NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe reports once Michael Penix (knee) is healthy, the Falcons quarterback job will be “an open competition.”

10 March 2026

Open competitions do not often favor the incumbent, particularly an incumbent who is likely to miss most of the offseason activities and training camp with a torn ACL. We’d handicap Tua Tagovailoa as the favorite to win the job at this moment, giving him some QB2 superflex upside in what figures to be a run-first offense with Bijan Robinson.