When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell learn Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr.’s identify off the Atlanta Falcons’ draft card, plenty of jaws hit the ground.
Newly signed Falcons QB Kirk Cousins could have been one in every of them because the 35-year-old reportedly didn’t know Atlanta was going to go along with a quarterback with the No. 8 choose, in accordance with NFL Community’s Daniel Jeremiah.
“I simply reached out to his agent Mike McCartney,” Jeremiah mentioned throughout the NFL Community draft broadcast. “… He was not given a heads up. Kirk Cousins was not given a heads up on this entire factor,”
The Athletic’s Dianna Russini additionally confirmed Jeremiah’s report, stating Cousins was shocked by the transfer.
