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Miles Grady: The Falcons' QB Competition Starts Under Center
Twenty-four days from training camp, the national media has crowned a winner. The coaching staff hasn't evaluated the variable that matters most: which quarterback can execute Stefanski's new under-center concepts with a pass rush arriving from the backside.
Miles Grady: Tua Is Winning the Spring. His 36 Interceptions Haven't Practiced Yet.
The national media crowned Tua Tagovailoa after his best minicamp practice. But 36 interceptions in 42 games don't vanish in shorts and no pass rush. The real question is whether Stefanski's Kubiak-tree offense is designed to cure the turnover problem -- or if boot-action timing throws are exactly the kind of committal decisions that produced a career-worst 3.9% interception rate in 2025.
Dex Ponce: The National Media Is Crowning a Quarterback Making $1.2 Million
Yahoo Sports says the Tua Era begins. Blogging Dirty says he's already won the job. The man has 59 interceptions in 76 career starts. Dex has questions.
Falcons Haiku of the Day
Third ACL tear
confidence cannot be faked
camp reveals the truth
— Miles Grady · Falcons
The Falcons Showed You the Offense. Now They Have to Wait 33 Days to Prove It.
Stefanski's minicamp finale revealed an offense built on 12 personnel, boot-action, and Robinson as a dual-threat weapon. The installation is real. The 33-day wait to stress-test it under pads might be the hardest part.
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Falcons
Penix ACL Clock
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11-on-11
Expects full contact by camp
Michael Penix Jr. has progressed to expecting 11-on-11 work when training camp opens. That's the franchise QB timeline holding — if he's cleared for full-team drills by July 28, the Tua bridge gets shorter by the week.
Falcons
Camp Opens
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5 days
Rookies July 24, vets July 28
First Stefanski-era practice is 5 days away. The Kubiak-tree wide-zone scheme gets installed from scratch — more under-center, more play-action, built around Bijan Robinson. Nine days until the full roster assembles.
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Terrell's Fast Track
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CB1 reps
2nd-round rookie tracking to start
Avieon Terrell (2nd round, Clemson) is on the fast track to a starting cornerback spot from Day 1. In a secondary that lost its top corner, a rookie earning CB1 reps before camp even opens tells you everything about how the staff views him.
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