The first 12 picks within the 2024 draft included six quarterbacks. With Falcons quarterback Michael Penix, Jr. now promoted to starter in Atlanta, 5 of the six are enjoying.
Three earned the Week 1 jobs: Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (first general), Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (second general), and Broncos quarterback Bo Nix (twelfth general). Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, the third general decide, made his first begin in Week 6.
And now, with Week 16 looming, Penix lastly will play. (Only Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy, the tenth general decide, hasn’t performed. And he gained’t, resulting from a knee harm suffered within the preseason.)
Penix has made a few garbage-time cameo appearances, through the 34-14 loss to the Seahawks and the 38-6 blowout on the Broncos. He has thrown 5 passes, finishing three. His passer score is 83.7 — which is important as a result of Cousins’s score slipped below 80 in every of his last 5 begins.
So how good will Penix be? He solely must be a bit higher than Cousins has been. And the bar has gotten very low in current weeks.
