Bad news emerges about Michael Penix Jr’s injury

Penix left the game and did not return (with Kirk Cousins closing out the remainder of the contest as the Falcons went on to lose to the Panthers in overtime by a 30-27 final). After the game, bad injury news emerged about Penix.

Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported that Penix is believed to have aggravated the same injury that he dealt with earlier in the 2025 season. Now there is reportedly concern that Penix will miss “some time.”

The 25-year-old former first-round pick Penix dealt with a bone bruise to that same left knee last month and missed Atlanta’s Week 8 game against the Miami Dolphins as a result (with Cousins also getting the start in relief of Penix during that game). Now just a few weeks later, Penix appears to be have been felled by his troublesome knee again.

With the defeat to the Panthers, the Falcons are now the losers of five straight games, bringing them to an ugly 3-7 on the season. Penix recently made the news after a quote of his controversially got twisted out of context, but now Penix is dealing with a much realer headache here.