Former Baltimore Ravens quarterback Cooper Rush is getting another chance with an NFC team in desperate need.
“With Atlanta QB Tua Tagovailoa dealing with a tight back and Michael Penix still not practicing due to a knee injury, the Falcons are signing veteran quarterback Cooper Rush, per sources,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter wrote on his official X account on Wednesday.
Rush was already taking snaps at Falcons practice on Wednesday morning.
“The Atlanta Falcons have signed veteran QB Cooper Rush ahead of their first training camp practice in about 15 minutes,” Falcons reporter Will McFadden wrote on his official X account on Wednesday morning. “The signing comes after this morning’s release of Trevor Siemian and the news that Tua Tagovailoa will miss the start of camp.”
Rush signed a 2-year, $6.2 million contract with the Baltimore Ravens to back up 2-time NFL MVP Lamar Jackson but went 0-2 after Jackson was injured and was replaced by Tyler Huntley. The Ravens released Rush in March.
The Falcons have 1 of the NFL’s messiest quarterback situations. Penix was drafted in the 1st round (No. 8 overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft and has flamed out spectacularly over the 1st 2 seasons of his career and tore his ACL in Week 11 of the 2025 regular season.
Tagovailoa, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, flamed out spectacularly with the Miami Dolphins and was a post-June 1 cut. The Dolphins were so desperate to get rid of Tagovailoa that they incurred a $99.2 million dead cap hit by cutting him — the largest dead cap hit in NFL history.
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