Arthur Blank's Choice: Age Factor in Drafting Michael Penix Jr.
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00:00Arthur Blank says that Kirk Cousins age was a significant factor in drafting Michael Pennix
00:08Jr. Well, let me ask you this, Scotty, if it was a significant thing with drafting him,
00:13why wasn't it a significant factor when they signed him this year to like $200 million?
00:18Why wasn't it a significant factor then? But it was when they made the draft. You saw the
00:22video of him on draft night. He looked at that general manager Fontenot like, what the
00:27hell are you doing? Drafting a quarterback when I just gave this guy $200 million. So
00:32either they've had him drink the Kool-Aid for three months and told him this is the
00:36company, you know, this is what's going on. Or Arthur is getting there as well, Scotty.
00:41He's getting to the end. So you think Arthur's got to stop wearing that
00:50burgeoning spork out. And he's getting into Jerry's world then.
00:54We sit here, we talk about Jerry all the time. What are you talking about age was a factor?
00:59You just gave the guy hundreds of millions of dollars to be your quarterback. Now you're
01:05going to tell me that age was a factor when you used your eighth overall pick on the quarterback?
01:11Stop. It's nonsense. It really is. I got to be honest with you. I can make this a lot simpler.
01:19Uh, Desmond Ritter sucked. Uh, their quarterback room sucked. They were awful. And now they've got
01:29two really good quarterbacks. I don't care what anybody says cousins. We all know he can sling it.
01:35And, uh, everyone's already seen what Michael Pennix can do. I mean, that kid, in my opinion,
01:42dominated college football last year. I thought he was phenomenal. I know they lost the title game,
01:46whatever it is, what it is they lost, but they won a lot. And his performance in those games with
01:53that left arm is, was insane. The way he gets rid of the ball is the quickest thing I've seen in a
01:58long time. Uh, he was very reactionary quarterback, but boom, he just gets rid of it and hits his
02:04receivers. I think he's fantastic. And he, I truly believe he's the future in Atlanta,
02:10without a doubt, without a doubt. I don't have a problem having two good quarterbacks or would
02:15you rather have Gardner Minshew and Aidan O'Connell?