{"id":299387,"date":"2025-08-19T01:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/299387\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T01:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:19:11","slug":"ex-cowboys-qb-ben-dinucci-signed-by-atlanta-falcons-ahead-of-preseason-finale-vs-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/299387\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Cowboys QB Ben DiNucci signed by Atlanta Falcons ahead of preseason finale vs. Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) \u2014 The Atlanta Falcons signed quarterback Ben DiNucci on Monday to provide depth for Friday\u2019s final preseason game at Dallas.<\/p>\n

The Falcons needed help at quarterback after Emory Jones, competing with Easton Stick for the No. 3 job, was hurt in last week\u2019s 23-20 loss to Tennessee<\/a>. Jones was placed in concussion protocol and waived\/injured<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

Coach Raheem Morris said starter Michael Penix Jr. and veteran backup Kirk Cousins will not play against the Cowboys. Stick is expected to start.<\/p>\n

The Falcons also released wide receiver DJ Chark on Monday.<\/p>\n

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DiNucci, a seventh-round draft pick by Dallas<\/a> in 2020, played in three NFL games, including one start, in his rookie season. He completed 23 of 43 passes for 219 yards. DiNucci participated in Atlanta\u2019s rookie minicamp in May after spending time on Buffalo\u2019s roster<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n

DiNucci played a combined five seasons at Pitt (2015-17) and James Madison (2018-19) in his college career.<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n

Time is running out for Dallas to nail down its roster for Week 1 vs. Philadelphia. <\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n

Mingo said he injured his knee while catching a sideline pass in Saturday\u2019s preseason game against the Ravens.<\/p>\n

Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) \u2014 The Atlanta Falcons signed quarterback Ben DiNucci on Monday to provide depth for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,2009,230,257,224,7,6,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-299387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlantafalcons","11":"tag-brief","12":"tag-cowboys","13":"tag-dallas-cowboys","14":"tag-falcons","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115052803951159321","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299387","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=299387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}