Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton says his team was shocked by the Atlanta Falcons' decision to select Michael Penix Jr. with the No. 8 pick of the 2024 draft.
"You try to simulate what you think's gonna happen," Payton said about the Broncos' strategy to draft Bo Nix on the Scoop City podcast with Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel (27:00 mark.) "We felt the Giants were gonna be an at-large team, no necessarily for Bo, but for a quarterback. Are they taking one, or not? And then, they didn't.
"So, pretty soon, there's three teams with a need.