According to Raheem Morris... he believes the Falcons are in a position to win right now. I know, some of you guys are laughing, but people here think the Bucs are ready to win with Baker Mayfield.
With that, if you think your team is ready to win now, you don't expect to be in position to draft a QB for the next 3 to 4 years (based on the length of Cousins' contract). If that's how you feel, then go get your guy. I don't really know that Morris and the Falcons are wrong. Well, at least from their line of thinking... I don't really know much about Penix, but I liked things I saw of and heard from, him. He might be really good.
Let's look at it from Atlanta's perspective. Last year, their defense ranked 11th in yards allowed (18th in points allowed). With Ridder as their QB (and Heinicke), who was completely awful and made life difficult for their defense, they still managed 7 wins. People want to laugh, but it's not like we were light years better... if they beat us in ATL, we're both 8-8. That aside,
they have a top tier offensive line, a star WR in the making (Drake London), a stud RB in the making (Bijan Robinson), and now a proven passer (Kirk Cousins)... that's not even counting the possibility that Kyle Pitts isn't a bust. What if he isn't? The Falcons are in position to be a 12+ win team this season. Again, some may want to laugh, but the Falcons substantially upgraded their QB situation with Cousins... don't care if people think he's a choker or not, he's still good. Where did we upgrade? All we did was re-sign players.