{"id":793060,"date":"2026-05-13T08:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/793060\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:55:15","slug":"michael-penix-is-throwing-in-the-falcons-offseason-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/793060\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Penix is throwing in the Falcons&#8217; offseason program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The uncertainty of Michael Penix\u2019s return from a torn ACL led the Falcons to sign veteran Tua Tagovailoa. Penix\u2019s rehab seems to have ramped up as he seeks to enter the quarterback competition.<\/p>\n<p>Penix is throwing again six months after injuring his left knee in a game against the Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons posted video of Penix throwing to wide receiver Drake London at the team\u2019s facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. A team spokesperson told Marc Raimondi of ESPN that <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48754413\/penix-back-field-throwing-falcons-offseason-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Penix is participating<\/a> in Phase 2 of the Falcons\u2019 offseason program, which consists of drills and individual work.<\/p>\n<p>Penix, 26, has torn an ACL three times in eight years, twice tearing the ACL in his right knee while in college.<\/p>\n<p>Penix has said he expects to be ready for Week 1, but will that be soon enough to put him in a position to compete with Tagovailoa for the job? <\/p>\n<p>He has started 12 games and thrown for 2,757 yards with 12 touchdowns and six interceptions since the Falcons drafted him eighth overall in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The uncertainty of Michael Penix\u2019s return from a torn ACL led the Falcons to sign veteran Tua Tagovailoa.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":584791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-793060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116566436891356804","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}