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.

If there's one thing that's guaranteed to happen in the NFL Draft this year, it's the fact that there will be plenty of trades. Although things have been pretty quiet so far -- not a single first-round pick has been traded this year -- let's just go ahead and assume that's just the calm before the storm.

The status of quarterback Kirk Cousins remains a backdrop to the Atlanta Falcons’ plans for the NFL draft after he surprised some observers by reporting for the first day of the team’s voluntary offseason program.