The Falcons’ season somehow found a new low with Michael Penix Jr.’s latest knee injury. The second-year quarterback went down in the overtime loss to the Panthers, re-aggravating the same left knee that already cost him time earlier in the year.

Per multiple reports, including ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the damage could end his 2025 season and includes partial ACL involvement after a previous bone bruise. At 3-7, with their franchise QB and top receiver Drake London both banged up and no 2026 first-round pick after trading it to move back into Round 1, Atlanta’s nightmare campaign looks even darker.

Into that mess steps Kirk Cousins , who now has to steer a team trending nowhere and short-handed. Speaking with ESPN after the Panthers' loss, Cousins didn’t sugarcoat the situation.

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