Overview
- Atlanta placed Michael Penix Jr. on the inactive list for Week 8 after he was limited all week with a left-knee bone bruise from the 49ers game.
- Kirk Cousins will make his first start of the season and first in more than 10 months after taking a significant share of first-team snaps in practice.
- The Falcons elevated quarterback Easton Stick from the practice squad on Saturday to bolster depth behind Cousins.
- Top wideout Drake London is inactive with a hip injury, while Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is available despite an illness earlier in the day.
- Penix had said he planned to play, but coach Raheem Morris emphasized not putting him in harm’s way, as analysts frame Cousins’ start as a potential trade-deadline audition before Nov. 4.