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Falcons GM Terry Fontenot Looked Like He Had To Stop Arthur Blank From Firing Him Immediately After Drafting Michael Penix

You don't need to be a body language expert to watch this video and understand Terry Fontenot is a man fighting to make it to tomorrow morning with his job — and rightfully so. If Arthur Blank somehow didn't sign off on one of the more heinous first round picks this century, he needs to tell Fontenot to pack his shit and have his office cleaned out before everyone else arrives back at the facility tomorrow.

Ian Rapaport mentioned that the Falcons called Kirk Cousins while they were on the clock to give him a heads up that they were taking a quarterback. Does that mean they weren't sure they were doing that until the eighth pick rolled around? Everything about this situation is batshit insane.

I'd pay a good bit of money to hear that conversation between Fontenot and Blank. I thought Fontenot had been doing a pretty good job of rebuilding the team until an hour ago and now I'd love to hear him grovel for his job. He really went rogue and took a quarterback he could have gotten 15 picks later — hell, possibly tomorrow — a month after giving another one $180 million.

This guy owes quite a few people a very good explanation for what he just pulled.