Tua Tagovailoa’s chance to be the Falcons’ starting quarterback may have come and gone.
Tagovailoa was set to start in Week 1 before an oblique injury days before the game knocked him out of consideration to play against the Steelers. Tagovailoa also missed Week 2, giving Michael Penix enough time to finish his road back from a torn ACL and move to the top of the depth chart.
Penix led the Falcons to a win over the Packers on Thursday and Tagovailoa is now in the backup slot. Tagovailoa said Tuesday that he views his role as “make sure you’re not the reason [Penix is] failed.”
“I will always go see it as a competition“said Tagovailoa, via Marc Raimondi of ESPN.com. “But like I said, it’s the job description right now. Mike is the man. We have to do everything we can to support him, and we will support him.”
Penix has a long history of knee injuries and a short history of consistent success as a starter, so Tagovailoa’s role could change at some point in the future. For now, however, he will be a gameday observer.