Former Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robinson seemed to be fixated on operating from the pistol formation, and while there are benefits, some felt this tendency hindered Michael Penix Jr.’s development. Penix has gotten back to the basics under Stefanski, but he won’t be handed anything this season.<\/p>\n
The team signed Tua Tagovailoa to add experience and leadership to Atlanta’s QB room. Tagovailoa and Penix are having a competitive battle that will only get more intense as the Falcons’ offseason training program goes on.<\/p>\n
Falcons OTAs: Highlights from Week 1<\/p>\n
The Falcons social media team released a highlight video from Week 1 of OTAs. Watch below, as shared by Atlanta’s YouTube account.<\/p>\n
Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a> Watch as Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts makes a one-handed catch at OTAs. Pitts is back in Atlanta for at least one more season, via the franchise tag. Based on this catch below, Pitts appears ready to pick up where he left off in 2025.<\/p>\n The Falcons will return for another round of OTAs (organized team activities) on May 26, 27 and 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated May 23, 2026, 12:54 p.m. ET The Atlanta Falcons wrapped up a busy first week of OTAs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[95878,223,254,2554,224,7,8673,6,119355,96607,96608,95882,98521,96609,97155,96194,95895,95906,95883,95950,95881],"class_list":["post-899735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-falcons","tag-accessfree","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlantafalcons","tag-falcons","tag-football","tag-ga","tag-nfl","tag-sourcefalcons-wire","tag-sstssportsnflfalcons","tag-sstsnfalcons","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagatlanta","tag-tagatlanta-falcons","tag-tagkyle-pitts","tag-tagmichael-penix-jr","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtua-tagovailoa","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116628207951962781","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899735","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=899735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/W_TYpo46Mmk\/maxresdefault.jpg\")