WESTFIELD, Ind. — Woosah, Atlanta Falcons fans. There are plenty of reasons on your roster to keep you calm and steady this season.Starting, of course, with Bijan Robinson, the all-purpose player who helped elevate the status of running backs in the league — in real life and in the fantasy world. On Wednesday afternoon, just before the Falcons’ joint practice with the Indianapolis Colts, a young boy in blue rushed over to the enemy’s side and screamed: “Bee-jaann! Bee-jaaan! I have you on my fantasy team! Do good this season!”Robinson nicely played along, smiled and gave him a thumbs-up.Then, there’s Drake London, the high-flyer in football pads, who created two of the best highlights from Wednesday’s practice with his velcro hands and trampoline legs.So, breathe. It’ll be all right … long as you don’t pay too much attention to the men tasked with handing the ball off to Robinson, or lobbing it deep to London.This is where the panic kicks in, and the stress sweats every Sunday afternoon, and the public prayers at the altar of Arch. Because with Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix Jr., the Falcons have the most anxiety-inducing quarterback room in the NFL.Not quite as dysfunctional as the Cleveland Browns; that depth chart of Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders just might launch more train-wreck headlines this season than actual completions on the field. However, the Falcons’ QB room must overcome a more troubling quality: fragility.The instability of Falcons quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix Jr. (9) is creating angst in Atlanta. (Todd Kirkland / Getty Images)First, consider Tagovailoa, who’s in the pole position for QB1. He has experienced at least four documented head injuries that span from his college days into his time as the Miami Dolphins’ franchise quarterback. Scratch that — former franchise quarterback.His last concussion in 2024, after he had signed a four-year, $212.4 million contract extension, Tagovailoa collided with Damar Hamlin, as slight as can be when it comes to defensive backs in the league, and displayed an unnatural and frightening fencing position with his hands and arms. The concussion caused him to miss four weeks. When he returned later that season, he threw 17 interceptions through his final nine games. Last year, the Dolphins benched Tagovailoa, then released him in March, deciding to take a record $99 million hit against the salary cap rather than stick with him.Now in his reboot with the Falcons, and while trying to develop a connection with his receivers, he just doesn’t look like the same Tua.Also, there’s this fact: Tagovailoa is only taking first-team reps because he’s faced no competition yet. Three weeks into training camp, and Penix hasn’t been medically cleared for contact, nor is he mentally ready to return to the game.Penix, the backup who was taken as the fourth quarterback in the 2024 NFL Draft, has endured three ACL tears that began during his time in college and into his development as the Falcons’ franchise quarterback. Correction — potential franchise quarterback.His most recent ACL injury, in his left knee, occurred last November. By that time, he had been benched during a Week 3 blowout loss to Carolina and had endured a three-game losing streak before another debilitating tear ended his second season.Now in the critical third year of his NFL career, and while already behind due to his inability to take part in 11-on-11 work, Penix hasn’t shown that he can be the quarterback the franchise thought when it used a first-round pick on him. Mostly, because of this: “Physically, I’ve got a good ACL. I can go out there and do anything. But mentally, I hesitate. It’s like, ‘Do I trust it?’” Penix confessed recently on Cam Newton’s podcast.Between this pair of lefty quarterbacks — one who’ll make you cringe every time his head hits the ground, and the other who’ll make you flinch any time he reaches for his knee — the Falcons have recklessly constructed their depth chart. The franchise has done little to inspire confidence in the most important position on the field, adding to the angst that has existed at QB for years, going back to the post-Matt Ryan era. The Falcons might be two plays away from having to rely on career backup Cooper Rush all season. And new head coach Kevin Stefanski thought he had escaped chaos when he left Cleveland.There’s nothing wrong with Tagovailoa, the teammate. In Westfield, he roamed the sideline, searching for helmets and hands to smack. When Penix zipped a short completion in 7-on-7s — the only action Penix has seen through training camp because even in a red jersey, he can’t risk being touched — Tagovailoa called out: “Nice, Mike!” For Tagovailoa, communication is everything.“I would say after a play, I just go up to the guys and talk to them, like: ‘Hey, talk to me. What did you think on that? What are you feeling?’” Tagovailoa said about building a connection with his receivers. “‘Did you like it? Did you not like it?’ Things like that. And then their level of comfort with the play, if they don’t feel comfortable running that back, I don’t want to waste my time trying to time that up with them, if they don’t feel comfortable with that.”Atlanta Falcons Camp: Robinson's new deal, Walker's injury and moreRobert MaysStill, as much as Tagovailoa is trying as a teammate, his early performances as Atlanta’s QB1 have been shaky. Tua never particularly had a big arm, and now he does not, or cannot, consistently throw the ball downfield.During the Falcons’ Aug. 14 preseason opener against the Denver Broncos, he attempted five passes, with none traveling farther than 5 yards in the air. Then on Wednesday, a jump ball to London notwithstanding, this trend continued during his play against the Colts’ first-team defense. In the teams’ final 11-on-11 action, Tua’s first pass fell incomplete. His second, a short one intended for London, landed in the hands of Colts cornerback Justin Walley and would’ve accounted for a pick-six in a real game. Overall, Tagovailoa had an up-and-down practice, fumbling a snap and often feeling a wall of blue in the pocket. On Sundays, those would’ve been sacks, and grounds for Falcons fans to freak out.So, Atlanta, try to look away from Tagovailoa’s short game and ignore Penix’s distrust of his body. Instead, focus on Robinson bouncing out of the backfield and the 6-foot-4 London springing over most defenders to make a catch. (London spoke so confidently about his abilities on Wednesday that he joked with Falcons beat reporter D. Orlando Ledbetter that even if the journalist were his quarterback, he’d still haul in passes.)Maybe all that skill might keep you sane. Even if dread exists in that quarterback room.