.The Atlanta georgia Falcons had very probably the boldest offseason in the NFL, signing quarterback and four-time Pro Bowler Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 thousand package ($ one hundred thousand guaranteed) and also drafting Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the No. 8 choice in the 2024 NFL Draft.Team owner Arthur Space made the case for why the Falcons, whom he identified "individual thinkers," were wise to designate sizable sources to a set of quarterbacks." Our experts made it very clear to Kirk and others that our team most likely were actually heading to draft a quarterback during this draft. As it turned out, Michael Penix, for our mentoring workers as well as our employees team, classed amazingly high. They viewed him as a remarkable player," Empty said to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. "We've been with a condition, post-Matt Ryan, when we're finding that flick when our team didn't possess a franchise business quarterback. Our team didn't wish to repeat that once more. I mean, I absolutely failed to. I'm tremendously sensitive to all forms of sequence planning. After 60-odd years of organization, in any business, that's crucial. At the vital posture, the quarterback position in the NFL, that's very crucial. " So, merely listening closely to our mentoring team and also our workers team, they really decided. Michael was actually visiting be actually readily available at variety eight. They saw an amazing talent. Kirk Cousins is our franchise business quarterback, is our starting quarterback, and he seems to be to be doing excellent coming from a clinical perspective." Cousins, who are going to be actually 36 at the start of the 2024 period, had his 2023 project halted after eight activities as a result of a torn Achilles. He spent the previous six seasons of his career with the Minnesota Vikings, which was actually come before through six periods in Washington, with him being actually the full-time starter the last 3 years (2015-17). Just before the Achilles tear, Cousins amounted to 2,331 passing backyards, 18 passing goals, 5 interceptions and a 103.8 passer score, while finishing 69.5% of his passes.Meanwhile, Penix completed second in 2023 Heisman Prize voting, a year after ending up 8th. Over his two times in Washington (2022-23), Penix averaged 4,772 passing yards, 33.5 passing goals, 9.5 interceptions and also a 154.2 passer ranking per time, while accomplishing 65.4% of his passes.The Huskies went a mixed 25-3 along with Penix under center, highlighted through achieving final time's College Regulation football Playoff National Championship game.Atlanta is coming off a third consecutive 7-10 period, which caused scalp trainer Arthur Smith's dismissal in favor of former Los Angeles Rams protective organizer and also previous Falcons acting trainer Raheem Morris. Furthermore, the Falcons haven't created the playoffs or had a winning file given that 2017. Eagles under 10.5 triumphes, Cowboys, Falcons over feature Danny Parkins' gain overall wagers Atlanta georgia has actually started three quarterbacks over recent two years, which followed trading the expert and four-time Pro Bowler Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts in 2022: Desmond Ridder, Marcus Mariota as well as Taylor Heinicke." Our experts hope as well as hope he's [Cousins] received 3 to 4 wonderful years facing him, perhaps beyond that. That understands? However our experts additionally know that eventually, there will definitely be actually an aspect that our experts'll require a shift," Space said concerning Atlanta georgia's future at quarterback. "Our experts would like to be sure our team do that perfectly." Space referenced the Environment-friendly Gulf Packers, that traded approximately select quarterback Jordan Love in the 2020 NFL Draft as well as rested him behind Aaron Rodgers for three periods, as a prospective model for the Falcons Love helped the Packers get to the NFC local cycle in his first complete time under facility (2023) and made a four-year, $220 million expansion coming from Veggie Bay recently. [Want great accounts supplied straight to your inbox? Make or visit to your FOX Sports account, follow games, groups as well as gamers to obtain a tailored newsletter daily.] FOLLOW Follow your favorites to customize your FOX Athletics experience Atlanta georgia Falcons Michael Penix Jr. Kirk Cousins Acquire more from National Volleyball Organization Observe your favorites to obtain information regarding games, information as well as more.