{"id":437105,"date":"2026-01-29T15:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/437105\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:46:07","slug":"kevin-stefanski-falcons-need-to-hire-a-gm-before-i-can-say-who-our-quarterbacks-will-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/437105\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Stefanski: Falcons need to hire a GM before I can say who our quarterbacks will be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Falcons head coach Kevin Stefanski says that until the team has a general manager, there\u2019s no way to say who the quarterbacks on the roster will be.<\/p>\n<p>Asked on NFL Network about the status of Michael Penix Jr. and Kirk Cousins, Stefanski said that\u2019s a discussion that can happen when Falcons President Matt Ryan hires a GM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we have to hire a general manager first, before I can give you a great answer there,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cOnce we do that I\u2019ll sit with the general manager, sit with Matt Ryan, we\u2019ll put our heads together on all roster decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stefanski has previously said he\u2019s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/kevin-stefanski-michael-penix-is-somebody-im-very-excited-about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">looking forward to working with Penix<\/a>, and he said the Falcons are pleased with his rehab from last season\u2019s torn ACL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael is a young player that I think very highly of, he is rehabbing off his injury, he\u2019s doing great, he\u2019s doing everything he\u2019s supposed to be doing right now, which is the number one thing for him, is to get healthy,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cHe\u2019s obviously played good football in his first two seasons. I\u2019m excited to have the ability to develop him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cousins is widely expected to be released soon, although Stefanski again said that decision will be for the next GM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKirk, obviously, a relationship there, he\u2019s somebody that I think very highly of on and off the field. But all those types of decisions will come after we have a general manager,\u201d Stefanski said.<\/p>\n<p>Is there any chance that both Cousins and Penix could be on the Falcons\u2019 roster for the 2026 season?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are all the types of discussions that will come in the next week or so,\u201d Stefanski said.<\/p>\n<p>Realistically, the most likely outcome is that Cousins will be gone and another quarterback will be brought in to compete with Penix. But a new GM comes first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Falcons head coach Kevin Stefanski says that until the team has a general manager, there\u2019s no way&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-437105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}