The Atlanta Falcons shocked the world when they took Michael Penix Jr. with the No. 8 pick in the 2024 NFL draft, but they feel like they got a steal.
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reported Penix was ranked as the second-best quarterback in this class on the Falcons' big board. The team graded him as the draft's best "pure passer."
Penix was by far the most shocking pick of the 2024 draft. While it was expected he'd be taken somewhere in the first or second round, no one had him going in the top 10—and no one outside the Falcons' front office had any clue he was on their radar at No.