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Why Falcons benched Michael Penix for Kirk Cousins at QB

The Atlanta Falcons had a nightmare Sunday.

Expected to be competitive and probably beat the Carolina Panthers , instead, they got crushed.

And it led to Michael Penix Jr. being benched at quarterback in favor of Kirk Cousins.

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Why did the Falcons bench Michael Penix Jr. for Kirk Cousins?

The Falcons benched Penix simply because of the score.

There have been no indications that Cousins would take over the QB job at any point. This is Penix's team now.

Atlanta trailed 27-0 when Penix was sat down.

The second-year lefty was 18-for-36 for 172 yards and two interceptions.

Cousins completed five of his first seven passes after ent

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