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Atlanta Falcons cannot settle for Kurt Benkert as the backup QB

More than likely, the Atlanta Falcons will go into the 2020 season with Kurt Benkert as their backup quarterback to Matt Ryan.

The Falcons must come to grips with the realization that Kurt Benkert cannot necessarily be counted on or trusted yet. The operative word is yet.

This is assuming that current backup QB Matt Schaub is a post-June 1st casualty, which is looking more likely by the day.

Benkert is a 24-year-old undrafted, second-year player from the University of Virginia. There is a reason he went undrafted in 2018. The Falcons liked what they saw evidently and signed him as a UDFA on May 1, 2018 (post-draft)

He does have a strong arm and can make throws with both accuracy and velocity, is mobile and moves well outside of the pocket.