Nobody understood Atlanta's offseason last year, when they both signed Cousins to a four-year, $180 million deal and drafted Penix in the first round. The Penix selection looks better in hindsight after Cousins was a disaster for the Falcons, but now the team appears to be stuck with a massively overpaid backup.

The Atlanta Falcons made the most stunning move of last year’s NFL draft when they used the No. 8 choice on a quarterback, Michael Penix Jr., in the month after they had signed Cousins to a four-year, $180 million contract in free agency. Now they may have to decide whether to trade Cousins in conjunction with this draft.

People who fail to learn from yesterday's mistakes will repeat them. This is why I cannot get behind the idea of Kirk Cousins being traded back to his former te