As of Friday morning, there gave the impression to be no less than a chance that first-year Atlanta Falcons head coach Kevin Stefanski might select from one among 4 choices to function his beginning quarterback for Atlanta’s residence recreation versus the 0-1 Carolina Panthers
this coming Sunday afternoon.
It seems the Falcons’ precise quarterback scenario was far much less attention-grabbing than some had hoped.
Tune stays the identical for the Falcons’ QB1 scenario
On Friday afternoon, insider Ian Rapoport of NFL Community shared that Rush was “taking the first-team reps” and “is anticipated to begin Week 2.” Rapoport added that Penix is “not fairly prepared” to play towards a dwell protection in a significant recreation.
Whereas Tua Tagovailoa had been named the Falcons’ starter forward of Week 1, he suffered an indirect injury on Sept. 10. That concern stored him from enjoying on Sept. 13 and from practicing on Wednesday and Thursday.
“[Tagovailoa] stays unavailable for Atlanta as he offers with an indirect damage that popped up forward of Week 1,” Rapoport defined.
As for Penix, he’s working to clear bodily and psychological hurdles associated to his ongoing restoration from the surgical procedure he wanted final fall to repair {a partially} torn ACL. This week, Penix revealed that he nonetheless had “some goals” he wished to hit earlier than he might return to the lineup.
A earlier report recommended that Penix will not hit these targets earlier than Atlanta’s Week 3 recreation on the Green Bay Packers on Sept. 24. Tagovailoa’s standing for that matchup was unclear as of Friday.
Might the Falcons begin an undrafted rookie in Week 3?
Rush was hardly spectacular in Atlanta’s 20-13 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers
on Sept. 13, as he went 12-for-22 passing with 143 yards, a landing, two interceptions and a league-worst 5.0 adjusted QBR.
In the meantime, the Falcons even have undrafted rookie Jack Strand of their quarterback room, and he was Atlanta’s major backup towards Pittsburgh. Presumably, Stefanski might think about giving Strand the nod towards the Packers within the occasion that Rush produces a dud towards the Panthers, and neither Penix nor Tagovailoa can begin towards Inexperienced Bay.
As of Friday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook had Atlanta as a 2.5-point residence underdog towards Carolina.
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