ATLANTA — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. will miss Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins after being listed as questionable with a bone bruise on his left knee.
Kirk Cousins, who lost the starting job to Penix for the final three games of last season, will make his first start in more than 10 months.
Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is available after being adding to the injury list with an illness early Sunday. Tagovailoa had no game-status designation.
The Falcons' top wide receiver, Drake London, is inactive after he was added to the injury report on Saturday with a hip injury.
Though Penix said Wednesday he expected to play and coach Raheem Morris also expressed confidence in the second-year quarterback’s ability to play through the injury, the move to place Penix

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