Michael Penix was meeting with his doctor on a call Thursday night. The Falcons quarterback hopes to be fully cleared, but he has no idea one way or the other.
“Whatever [the doctor] says, that’s what it’s going to be,” Penix said, via Tori McElhaney of the team website. “I am going to trust him, and trust God and I am just going to continue taking steps in the right direction.”
Penix has yet to participate in team drills and thus has not yet gotten involved in the starting quarterback competition with Tua Tagovailoa. Penix said on July 29 that the doctor wanted to give his surgically repaired knee another four weeks before “going to the next stage.”
So, Penix has watched all the 11-on-11 drills in training camp.
“If I had a rush coming at me and everything, I can get away,” Penix said. “But it’s just the right now is if I don’t get away. That’s what we’re thinking about: If I don’t get away. I don’t think my doctor is ready for me to take those hits right now, but that time is coming real soon.”
Penix said he continues to work on getting full strength back in his left knee after he underwent surgery Nov. 25 to repair an ACL tear.