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The Atlanta Falcons stunned the NFL world on Thursday night when the team selected quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the No. 8 pick in the NFL Draft<\/a> just weeks after signing Kirk Cousins to a massive contract.<\/p>\n

Former NFL player Ross Tucker, who is also an analyst for CBS, appeared on “The Dan Patrick Show”<\/a> on Friday and tore into the Falcons for making the pick. He called the pick “selfish” and “disrespectful.”<\/p>\n

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“When in doubt, in the NFL, in my experience, look for the decision-makers to make decisions that they believe is in their best interest for their job security, and\/or job preservation,” Tucker explained. “And I believe, at some point, the Falcons\u2019 GM, Terry Fontenot, and the head coach, Raheem Morris, were talking, and they realized, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re probably gonna be pretty good the next couple years, with Kirk Cousins. The NFC South\u2019s not that great. We will be in the mix, maybe we\u2019ll win the division, be in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

“But if we get a guy like Penix now, then, Year 3, maybe Year 4, we have a succession plan in place,\u2019 to the point where Arthur Blank isn\u2019t gonna fire them before Penix has at least one year, maybe even two.”<\/p>\n

Tucker added that he believed the Falcons<\/a> brass “bought themselves a four-year runway” to see what they could do.<\/p>\n

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“I think it\u2019s selfish, and this is coming from a former player\u2019s perspective, I think it\u2019s borderline disrespectful,” he added. “I think it\u2019s one of the worst moves I\u2019ve seen in a long time. . . . I think it\u2019s a selfish move by the GM and head coach, that\u2019s my read on it from a player\u2019s perspective.”<\/p>\n

Cousins was reportedly told of the pick when it was happening.<\/p>\n

Penix said later Friday he heard from<\/a> Cousins and Falcons legend Michael Vick after he was selected.<\/p>\n

He added he felt comfortable working behind Cousins.<\/p>\n

“I know I\u2019m going to put in a ton of work to make sure whenever I do step on that field it\u2019s not going to be a beat missed,” he said.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n

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