also had a quieter practice Monday. He warmed up and threw during individual periods and one-on-ones, then spent nearly an hour watching while the Falcons went through 11-on-11s. Penix’s time came at the end, and he looked sharp. During what the Falcons call an opportunity period, where young players lower on the depth chart see game snaps, Penix was 6-for-8, capping it with a deep touchdown to receiver Antwane “Juice” Wells down the left sideline. Both of Penix’s incompletions were drops — one by Wells, the other by undrafted rookie running back Cash Jones.
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After a difficult Friday practice where he went 1-for-7 passing in a 7-on-7 red-zone drill, Michael Penix Jr. delivered an adequate bounceback Saturday. He went 4 of 8 in a similar 7-on-7 setting, and three of his incompletions hit the hands of his receivers. Penix also threw touchdowns to receiver Jahan Dotson and running back Cash Jones. Penix’s strongest attribute is his arm strength, and he ripped passes into several tight windows Saturday. He wasn’t as precise as he was Wednesday, when he went 6-for-8 passing, but he recovered well from his rough Friday showing. Stefanski said Penix, who still isn’t participating in 11-on-11 drills while rehabbing a torn ACL suffered last November, isn’t limited in any capacity apart from the full team portion. He’s still doing 7-on-7 and individual drills, and Stefanski said the team will “without a doubt” have enough to evaluate Penix before he’s fully cleared.
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