.The Atlanta georgia Falcons possessed pretty probably the boldest offseason in the NFL, authorizing quarterback as well as four-time Pro Bowler Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 million offer ($ 100 million promised) as well as also preparing Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the No. 8 choice in the 2024 NFL Draft.Team owner Arthur Blank made the case for why the Falcons, whom he labeled "private thinkers," were actually important to designate sizable resources to a set of quarterbacks." Our team produced it crystal clear to Kirk and others that we possibly were actually heading to compose a quarterback throughout this draught. As it ended up, Michael Penix, for our mentoring personnel and our staffs team, classed astonishingly higher. They viewed him as a remarkable gamer," Blank said to The Atlanta ga Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. "Our team have actually been by means of a situation, post-Matt Ryan, when our experts're seeing that flick when we didn't possess a franchise quarterback. Our team really did not desire to duplicate that once again. I imply, I definitely didn't. I'm tremendously conscious all kinds of sequence planning. After 60-odd years of company, in any type of organization, that's vital. At the key posture, the quarterback posture in the NFL, that is actually quite vital. " So, only listening to our training personnel and also our personnel team, they really decided. Michael was actually going to be available at variety eight. They viewed a phenomenal skill. Kirk Cousins is our franchise quarterback, is our beginning quarterback, and he seems to be doing excellent from a clinical standpoint." Cousins, who are going to be 36 at the beginning of the 2024 season, had his 2023 initiative stopped after 8 activities due to a torn Achilles. He invested the previous six times of his career with the Minnesota Vikings, which was preceded through 6 seasons in Washington, along with him being actually the full-time starter the last 3 years (2015-17). Prior to the Achilles tear, Cousins totted 2,331 passing lawns, 18 passing touchdowns, five interceptions as well as a 103.8 passer score, while finishing 69.5% of his passes.Meanwhile, Penix ended up second in 2023 Heisman Prize voting, a year after ending up eighth. Over his two times in Washington (2022-23), Penix balanced 4,772 passing lawns, 33.5 passing goals, 9.5 interceptions and a 154.2 passer ranking per time, while accomplishing 65.4% of his passes.The Huskies went a combined 25-3 along with Penix under facility, highlighted by meeting final time's University Regulation football Playoff National Championship game.Atlanta is actually coming off a third successive 7-10 period, which led to scalp instructor Arthur Johnson's dismissal in favor of previous Los Angeles Rams defensive organizer and former Falcons acting train Raheem Morris. Furthermore, the Falcons haven't created the playoffs or even had a succeeding record since 2017. Eagles under 10.5 victories, Cowboys, Falcons over feature Danny Parkins' gain overall wagers Atlanta georgia has actually started three quarterbacks over recent pair of years, which came after trading the expert and also four-time Pro Bowler Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts in 2022: Desmond Ridder, Marcus Mariota and Taylor Heinicke." We wish and also hope he's [Cousins] acquired 3 to 4 fantastic years facing him, perhaps beyond that. That recognizes? Yet our experts also understand that at some point, there will definitely be an aspect that we'll require a switch," Blank claimed about Atlanta's future at quarterback. "Our experts desire to be sure our experts carry out that effortlessly." Space referenced the Eco-friendly Gulf Packers, that traded up to choose quarterback Jordan Affection in the 2020 NFL Draught as well as rested him behind Aaron Rodgers for three seasons, as a possible model for the Falcons Passion aided the Packers get to the NFC divisional round in his 1st complete time under center (2023) as well as got a four-year, $220 thousand expansion from Environment-friendly Bay last week. [Want terrific stories supplied straight to your inbox? Create or even visit to your FOX Sports account, observe organizations, groups and gamers to acquire a tailored bulletin daily.] Observe Observe your favorites to personalize your FOX Athletics knowledge Atlanta ga Falcons Michael Penix Jr. Kirk Cousins Obtain a lot more coming from National Football Organization Observe your favorites to acquire information concerning video games, updates and also additional.