranteed Cousins damn near 100 million dollars in his contract. Logic is hard but even an i n c e l could see that it's business decisions going on. And rumor has it that upper management and the OWNER of the Patriots was the one putting a bug in teams ear about how Bill Belichick.

[@robertprady885]

These shows have been guesses for years. Never know which QB is going to be good

[@FastBreakPodcast]

This is a great organizational move by the falcons u have to things years down the line. Look what happened when Matt Ryan left they had mediocre QB play for 3 seasons they don’t want to repeat that, Kirk is 35 years old and have like 3 year left

[@keithmcgregor3330]

I watched a little of Undisputed earlier and they said it was a good pick I almost died chocking on my lunch. Knew I’d get some sense here

[@drew388]

ppl said the same about patrick mahomes. and there stats in collge similar. so laugh now and pay for laugjing later

[@keithmcgregor3330]

@@drew388 if they hadn’t paid Cousins and just drafted him that would be fine

[@kevinneubauer8061]

This is why analyst arent GM’S

[@velder22]

If you wait till the end of the segment I'll always give you a 👍

[@user-xr9li2sz6l]

It's about Team Building, from Inside Out. Not Outside In. The Bears have two very good WR's, a very good TE and a capable RB who can pass catch as well, right? Who are the Bears going to throw the ball to? Bears have "4 receivers" already on the roster. Imagine the pass rush with just 4 Defensive Linemen if they added BYRON MURPHY II. The best interior defender in this year's draft, Murphy brings an explosion inside that the Bears need. How many Superbowls did Tom Brady and the Patriots win with a “trio of #1 wide receivers”?

[@forcecalibration924]

You make good points then you undercut em😂

[@adrianstorb3124]

There is another reason there could be new news about Cousins health. If he is healthy and they just fell in love with Penix than they could trade him to Gaints and take on Daniel Jones contract and have him back up Penix and save some money.

[@tavaresprice750]

I would agree with Nick if Green bay didn't fo the same thing 2 years ago and look how it turned out.

[@joshuahodge8804]

Can we be real for a sec, how did Darvin Hamm get the Lakers HC job? 😂

[@jaquanrobertson8244]

Yeah they saw something in the MRI finally good call

[@adrixx116]

Nick said they didn't have a top 30 visit, but the owner and staff flew out to Washington's pro-day. Also, the Vikings are projected by odds to finish in last place despite moving up to get JJ McCarthy. The Falcons have avoided what just happened to the Vikings. Injuries are enough to drop the best QB in the draft over a 2 season sample size, but not enough to warrant a serious backup plan for QB1 who is coming off his own injury? The Falcons are favored to Win the division. They are set up for a dynasty. Listen to Deion....

[@Michael-yk8nv]

You said the dumbest thing I ever heard🤣

[@adrixx116]

@@Michael-yk8nv Penix is the first QB since Mahomes to have 4600 yards in back to back seasons in college. Folks need to start telling the truth, just like Deion Sanders said.

[@terryclark3973]

This show regurgitates takes I've heard all day on other shows....Nick says there not trying to win a superbowl. I guess he thinks Penix isn't that guy an anybody who drafted him is in the same boat. I disagree

[@erikpuka2627]

Penix is a lef handed Byron Leftwich with even worse pocket presence. A bust

[@johannf36]

Sorry Nick, if you are trying to win the Super Bowl, you don't sign Kirk Cousins.

[@rda6029]

Worthey is gonna be a star for KC catching passes from mahommes! And he's actually pretty tall at 5'11 and only 20 years old so he will add some pounds onto his slender 165 pound frame!

[@REBUKED1]

Stop being blind... the Falcons are not putting all their eggs in one QB. One injury and the Falcons would be back down to Heinicke again. IT WAS A GREAT INSURANCE POLICY!

[@KennethHeying]

As a Viking fan, I have to thank the Falcons. They took a money hungry Veteran hurt QB. Then take another hurt QB in the draft. And we are free of check down Kirk and get Dallas Turner who was projected to them.

[@truthbearer7891]

Nick's point is so dumb. THe only reason the Falcons would make this move for Penix Jr is if they are trying to win a Super Bowl and think Penix Jr has more upside of giving them a chance of doing so. Kirk Cousins has a very limited ceiling and realistically it was nobody at the 8th pick that was going to vault the Falcons with Cousins as currently constructed over the 49ers/Cowboys/Eagles let alone Chiefs/Ravens etc

[@heygraberyo]

Then why spend all the money on Cousins? You could have spent that money on free agency game changers if you knew you were gonna draft a young qb.

[@MrDavidknigge]

​@@heygraberyo Leave these fans be! They are coping with all their might. Soon the same people will be saying, "We knew it was stoopid from the beginning."

[@joshuaford507]

Was t Caleb in his mom's arms crying g after a loss last year. I live for the bears. This wasn't a good move. We don't do shit with our resources. We felt this way about fields at one point. We will misuse him. He won't win and crumble because he's not mature. We need a change at owner, gm and coach. We need a refocus.

[@ronaldshiffman9171]

The Falcons draft choice was the worst I've ever seen. The only way this pick could rise to the level of good would be if Penix becomes a top 10 QB in the league when Cousins' time is over. Had Atlanta chosen a player on the defensive side of the ball, I truly believe they would have been a super bowl contender. Not now.

[@mac5856]

Guess what? Kirk doesn't care, he got paid again somehow, his agent is the real mvp

[@fb93gaming53]

Nick already forgot, how the chiefs did when mahomes was on the board. Not to say penix is like mahomes or close to, but when you are convinced that QB Penix will be a franchise guy that will take us to the promise land, then you have to pull the trigger. If you miss, you def. out of the league as the GM of the Falcons, but it would be more stingy letting one of the other teams interested in Penix come up and snag him in front of your eyes and he will torture you for at least 10 years when the saints would have gotten the opportunity to pick him. If they are successful with QB1 Cousins for the next years, they are not picking that high again to find his successor. They obviously seeing something in Penix, that they don´t have in Kirk and the upside, besides the age, is there. Either way, we will find out in at least 2 years from now, if it was genius or punt.

[@texanfootballhouston4065]

Life is good

[@texanfootballhouston4065]

Hey, Nick, what kind of vehicle can you get after you finish paying one-off?Can I get the newest one they got

[@texanfootballhouston4065]

In the dealership

[@texanfootballhouston4065]

Atl has a good team like dallas

[@texanfootballhouston4065]

Bullshit

[@texanfootballhouston4065]

I tell you what when go see it playing quarterback.We're gonna see if the right time k asso

[@keithmatthews3750]

These talking heads are educated beyond their capability.. Falcons defense was good enough to win 10-12 game had the QB been able to protect the football.. Cousins makes the Falcons contenders now… Penix can make them contenders in the future… Falcons failed to draft Ryann’s understudy… always relying on Shaub .. they could have drafted Fields but didn’t.. this regime took care of they early Second there was no clear cut world beater edge rusher … so why not draft Penix and then add some young defense talent later

[@lacklusterbusterdiggy9966]

I’m trading Kirk for some picks in madden

[@MrDavidknigge]

Does Madden the game have no-trade clauses?

[@rogstar1968]

lakers in six book it

[@drew388]

falcons playing chess yall playing checkers

[@verndolla8708]

If Kirk get hurt all this talk would be for nothing 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@erikpuka2627]

Heinecke is way better anyway

[@patrickmeister44]

Cousins hates pressure...he will fold before season ends ....overpaid bridge qb...pennix will be starter next year..falcons will have to eat money ...buyers remorse

[@GuyOfAbsoluteTerror]

Hol up, let wildes cook

[@JohnSmith-ls3um]

Kirk isn’t a scapegoat-he’s just the 11th or 12th best QB in the league coming off an Achilles surgery. I don’t fault ATL for the decision. Kirk can console himself by swimming like Scrooge McDuck in the $281 million he’s made while the $100 million he’s got guaranteed rains down on him like a soft summer shower.

[@chadalexander292]

3 fools.

[@leekautz2926]

They did it cuz they hate the raiders....raiders would've got him probably😂😂

[@nikolatesla5553]

Or the Seahawks. Reports are that they were trying to trade up to get Penix.

[@carymarshallfelton9188]

Falcons had to take him so the Saints couldn't.

[@WordsMatter1982]

Taking a qb you don't need to keep him from a strangely run rival with tons of issues with the 8th pick in the draft is.......interesting.

[@carymarshallfelton9188]

@@WordsMatter1982 some teams went through multiple qbs a season. People talk about QBs being the most important position on the field yet they don't invest in a quality backups.

[@fb93gaming53]

@@WordsMatter1982 it was obviously not the only reason, but if you think that high of penix you are not letting him go.

[@TheBlackSands]

Nonsense coming from a nerd fanboy analyst