Falcons HC Raheem Morris shares injury update and plan for Kirk Cousins
Atlanta Falcons' 2024 first-round draft pick Michael Penix Jr. took a lot of reps at rookie minicamp over the weekend and it sounds like he'll continue to do so throughout the rest of the spring.
That's because the Falcons plan to continue to take it easy on starting quarterback Kirk Cousins as he makes his way back from his Achilles injury.
Over the weekend, Falcons head coach Raheem Morris provided an injury update on Cousins and while he is trending upward, they're going to remain cautious.
"Kirk is every day improving," Morris told reporters. "[With] nobody around him, there's no contact -- he's all good with all those type of things. He's been doing all those things, he's been throwing, he's been out there pretty much full-go."
Falcons Plan to Limit Cousins Throughout the Spring
Cousins tore his Achilles in Week 8 of the 2023 season and spent the remainder of the year on injured reserve. It was the first major injury and surgery of his 13-year NFL career.
Although he is currently still rehabbing, he has been participating in the offseason program which includes a lot of contact-less drills, walkthroughs, and meetings.
"Now, we got him in a limited basis, obviously because he's still in his rehab and his treatment and all those types of things," Morris said. "But he'll be doing a lot of the things when we get back because we still won't have a lot of people in the pocket. Most of the stuff is jog-through, as you guys know in the offseason programs now. So, he's full-go in those types of things.
"We'll limit what he does as far as the amount, not necessarily what he's doing when it comes to where we're at, and what we're able to do right now. It's not like training camp where I'm worried about people being around his feet, because the pace is so [much] slower that we feel really good about where he's at right now."
Cousins is expected to be ready to go by Falcons training camp which kicks off in July. Until then, get used to seeing Penix taking the first-team reps.
