The Friday following the 2024 NFL Draft first round the Atlanta Falcons were the laughing stock of the league after drafting Michael Penix Jr. with the 8th overall selection. However, a year later Penix Jr. will go into the fall as the Falcons starting quarterback.
On The Steakhouse Monday morning, Steak Shapiro corrected an earlier observation that the Falcons were ‘lucky’ to draft Penix.
Steakhouse co-host Drew Butler feels even though it was a limited sample size in three games for Penix Jr. at the end of the 2024 season, the young QB has shown enough to have optimism headed into 2025.
In three games as Atlanta’s starter Penix Jr went 1-2 while throwing three touchdowns, but the biggest throw of his young career came in Week 17 against Washington when Penix whipped in a 13-yd TD pass to TE Kyle Pitts to tie the game and send it to OT.