As the Atlanta Falcons continue to spiral, injury was added to insult.

In Atlanta's fifth straight loss on Sunday, the Falcons squandered a 14-point lead at home to the Carolina Panthers, falling 30-27 in overtime. As if things could get worse, quarterback Michael Penix Jr. was placed on injured reserve Monday after exiting with a knee injury in the third quarter, with the expectation that the 25-year-old could miss the rest of the season.

"Obviously it hurts your heart when your quarterback goes down, but you've got to recenter, you've got to refocus," Atlanta head coach Raheem Morris told reporters on Monday. "You've got to go with the next-man-up mentality. You've got really good football players here whether you talk about Bijan Robinson, Tyler Allgeier, Darnell Mooney, Kyle Pitts. Y

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