"In the wake of the season-ending injury to starting quarterback Michael Penix Jr., the Atlanta Falcons have made a few moves to shore up the position group for the remainder of the 2025 NFL season. We all know veteran Kirk Cousins will get a chance to prove he can still sling it in his age 37 season, but the rest of the depth chart was a barren wasteland."
"Stick, 30, was on the Falcons practice squad and has been operating as the de facto emergency QB. He also got the vast majority of the team's preseason snaps at the position, turning in a really impressive game alongside some lackluster performances. Stick was drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL Draft, spending his entire rookie contract there and playing in six NFL games. He signed with the Falcons this offseason."
"Neither of these moves are significant needle-movers for the Falcons, but the team at least has a depth pipeline in case the worst should continue to happen at the position. We'll see how Cousins performs over the final seven games of the year and if Penix can return, but my money would be on someone else entirely starting for the Falcons in Week 1 of the 2026 season."
Following Michael Penix Jr.'s season-ending injury, the Atlanta Falcons added Easton Stick to the active roster and Kyle Trask to the practice squad to bolster quarterback depth. Stick, 30, had been on the Falcons' practice squad, took the majority of preseason snaps, and showed both an impressive outing and some inconsistent performances; he was a 2019 fifth-round pick of the Chargers and has six NFL game appearances. Trask, 27, was a 2021 second-round pick of the Buccaneers, appeared sparsely (seven games, 11 passing attempts), and had been a free agent after final cuts. Neither signing drastically changes the roster but provides emergency depth while Kirk Cousins starts the remaining games and Penix's return remains uncertain.
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