Atlanta Falcons quarterbacks Kirk Cousins, Michael Penix Jr. and Taylor Heinicke are roommates with tight end Kyle Pitts at training camp.
rookie quarterback Michael Penix Jr. walked into his dorm room for the start of training camp July 24, he did so with some additional -- and unusual -- luggage.
"I was already cracking into it this morning," Cousins said last Thursday after Atlanta's first training camp practice. "It's good to have a little something there, and I'm pretty simple that way.” But this quartet wasn't hand-picked by any of the players or even head coach Raheem Morris. Instead, the task falls on Brandon Ruth, who is the Falcons' head of operations and manages travel and logistics.
After calling his family, Cousins usually goes to bed around 9:30 p.m. -- the same time as Penix. But on their first night in the dorm, there wasn't much sleep to be found, and it wasn't necessarily due to excitement. Heinicke said he doesn't see Penix much at night. Because Penix is the lone rookie in the dorm, Heinicke noted he's often studying.
At the start of free agency in March, the Falcons gave Cousins a four year, $180 million contract with $90 million guaranteed over the first two years. Their plan was to let him drive the ship and snap a six-year playoff drought. The two didn't spend any one-on-one time together their first few days as roommates, but they're in the quarterback meeting room throughout much of each day, resulting in a lot of time with one another.
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