One NFL head coach is evaluating himself and his basic supervisor to the league’s energy couple: Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
Atlanta Falcons first-year head coach Raheem Morris and GM Terry Fontenont are the discuss of the NFL Draft, because the collection of Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. continues to dominate soccer dialogue.
Veteran sign caller Kirk Cousins was signed to a four-year contract with the primary two years assured, however Falcons brass determined to go along with Penix — a choose for the long run — as an alternative of bringing in somebody within the first spherical to assist instantly in 2024.
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Atlanta Falcons first spherical draft selection quarterback Michael Penix Jr., holds a Falcons jersey throughout a information convention Friday, April 26, 2024, in Flowery Department, Ga. (AP Picture/John Bazemore)
Many scratched their heads once they noticed commissioner Roger Goodell name out Penix’s title at No. 8 total, however Morris and Fontenot had been on the identical web page.
“I hate for it to be the story of the draft, however I do know it is going to be,” Morris instructed reporters. “That’s simply how our world is predicated and is pushed. However I can’t say it’s annoying, no, as a result of it’s what individuals wish to see. It’s piqued extra curiosity.”
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It’s due to this extensive curiosity into the choose that Morris determined to match his present reputation in information headlines and social media threads to Kelce and Swift.
“What’s [Travis] Kelce’s girlfriend’s title? I’m Taylor Swift and Terry is Kelce. We’re making this factor standard,” he stated.
Kelce says feeling the help from Swift has been an “superb expertise.” (Ezra Shaw/Getty Pictures)
In fact, there’s a key distinction between Kelce and Swift’s reputation in comparison with Morris and Fontenot. The soccer star and pop icon are large celebrities that make for one of the vital intriguing {couples} in the complete world, and their reputation comes from their excessive success.
In the meantime, Morris and Fontenot have gained notoriety as a result of the choose of Penix has baffled many. Even Cousins’ agent, Mike McCartney, admitted he and his quarterback consumer had been stunned.
“We had no concept this was coming,” he instructed the NFL Community in an announcement. “The reality is the entire league had no concept this was coming. We obtained no heads up. Kirk obtained a name from the Falcons once they had been on the clock. That was the primary we heard. It by no means got here up in any dialog.”
Now, what the Falcons resolve to do with their picks and subsequent NFL future is fully as much as them. But it surely was an odd choose contemplating they dished out $180 million ($100 million assured) to Cousins, who’s coming off an Achilles tear, this offseason.
Head coach Raheem Morris of the Atlanta Falcons speaks to the media throughout the NFL Mix on the Indiana Conference Heart on February 27, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Stacy Revere/Getty Pictures)
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Both manner, the choose is etched in stone and Penix’s NFL profession begins by studying beneath Cousins’ wing.
Whether or not the choose works out in the long run will decide if Morris and Fontenot will really be as standard as Kelce and Swift
