{"id":630,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/630","headline":"Penix expected to practice Wednesday, on track to start vs. Bears","dek":"The Falcons quarterback is confident the rib injury he suffered in the overtime loss to Baltimore isn't serious.","body":"Michael Penix Jr. got banged up in Atlanta's Week 5 overtime loss to Baltimore, taking a rib injury that had Falcons fans bracing for bad news. So far, the news isn't bad.\n\nPenix was confident even right after the Sunday night game that the injury wasn't serious, and nothing about that assessment has changed since. The Falcons expect him to practice Wednesday, which would put him on track to start this week against the Bears.\n\nThat said, status updates on rib injuries have a way of shifting as the week goes on, and Atlanta is being careful not to call it official until he's gone through practice. For now, though, the plan is for Penix to be under center against Chicago, with the Falcons hoping the early optimism holds up once he's actually taking hits again.","published_at":"2026-10-14T17:19:22.808263+00:00","source_count":6,"written_from":[{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Michael Penix Jr. injury update: Falcons QB likely to start this week vs. Bears, but status could change","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/michael-penix-jr-injury-update-falcons-vs-bears/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Falcons expect Michael Penix to practice Wednesday","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/falcons-expect-michael-penix-practice-160613544.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Falcons expect Michael Penix to practice Wednesday","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/falcons-expect-michael-penix-to-practice-wednesday"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Kurt Benkert says Falcons should sign former Super Bowl MVP","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kurt-benkert-says-falcons-sign-214541926.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Falcons HC Kevin Stefanski gives injury update on Michael Penix Jr.","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/falcons-hc-kevin-stefanski-gives-163849546.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Penix expected to start at quarterback for Falcons against Bears after suffering rib injury in loss","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/penix-expected-start-quarterback-falcons-164827895.html"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Falcons say QB Penix on track to start vs. Bears if no setbacks","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50182471/falcons-say-michael-penix-track-start-bears"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Falcons expect QB Michael Penix Jr. back in starting lineup vs. Bears","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7690065/2026/10/14/falcons-michael-penix-jr-returns-bears/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Michael Penix Jr. Falcons practice injury update offers clue for Week 6 status vs. Bears","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/michael-penix-jr-falcons-practice-171138083.html"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"'I’ve Sat Out Enough': Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr. On Track to Start vs. Bears","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/michael-penix-jr-injury-update-falcons-schedule"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Falcons' Michael Penix Jr. in line to start vs. Bears barring setbacks after rib injury, Kevin Stefanski says","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/falcons-michael-penix-jr-in-line-to-start-vs-bears-barring-setbacks-after-rib-injury-kevin-stefanski-says-200102180.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Michael Penix should be ‘good to play’ vs. Bears despite rib injury","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/michael-penix-good-play-vs-201523641.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/2026/10/14/7fd1dae7-b33b-463c-8247-26ff2454d833/template-pic.jpg","credit":"CBS Sports","width":1400},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}