Falcons head coach Kevin Stefanski named Tua Tagovailoa the team’s starting quarterback for the first game of the season on Monday and that decision was not made over any objection from Michael Penix.
Penix was cleared for 11-on-11 work near the end of August and the quarterback said on Monday that he told Stefanski that he still does not feel like he’s fully recovered from last year’s torn ACL. Penix, who will be inactive in Week 1, said that he wants “to be stronger” and that it isn’t fair to the team to try to go out there until “there’s no doubt in my mind that I trust my knee.”
“I just told him I’m not where I want to be right now ,”…
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