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ArticleJessie Bates: You can sleep well at night when Michael Penix is your QB
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When No. 9 is out there, this team is a completely different football team and I really truly believe that he is a franchise quarterback. . . . You can sleep good at night when you have Michael Penix playing quarterback for you.
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Penix's 31 PPG average this season leads the league; Bates endorses him as franchise QB.

Through 17 NFL starts, Penix has posted 3,876 passing yards, 21 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions with a 61.5% completion rate; in his five starts this season, he has led the Falcons to 31 points per game (tops in the league over that span), and safety Jessie Bates believes he is a franchise quarterback, saying 'You can sleep good at night when you have Michael Penix playing quarterback for you.'

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