Falcons release Ben DiNucci for the seventh time

Ben DiNucci’s latest NFL chapter ended abruptly on a late-summer afternoon, as the 28-year-old quarterback was released by the Atlanta Falcons, marking what remains the seventh time in his professional career that he has been cut from an NFL roster. The brief stint in Atlanta followed his signing earlier in the month as emergency depth behind starters Michael Penix Jr. and Kirk Cousins, with veteran Easton Stick also on the depth chart. DiNucci confirmed the move with a post that included a photo of himself at an airport, drinking a beer and noting, Not many beers better than the airport I just got cut from the NFL for the 7th time.

DiNucci’s football odyssey has been defined by persistence and a willingness to chase opportunities across leagues. A former seventh-round pick out of James Madison in 2020, he became familiar to Cowboys fans when he started a game against the Philadelphia Eagles after Andy Dalton was sidelined. He completed 21 of 40 passes and was sacked four times in that appearance. Since then, DiNucci has spent time with the Broncos, Bills, and Saints in the NFL, and in 2023 he led the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL to the playoffs, a rare bright spot amid a...