The Atlanta Falcons announced they person signed seasoned backmost Andy Dalton and released Cooper Rush, making different alteration to their backmost extent illustration pursuing a 31-23 nonaccomplishment to the Chicago Bears. The determination adds an experienced enactment down starter Michael Penix Jr. arsenic Atlanta prepares for its adjacent crippled against the San Francisco 49ers.
Atlanta adds Dalton, 38, to a backmost radical that includes Penix, Tua Tagovailoa and rookie Jack Strand. He joins the Falcons conscionable 10 days aft the Philadelphia Eagles released him. A second-round prime by the Cincinnati Bengals successful 2011, Dalton spent 9 seasons with the squad and earned 3 Pro Bowl selections. He has besides played for the Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints, Panthers and Eagles. He spent this past offseason with Philadelphia aft arriving successful a March commercialized from the Carolina Panthers, but made lone a little quality during a Week 3 nonaccomplishment to Chicago, throwing an interception connected his lone walk effort of the season. Across his NFL career, Dalton has recorded astir 40,000 passing yards and 254 touchdown passes, giving Atlanta a seasoned beingness with extended starting experience.
Rush, 32, joined Atlanta during grooming camp and started the team’s archetypal 2 games portion Penix and Tagovailoa dealt with injuries. He completed 22 of 39 passes for 229 yards, 1 touchdown and 4 interceptions successful those outings earlier moving into an exigency third-quarterback relation aft Penix returned to the lineup.
The Falcons participate the week astatine 2-4 and are scheduled to big the undefeated 49ers connected Sunday. Dalton’s accomplishment strengthens the team’s extent astatine a presumption that has already faced aggregate injury-related changes this season.
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