Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry on Michael Penix Jr.

Pennix named Falcons starter week 3; first game back from knee injury; expect rust.

Michael Pennix has been named the Falcons week three starter for Thursday night against the Packers. Matthew Berry noted this is good news for Drake London and Kyle Pitts. However, Matthew Friedman cautioned that Pennix is coming back from a significant season-ending knee injury suffered last year and did not get the benefit of full training camp, so rust should be expected. Friedman expects Pennix to be a diminished version of himself in his first start back from injury, though the offense should still improve relative to Cooper Rush and the past two weeks.

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