Things have gone from very bad to much worse for the Atlanta Falcons.

Now 3-7 after being swept on Sunday by the Panthers, the Falcons may not have their starting quarterback for the rest of the 2025 season.

Via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, Penix “suffered a potentially season-ending knee injury” in the game. Penix reportedly will seek a second opinion, but the situation is “not encouraging.”

Penix had a pair of ACL tears in his right knee during college. Earlier this season, he sustained a bone bruise in the left knee. He aggravated the left knee injury on Sunday.

The good news is that they still have Kirk Cousins, to whom they will have paid $90 million for two seasons. (They also owe him $10 million fully guaranteed in 2026.) The potential bad news is that, if Cousins doesn’t play wil

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