Second-year quarterback Michael Penix Jr. is the current and future face of the Atlanta Falcons. What does that make Kirk Cousins? Chopped liver? It's a strange dynamic and situation that should've already been resolved, but here we are.
Reporting on the Cousins-Falcons impasse has been messy since the team benched him in favor of Penix last season. At first, eating the four-time Pro Bowler's $10 million roster bonus due in mid-March to be a backup was "slim." Atlanta general manager Terry Fontenot contradicted the intel when addressing the media at the NFL Scouting Combine, saying the plan is to keep both passers.