Michael Penix Jr. sitting out of the Atlanta Falcons' Week 8 game against the Miami Dolphins gave Kirk Cousins another shot at redemption. Instead, all he did was remind fans why he was benched in the first place.

Cousins led the Falcons to just three points in the first half, resulting in a 17-3 deficit. He completed six of his eight passes, but accounted for just 53 passing yards at the break.

Fans in Mercedes-Benz Stadium were unsurprisingly upset with his subpar performance. The Falcons' faithful let Cousins hear it from the opening drive and immediately showered the veteran quarterback with boos , David Furones of the Sun Sentinel reported.

Atlanta ran 19 first-half plays and had just 65 yards to show for it. The Dolphins also bottled up Bijan Robinson, who had no running roo

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