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Atlanta Falcons Official Web Site. Archived from the original on April 10, 2007 "Falcons All-time Starting Quarterbacks". Atlanta Falcons Official Web Site. Archived from the original on April 10, 2007 "Atlanta Falcons Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons. This list is accurate through the end of the 2024 NFL season.
The Falcons would lose to the Giants 27–14. The only bright spot of the game was a 90-yard 3rd-quarter touchdown run by Warrick Dunn, the longest touchdown run in Atlanta Falcons history. The Atlanta Falcons hoped to bounce back the next week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and they did so with a huge game.
The Falcons have also shared a playoff rivalry with the Green Bay Packers as much of the connections between the two teams stems from Atlanta trading future hall-of-fame quarterback Brett Favre to the Green Bay on February 11, 1992, in exchange for a first-round pick.
List of NFL starting quarterbacks [6] Team Quarterback College Since Arizona Cardinals Kyler Murray: Oklahoma: Week 10, 2023: Atlanta Falcons Michael Penix Jr. Washington: Week 16, 2024: Baltimore Ravens Lamar Jackson: Louisville: Week 1, 2024: Buffalo Bills Josh Allen: Wyoming: Week 12, 2018: Carolina Panthers Bryce Young: Alabama: Week 8, 2024
In a 28–3 Falcons loss, DeBerg threw 9 of 20 for 117 yards and an interception before he was taken out for Tony Graziani. [ 24 ] [ 3 ] DeBerg was the oldest player on a Super Bowl roster (45 years, 12 days) when the Falcons appeared in Super Bowl XXXIII against the Denver Broncos (led by John Elway ), although he did not play.
Kirk Daniel Cousins (born August 19, 1988) is an American professional football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans and was selected by the Washington Redskins in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL draft.
The pick was seen as a major surprise because the Falcons had signed Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 million contract earlier in the offseason. [30] [31] [32] He was the fourth of six quarterbacks taken in the first round, tied with the 1983 draft for the most in NFL history. [33]