{"id":1003951,"date":"2026-09-18T07:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1003951\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T07:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:45:33","slug":"falcons-goofy-quarterback-drill-sparks-hilarious-reactions-from-fans-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1003951\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons goofy quarterback drill sparks hilarious reactions from fans on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just when you thought you’d seen it all when it comes to practice drills on a football field, the Atlanta Falcons<\/a> decide to put their quarterbacks through a warm-up exercise that one would assume is reserved for ballerinas or cartoon characters.<\/p>\n

The Falcons welcome the Carolina Panthers<\/a> to town on Sunday for their home opener, and during practice on Wednesday, the squad’s trio of quarterbacks showed off the spring in their steps. Literally.<\/p>\n

In the video shared across social media, Michael Penix Jr., Cooper Rush, and Jack Strand each take a snap and proceed to take a dropback. The dropbacks, however, aren’t exactly typical; instead, the signal callers hop backwards with elongated strides.<\/p>\n

\"Atlanta <\/p>\n

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Cooper Rush (13) runs through a drill during the Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons joint training camp practice on August 20, 2026 at the Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield, IN. (Photo by Zach Bolinger\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Zach Bolinger\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Penix and Strand appeared to have bought into the drill a bit more than Rush, as they are seen hopping around like rabbits. Rush, who was QB1 for the Falcons’ in their season-opening loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, was going through the motions, and you can’t really blame him for doing so.<\/p>\n

\"Cooper <\/p>\n

Cooper Rush #13 of the Atlanta Falcons warms up prior to the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium on September 13, 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller\/Getty Images) (Justin K. Aller\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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In typical fashion, NFL fans had a field day in poking fun at the clip showing the quarterbacks going through the unique drill.<\/p>\n

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Tua Tagovailoa<\/a> wasn’t a participant during Wednesday’s practice in Atlanta as the quarterback continues to deal with an oblique injury<\/a>. After seeing what the coaching staff put his fellow quarterbacks through on Wednesday, he may be thankful for not being out there.<\/p>\n

The Falcons were able to be competitive against the Steelers in Week 1 thanks to Bijan Robinson<\/a> accounting for 173 yards of total offense, but the quarterback situation leaves much to be desired.<\/p>\n

\"Cooper <\/p>\n

Cooper Rush #13 of the Atlanta Falcons warms up prior to the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium on September 13, 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller\/Getty Images) (Justin K. Aller\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Rush finished the contest in Pittsburgh going 12-for-22 in the air for 143 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions.<\/p>\n

Penix, who played in nine games for the Falcons a season ago, did not take a snap against the Steelers and has been limited at practice after undergoing surgery last fall to repair a partially torn ACL.<\/p>\n

If there is one bright spot from the humiliating warm-up drill, it’s that Penix’s knee looked to be in great shape.<\/p>\n

Mark Harris is a writer for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just when you thought you’d seen it all when it comes to practice drills on a football field,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1003952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[254,7,1879,6,118034],"class_list":["post-1003951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-football","tag-michael-penix-jr","tag-nfl","tag-outkick-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117290934677028226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1003952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}