{"id":7583,"date":"2025-10-26T14:24:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T14:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2025-10-26T14:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T14:24:55","slug":"sources-falcons-kirk-cousins-to-start-for-injured-michael-penix-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=7583","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Falcons&#8217; Kirk Cousins to start for injured Michael Penix Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Marc Raimondi<span class=\"timestamp \">Oct 25, 2025, 09:03 AM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Marc Raimondi&#8217;s first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn&#8217;t his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book &#8220;Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro Wrestling&#8217;s New World Order Changed America,&#8221; which was published by Simon &amp; Schuster in 2025. Raimondi also worked for the New York Post and Newsday, beginning in 2009, covering high school and college sports, plus the NFL, NFL, MLB and NHL.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"53bec012-c2ed-bc7c-a8d5-438611f9faa1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/14880\/kirk-cousins\">Kirk Cousins<\/a> will start for the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"49fd392a-86fe-4df3-1b77-9bbfa18b2ad5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-falcons\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> on Sunday against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"af33088b-1e19-d27d-dbc0-354fd7151703\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/mia\/miami-dolphins\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> as starter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4360423\/michael-penix-jr\">Michael Penix Jr.<\/a> recovers from a bone bruise in his left knee, sources told ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Penix suffered the injury during last week&#8217;s loss to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"985a261f-296c-c95c-32a5-addc4df75001\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/sf\/san-francisco-49ers\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> as the Falcons dropped to 3-3. Penix was limited in practice the past two days and listed Friday as questionable for Sunday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Falcons coach Raheem Morris said Cousins had taken &#8220;significant&#8221; reps this week in practice and more reps later in the week rather than earlier.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/46711352\/falcons-qb-michael-penix-questionable-kirk-cousins-waiting\" class=\"img-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/r1562785_2_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really confident in our backup,&#8221; Morris said Friday of Cousins. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to give [Penix] every opportunity we can give him. The kid is tough. He&#8217;s a guy. He&#8217;s a stud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The start for Cousins comes as Saturday marks the 10-year anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/wsh\/washington-commanders\">Washington<\/a>&#8216;s 31-30 win over the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"13e8b157-a75a-ff24-ae91-fa3d52ddf204\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/tb\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> &#8212; and Cousins&#8217; famous postgame quote: &#8220;You like that?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cousins, 37, helped the Falcons to a 6-3 start last season before he struggled with nine interceptions during a five-game stretch after injuring his right elbow and shoulder in Week 10. Cousins was benched in favor of Penix, then a rookie, in Week 16 last season.<\/p>\n<p>Penix has gone 4-5 as a starter. The second-year quarterback hasn&#8217;t quite found his rhythm yet in the NFL. Penix has completed 61% of his passes this season for 1,409 yards with five touchdowns and three interceptions. He has a 47.7 QBR, which ranks 22nd in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons also updated wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4426502\/drake-london\" target=\"_blank\">Drake London<\/a>&#8216;s status to questionable Saturday. London has a hip issue, but Friday after practice he had no injury designation. London was a full participant in practice this week, aside from Friday when he was limited.<\/p>\n<p>Starting inside linebacker <a data-player-guid=\"d51aeebf-16e9-f850-9199-fddbde6d001c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4037626\/divine-deablo\">Divine Deablo<\/a> was put on injured reserve Saturday after suffering a broken left forearm in last Sunday night&#8217;s defeat. Deablo will be out at least four weeks. In addition, the Falcons signed inside linebacker Ronnie Harrison to the active roster from the practice squad and safety <a data-player-guid=\"54119dd6-3674-37d9-01be-ac3d8c4822a2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4040613\/jordan-fuller\">Jordan Fuller<\/a> to the active roster from injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"a6b7d488-9fff-e11c-3a7d-995c27018755\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3120590\/easton-stick\">Easton Stick<\/a>, an elevation from the practice squad, will be Cousins&#8217; backup Sunday. Wide receiver <a data-player-guid=\"1df35e8c-d6f9-8ece-67ba-544322c05f25\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4363551\/dylan-drummond\">Dylan Drummond<\/a> was also a practice squad elevation.\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/46719199\/sources-falcons-highly-likely-start-kirk-cousins-vs-dolphins\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc RaimondiOct 25, 2025, 09:03 AM ET Close Marc Raimondi&#8217;s first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn&#8217;t his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book &#8220;Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro &#8230; <a title=\"Sources: Falcons&#8217; Kirk Cousins to start for injured Michael Penix Jr.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=7583\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sources: Falcons&#8217; Kirk Cousins to start for injured Michael Penix Jr.\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sources-Falcons-Kirk-Cousins-to-start-for-injured-Michael-Penix.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7585,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583\/revisions\/7585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}