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Adam Schefter Roasted Falcons After Hawks Won NBA Draft Lottery, and NFL Fans Loved It

ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter had an amusing Falcons joke after the Atlanta Hawks won the NBA Draft lottery on Sunday.

Tim Capurso

Nov 8, 2021; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Network television NFL analyst Adam Schefter reports
Nov 8, 2021; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Network television NFL analyst Adam Schefter reports / Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
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Adam Schefter has jokes.

The ESPN NFL insider traded in his proverbial football cleats for basketball shorts on Sunday afternoon, as he transcribed the full order of the NBA draft lottery in a post onto his account on X, formerly Twitter.

The Atlanta Hawks, who had just a 3% chance of securing the first pick, did so for the first time in franchise history, prompting Schefter to make an amusing joke about the Atlanta Falcons.

"Atlanta is not expected to take another quarterback," Schefter wrote on X.

Schefter is referring to the Falcons' peculiar selection of Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth pick in April's NFL draft just one month after they inked free agent QB Kirk Cousins to a $180 million contract.

NFL fans loved the joke.

Well done by Schefter.

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Tim Capurso
TIM CAPURSO

Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in November 2023, he wrote for RotoBaller and ClutchPoints, where he was the lead editor for MLB, college football and NFL coverage. A lifelong Yankees and Giants fan, Capurso grew up just outside New York City and now lives near Philadelphia. When he's not writing, he enjoys reading, exercising and spending time with his family, including his three-legged cat Willow, who, unfortunately, is an Eagles fan.

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