For a brief moment it looked like Michael Penix Jr. would come up just short ... runner-up quarterback delivered his first signature arrow from his quiver. After a high snap out of the wildcat ...

The result? An efficient performance that left the Falcons with plenty to be encouraged about. Penix Jr. went 18-27 for 202 yards, no touchdowns and a pick that went off TE Kyle Pitts’ hands in ...

Atlanta Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot suggested Thursday that veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins could remain on the ...

There's no hard feelings between Atlanta Falcons veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins and rookie signal-caller Michael Penix Jr. after the team benched the former player for the latter on Tuesday.

On the first play of his first NFL start, Michael Penix Jr. made a statement… on a medium-length incompletion intended for Ray Ray McCloud. It wasn’t that Penix failed to connect with McCloud ...

NFL players, they’re just like us. When Michael Penix Jr. found out Tuesday night that he was named the starting quarterback for the Falcons against the Giants on Sunday, the rookie was shopping ...

Now, the franchise has only taken two quarterbacks in the first round of the NFL draft since that 2008 class: Matt Ryan and Michael Penix Jr. Ryan is the franchise’s best player in its history ...

Michael Penix had a nice debut with a victory − and it certainly helped it came against the awful New York Giants. The defense ruled the day and after weeks of feeling like the team was falling ...

Welcome to the NFL, Michael Penix Jr. The rookie quarterback was thrust into the Atlanta Falcons’ starting role earlier this week as Kirk Cousins’ struggles became too much for the team to bear.