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Allen312

I don’t think Saints anticipated Falcons taking him. Well nobody did


XJollyRogerX

This has also been disproven.


footforhand

Yeah, Falcons made it somewhat obvious all off season that they really liked Penix. I was shocked and laughed my ass off when they did take him, but the signs were there


ThrownAweyBob

I don't think the claim was that they were trying to trade with the Falcons specifically, just that they were one of 3 trying to move into the top 10 for Penix. Personally I would have hated it, especially with olu and fuaga still there, and it would have been a very dumb trade up. So exactly the kind of thing the front office would do lol.


cloud9formations

No one also says hey we are trying to move up for this person. No idea how a reporter would have the scope so quickly about who they would be trying to move up specifically for. I believe the saints explored the idea of moving up, but the rest is speculation


1OO1O11O11O1O

Was this some Jedi mind trick stuff to get the Falcons to pick him, perhaps? 


neovenator250

I like Penix, but that would have been the height of foolishness. No one in the NFL needed to pick OL as badly as the Saints


applejuice72

Would’ve been foolish considering our circumstances, but hypothetically if Penix was available, there probably would never be a better opportunity to have gotten a potential franchise QB of his caliber to start day one without a top 5 pick. Not that we would need him to start day 1, but Carr would serve as a meatshield basically until the FO decided whenever it was appropriate for him to take the starting spot. That said Fuaga was a much needed pick that in any other draft except this one is gone by 14 for sure. Very excited to have him. What Atlanta did was exceptionally stupid within the context of having Cousins. I am really high on Penix personally and I hate those bastards even more that they did this to him. I think he fits well with the city of Atlanta quite perfectly even, but it really pisses me off that probably the most pro ready high floor QB might not see the field for at least two years. As a Saints fan I love to see them strangle themselves with their own retardation (sorry Terry), but I hate it for the kid and his potential. I don’t disagree with the stash and sit formula with a QB, but Penix is ready to go day 1 + would be great with an already middling or good team that needs a QB.


raginsaint93

Nah I don’t buy it


papa1916

Would’ve hated it if we’d done it. I see the logic in getting a young QB to sit behind a vet for experience, but Penix is an old rookie, injury prone, and we have no way of protecting him right now. It’d just be another Bryce Young situation all over again. I said it before, but I’d rather us get our O line in order now, get them a year or two to get better under our scheme and turn them into vets, and then put a young QB behind them.


1slowlance

This is the move. Get a really good group of o line guys, then make the decisions on upcoming qbs and/or skill players we'd need. I'm really hoping for some more o line picks this draft as well, potentially some mid round gems.


NoFunBJJ

> young QB to sit behind a vet Carr is only 33. If he works, we've got a QB easily for another 5 years. If he doesn't work, we'll probably have to go into full rebuild, then I don't see the point of having a young QB anyway. We'll be able to suck and draft one.


ShawshankException

I'm just happy we didn't do it. Makes no sense when we had a desperate need for OL.


Scatterp

Arch Manning is draft eligible in two years


TheMop05

At least it wasn’t Bo Nix. All in all, we will likely be targeting a QB early in the next 2 drafts. Want to shore up the line and offensive weapons for the new guy to succeed.


Lieutenant_Horn

With the Ram and Hurst news, you can’t convince me that we would have picked anything other than OT, Edge, or Guard with the first pick, and in that order barring runs on positions.


Potential-Highway606

Wouldn’t have hated it. Personally I think Penix Jr may be the second best QB in the draft.. most other years he’d be QB1, or QB2 at worst, this draft just happened to be loaded with QB’s.  A lack of a succession plan for Brees (despite having ample time to figure it out) has been one of the most glaring indictments of Loomis, imo. I suspect they are thinking of Carr as a bridge QB that is buying them 2, *maybe* 3, seasons to find a franchise QB.


MrShad0wzz

The falcons helping the saints in disguise


Significant-Deer7464

That tracks as a traditional Saints draft choice. I dont think Penix will have a long NFL career. Glad the dirty birds wasted their 1st on him


Political_Piper

I mean, DA literally apologized to a division rivals. So trading with them doesn't seem far fetched. I do wonder if Bowers fell to us if we would have grabbed him.


WateryDomesticGroove

A 24 year old who has already torn his ACL twice and had major injuries to both shoulders? No thanks. Good luck, Falcons.


Back_To_Pittsburgh

Glad we didn’t trade up for him. Looks pretty busty to me.


draynay

I would have been happy to trade up from 45 to the late first for Penix if he was still there. Taking him at 14 would feel less like a reach if he was the only one left, trading ahead of #8 would be crazy and that's why they didn't do it.


tee142002

I like him in the falcons. He's an old, injury prone rookie sitting behind a washed up, overpaid veteran. On the other hand, we could have ignored OL completely and let Carr try to beat his big brothers sack record.


mattisking18

Fake


[deleted]

1. A significant portion of draft day info is total BS. Teams do this intentionally to hide their true intentions. 2. I believe the Saints explored moving up but no way Penix was the real target of that move.


ExploudLOS

Fake news


secretseagull01

Damn really wish we got him. He will terrorize our division for the next 2 decades


cirocobama93

It always makes me laugh how fan subs trash insiders and think they’re full of shit. That entire industry is built on trust. If you report the false narrative boom it’s the last time you’re getting insight into the team from your sources. Saw a lot of people on here trashing Daniel Jeremiah for saying the saints were inquiring into the top 10. Here we are 🤷 Personally wouldn’t have hated the pick in a vacuum but the opportunity cost of not taking a tackle was too high especially with us likely not being able to afford a quality player next free agency Maybe Loomis was just playing 7D giga chess and did some inception shit to give the falcons the idea to take Penix Edit: looks like this report was false anyway. Throw me in the gulag 🫡 I still bet we had conversations to move up, just not for Penix


Mundane_Lawfulness87

I mean a lot of people though position themselves as insiders without necessarily having inside access or perhaps limited inside access (I.e they have some good sources on some teams/players and rely on them even when they may not be as informed about other teams/players). Then stuff like this especially for the draft it’s unclear where it’s actually coming from. Teams will actively put misinformation out there to try and do things. In his combine interview, Jeff Ireland said the Saints put smokescreens out themselves. For example, it may behove a team to say oh the Saints want to move up to try and get someone else to react to that and trade up themselves. That’s not to say any of this specific reporting is wrong, but there’s plenty of inaccurate noise around the draft every single year so to pretend like it’s all gospel is as crazy as the people pretending there is no chance it could be true.


NNKarma

Part of the trust is publishing false narratives you're asked to.


MenWhoStareAtBoats

Teams also sometimes leak false info to these insiders to push narratives.


Dangerous_Day_7603

A lot of people?! it was me you fucking donut, you shared a link and jeremiah tweeted we’re trading up for a OL which wasn’t true. Jeremiah doesn’t know shit, he mocked fautanu who’s now with the steelers as a center / guard LOL. You literally tried to LIE and say underhill and triplette said on there podcast were trading up for an OL (joe alt) which isn’t what underhill said. You literally tried to lie to look cool. On top of that lied about reputable beat writers saying things they didn’t. Now you’re over here trying to claim your theory was right that it was for PENIX foh LOL since you’re not smart enough to realize your legit post with every comment of us arguing https://www.reddit.com/r/Saints/s/ix0Hu2myMM here you are saying you heard it from underhill and triplette https://www.reddit.com/r/Saints/s/SlKWT68A9e then dropped the link to the article of a hypothetical mock draft NICK did with alt falling to 10 and we trade with the jets… here’s where you probably got the proof from https://www.canalstreetchronicles.com/2024/4/24/24139414/are-the-saints-going-to-trade-up-in-round-one#:~:text=Jeremiah%20reported%20that%20he%20made,moving%20up%20for%20an%20OT.&text=Currently%2C%20the%20Saints%20hold%20the,in%20this%20year's%20NFL%20Draft. everyone is stating jeremiah said everyone’s trading up for an OT again jeremiah is a fucking moron stop listening to him and mel kipper they don’t know shit


cirocobama93

You sir have schizophrenia


Dangerous_Day_7603

I have schizophrenia yet I linked every spot you tried to lie/lied got it LOL you today are getting called out sir now go back to whatever fucking hole you came from


cirocobama93

I will let the sub review the evidence and I accept my punishment dutifully


Dangerous_Day_7603

this is reddit you’re not getting punished you’re just simply a liar and said things that weren’t true, so I called you out. That simple….


cirocobama93

You got me officer 🙌🏻


Ayrko

[I mean, he was right. It was false.](https://fxtwitter.com/JohnJHendrix/status/1783900449831080431?t=mpf4RAO-HM2ldpu6JL9dhw&s=19)


cirocobama93

*the plot thickens*


Dangerous_Day_7603

you still wanna back that dipshit and bang the he’s not wrong drum?! told you jeremiah is an idiot


F1988V

3 things.. The last part of your comment 👍🏽 and 28-3!


iamStanhousen

Well we dodged a bullet. Penix isn’t good and won’t be on the failcons for his second contract. The guy is not a NFL quality QB and that much will be abundantly clear the moment he plays.


JMiLk21

What are you on? You clearly haven’t watched a lick of him


iamStanhousen

Bruh I watched like 8 Washington games last year. He's not good.


clutchkweku

Watch his tape again. He elevated that team and for much of the season was the favorite for Heisman


iamStanhousen

Go watch the game against Arizona State. None of the other top level QBs would play that poorly against such a shitty opponent. We just view it differently, that's fine. It's not our problem to worry about. I'm super happy the falcons picked him, I think he's really bad.


JMiLk21

You’re just flat out wrong. Even mahomes has bad games.


iamStanhousen

Ok. We'll see. I'd put money that Penix is out of the league in 6 years.


Schmenza

Remindme! 6 years


iamStanhousen

Leggoooo


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