2024 NFL Draft Talk, News, Rumors, and Selections

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A question about the draft. Much is made of the Falcons choosing Penix. How come there's no consternation about the Chargers taking a RT at #5? I know Alt is a LT but not for the Chargers until 2026. It's great to have 2 good starting OTs. But the Chargers didn't "need" an OT. They needed WRs.

 

[Dodgersrf]

A question about the draft. Much is made of the Falcons choosing Penix. How come there's no consternation about the Chargers taking a RT at #5? I know Alt is a LT but not for the Chargers until 2026. It's great to have 2 good starting OTs. But the Chargers didn't "need" an OT. They needed WRs.

Harbaugh wants to play physical football.
They got the receiver they wanted with their 2nd pick in McConkey

 

[Allen2McVay]

Harbaugh wants to play physical football.
They got the receiver they wanted with their 2nd pick in McConkey

I'm not a Harbaugh fan. Think he is kind of an asshole. But, I also believe, he knows what he is doing.

 

[Dodgersrf]

I'm not a Harbaugh fan. Think he is kind of an asshole. But, I also believe, he knows what he is doing.

I can’t stand him either.
I’m sure he’ll wear out his welcome with the Chargers in a few years.

 

[hotanez]

A question about the draft. Much is made of the Falcons choosing Penix. How come there's no consternation about the Chargers taking a RT at #5? I know Alt is a LT but not for the Chargers until 2026. It's great to have 2 good starting OTs. But the Chargers didn't "need" an OT. They needed WRs.

my best guess the reason is because you play 2 tackles but only 1 QB on offense.

 

[Corbin]

I can’t stand him either.
I’m sure he’ll wear out his welcome with the Chargers in a few years.

Us Charger fa… uhmmm Charger fans don’t believe that!

 

[kurtfaulk]

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For those crying for poor Arthur blank being blind sided with the Penix pick.

Here you go. You can put the tissues away now.

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports the Falcons ranked Michael Penix as the 2024 NFL Draft’s second best quarterback.
Caleb Williams was presumably the only QB Atlanta’s front office had ranked above Penix, who the team took with the eighth pick. Fowler said Falcons owner Arthur Blank “loomed large” in the decision to take Penix with a top-10 pick. Blank, per Fowler, “fully endorsed long-term stability at the position, which Kirk Cousins, at age 35, cannot satisfy to the same degree.” After Matt Ryan and Michael Vick ran the Atlanta offense for the better part of two decades, Blank has no interest in a quarterback “carousel,” Fowler said. The strong-armed Penix, 24, should get a fair number of QB1 snaps for the Falcons in this summer’s minicamp and maybe in training camp if Cousins isn’t fully recovered from his 2023 Achilles tear. There remains little chance of Penix starting in 2024.

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[WestCoastRam]

A question about the draft. Much is made of the Falcons choosing Penix. How come there's no consternation about the Chargers taking a RT at #5? I know Alt is a LT but not for the Chargers until 2026. It's great to have 2 good starting OTs. But the Chargers didn't "need" an OT. They needed WRs.

I think it hasn't been determined where he'll play, no?

I think you could make the argument easily that they needed WRs and there were great one's avail but Harbaugh has had significant success everywhere he's gone, I think, once you earn that you earn the right to build your program however you want till the wheels fall off like Bilicheat.