When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell read Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr.’s name off the Atlanta Falcons’ draft card, lots of jaws hit the floor.
Newly signed Falcons QB Kirk Cousins may have been one of them as the 35-year-old reportedly did not know Atlanta was going to go with a quarterback with the No. 8 pick, according to NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah.
“I just reached out to his agent Mike McCartney,” Jeremiah said during the NFL Network draft broadcast. “… He was not given a heads up. Kirk Cousins was not given a heads up on this whole thing,”
The Athletic’s Dianna Russini also confirmed Jeremiah’s report, stating Cousins was stunned by the move.