When the Atlanta Falcons selected quarterback Michael Penix Jr. in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft, many around the ...

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr.'s promotion to the starting job in place of Kirk Cousins wasn't a surprise -- ...

Michael Penix Jr. will hear his name called this week ... Selecting someone to lead your franchise, to wear the name on the front of the jersey with pride, and to make sure every teammate, coach ...

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. delivered a three-game stretch of invigorating play to close his rookie season. Penix, a 24-year-old rookie who was drafted No ...

The Atlanta Falcons 2024 NFL Draft began with controversy, with the team selecting Michael Penix Jr. 8th overall a mere weeks after handing Kirk Cousins a four-year, $180 million contract.

Michael Penix Jr. made the first start of his NFL ... The former college soccer player posed in a matching black No. 9 Falcons jersey with her boyfriend on the sidelines. In the previous story ...

There will be plenty of optimism around the Atlanta Falcons with Michael Penix Jr. assuming the starting quarterback role. But will that be enough to make the Falcons contenders in 2025?

NEW ORLEANS – No player in the NFL wants to have their starting role removed, especially not a team’s franchise quarterback. Atlanta Falcons veteran Kirk Cousins had to deal with that reality ...

So far, so good. A new era of Atlanta Falcons football was ushered in on Sunday when the eighth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Michael Penix Jr., made his first career start at quarterback in ...

Penix went 1-2 as a rookie starter, and the offense put up 38 points in the regular-season finale against the Panthers.

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Penix completed 21 of 38 passes for 312 yards with two touchdowns and one interception and rushed once for a five-yard touchdown in the Falcons' 44-38 overtime loss to the Panthers on Sunday.