New Orleans – No NFL player wants his starting role to be deleted, especially not a team’s quarter of a team.
The veteran of the Falcons of Atlanta, Kirk Cousins, had to face this reality before week 15, in the middle of a division title race no less, when the head coach Raheem Morris said he Turned to Michael Penix Jr. to play under the center.
Cousins had trouble, despite a 15-9 victory against Las Vegas raiders the previous week. Before this match, four consecutive defeats saw Atlanta dive under .500. So Morris had the New York giants face for her first career start.
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The quarters of Falcons Michael Penix Jr. and Kirk Cousins on the field before the Pittsburgh Steelers match at the Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta. (Dale Zanine-Imagn images)
Addressing PK Press Club Digital on Radio Row before the Super Bowl Lix, Penix explained the main advice he collected from Cousins, which he had watched and studied all season.
“Let the game come to you and be patient,” said Penix while discussing his partnership with Sharpie. “Even if you call a shooting game or a big game, you don’t have to take the big game if it’s not there. Many things I learned from him were a lot of visual things, just the way he moved thanks to his progress, his fifth reading, it is difficult to do, especially at the level that we play.
The first departure of Penix did not see his first pass of a touched in career, but he went 18 for 27 for 202 yards with an interception. With the help of his defense, which marked two affected on the modest giants, the Falcons won 34-7, reaching 8-7 this season.
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Penix said that the usual assaults were not there thanks to seeing a few shots in losses earlier in the season, as well as a pre-season game. But he also knows that nothing can prepare you for this first departure … Unless you agree as a starter every week.
He said that his biggest point to remember of the season was to have the mentality to be always ready, which might need to perform next year also with cousins remaining under contract despite the fact that Morris Turn towards his young recruit at the end of the season.
“I have the impression that I always had to be ready because I did not know when my time was going to be,” he said. “Whenever it came, I wanted to be ready for this moment. Every day, I was preparing myself as if I was the starter. I was preparing myself as if I was going to be there. So, each time this moment came , it did not seem to me a surprise. “
The Falcons quarter-Arrière Michael Penix Jr. appears against the Carolina Panthers, Sunday January 5, 2025 in Atlanta. (Photo / mike stewart)
Penix could not lead the Falcons to the title of NFC South, losing its last two departures of its recruit campaign. However, he showed lightning on the reasons why the Falcons were so high on him with the eighth overall choice of the NFL 2024 draft.
Before his second season, Penix will continue to work hard with his state of mind does not change. But his experience with Cousins shows that, although the veteran Gunslinger wants to remain a starter in the league, he is ready to teach the next generation in his quarter room.
“ Pass the ” with Sharpie
Penix was one of the “recruits of the year” of Sharpie, who marked the inaugural class while they were heading for their professional trips. From the day of the signature, to its cause my crampons this season, Sharpie allowed Penix to add a personal touch to its moments of recruit.
Now he is ready to “go by the pen” to the next class, which includes the best hopes of the NFL Ashton Jeanty of Boisse State and Tetairoa McMillan of Arizona. He shared his love for their respective game.
“These two in particular, I played against T-Mac, McMillan, just live, he made big games,” he said. “He is an excellent receiver and he will do an excellent job in this league, and with Sharpie. I can’t wait to do it. With Ashton, the year he had, coming second to Heisman, I did it last year too.
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As a left -handed, Penix had to face spots everywhere in his work from a young age. But he showed his appreciation for the Sharpie S-Gel with his “no of smear, no spot technology”.
“It was crazy. He’s null when you didn’t have this Sharpie pen in hand, but I found the solution now, so I’m super excited to be able to do it,” he said.
