Cooper Rush Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Cooper Rush
QB
, Atlanta Falcons

Age: 33
Weight: 225 lbs
Height: 6' 3"
College: Central Michigan

ADP:
Depth Chart Ranking: 3

Pts	PaYds	PaTD	Int	RuYds
5.2	229	1	4	20

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Falcons to start QB Michael Penix Week 3

Pro Football Talk

Sep 21 · 5:00 PM EDT

The Falcons’ quarterback carousel has finally landed on their first-round draft pick from 2024.

The team has announced that Michael Penix Jr. will start in Thursday night’s game against the Packers at Lambeau Field.

Related players: Cooper Rush, Jack Strand, Bijan Robinson, Drake London, Kyle Pitts

Fantasy Impact:

As the story points out, one has to wonder why Penix couldn't have played in Week 2. But instead, the team went with Cooper Rush and the result was a thrashing by the Panthers. It remains to be seen if Penix is fully ready to go coming back from his ACL injury, or if this is more of a desperation move. Penix should provide a fantasy upgrade for the Falcon skill players, perhaps especially London who was visibly upset on the sidelines. Penix, himself, is probably a risky start outside of being a second QB or in deeper superflex leagues.

2026 Strength of Schedule - ATL

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17	W18
10 @PIT	26 CAR	27 @GB	16 @NO	18 BAL	11 CHI	20 SF	12 @TB	24 CIN	15 KC	BYE	3 @MIN	31 DET	25 @CLE	32 @WAS	12 TB	16 NO	26 @CAR

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

Game Stats


Wk	Opp	Comp	Att	PaYds	PaTD	Int	YPA	YPR	RuAtt	Yds	TD	Fum	YPC	Pts	Snaps	%
1	@PIT	12	22	143	1	2	6.50	11.92	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.7	60/60	100.0%
2	CAR	10	17	86	0	2	5.06	8.60	2	20	0	1	10.00	-0.6	40/69	58.0%
3	@GB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
O Injury Details (w4) Status: Out Injury: Gameday Inactive 4	@NO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	BAL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Per game			11.00	19.50	114.50	0.50	2.00	5.87	10.41	1.00	10.00	0	0.50	10.00	2.58	50.00/64.50	78.99%
Totals			22	39	229	1	4	5.87	10.41	2	20	0	1	10.00	5.16	100/129	78.99%

Previous Games vs. CHI


Season	Wk	Opp	Comp	Att	PaYds	PaTD	Int	YPA	YPR	RuAtt	Yds	TD	Fum	YPC	Pts	Snaps	%
2025	8	CHI	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	8	CHI	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/58	0.00%
2019	14	@CHI	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/73	0.00%
Average					0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00/65.50	0.00%

Cooper Rush

Latest news

Falcons to start QB Michael Penix Week 3

2026 Strength of Schedule - ATL

Game Stats

Previous Games vs. CHI

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