Falcons quarterback to miss rest of season due to ACL injury

The Atlanta Falcons announced that backmost Michael Penix Jr. volition acquisition season-ending country to repair a partially torn near ACL. 

The squad placed Penix connected injured reserve connected Monday with a near genu wounded arsenic they underwent a process to find however terrible his wounded was. After a 2nd opinion, the Falcons opted to spell with surgery. 

Penix’s latest wounded is the 5th season-ending wounded helium has sustained successful 8 seasons successful some assemblage and the NFL. The 25-year-old tore his close ACL doubly successful college. 

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Atlanta Falcons backmost Michael Penix Jr. (9) walks disconnected the tract aft overtime of an NFL shot crippled against the Carolina Panthers successful Atlanta connected Nov. 16, 2025. (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)

"The 1 happening we accidental astir Michael is we cognize what it’s similar to beryllium battle-tested, and he’s shown america that before," Falcons caput manager Raheem Morris said of Penix during a property league connected Wednesday.

"You cognize the past wounded was (2021) I judge it was a shoulder. I deliberation the past genu was successful (2020) and he’s done thing but travel backmost stronger each azygous accidental he’s been given. And erstwhile you know, I deliberation his celebrated enactment was, you know, cheque his EKG, and it’s nary antithetic now. Like the feline is going to travel backmost stronger for us, you cognize this enactment believes successful him, his coaches judge successful him, his guys judge successful him and he’s going to travel backmost beardown for us."

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Atlanta Falcons moving backmost Bijan Robinson (7) celebrates his touchdown with backmost Michael Penix Jr. (9) successful the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Carolina Panthers successful Atlanta connected Nov. 16, 2025. (Mike Stewart/AP Photo)

Penix near the team’s 30-27 overtime nonaccomplishment to the Carolina Panthers successful the 3rd quarter. In his 2nd play successful the league, Penix completed conscionable implicit 60% of his passes for 1,982 yards with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. 

The Falcons selected Penix with the No. 8 wide prime successful the archetypal circular of past year’s NFL Draft contempt signing Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 cardinal declaration successful the aforesaid offseason. With Penix out, Cousins volition beryllium the team’s starting quarterback. 

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Atlanta Falcons backmost Kirk Cousins (18) passes against the Carolina Panthers successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful Atlanta connected Nov. 16, 2025. (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)

Cousins, 37, has appeared successful 3 games this season, erstwhile arsenic a starter. He is 0-1 successful his lone commencement and has completed 61.5% of his passes for 250 yards with nary touchdowns and nary interceptions. 

Cousins’ 2nd commencement of the play volition travel erstwhile the Falcons instrumentality connected the New Orleans Saints (2-8) connected Sunday astatine 4:25 p.m. 

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