The Atlanta Falcons lost another game on Sunday morning in Spain, falling 34-17 to the Cincinnati Bengals and dropping to three games below .500 as well as last place in the NFC South.

While there have been flashes this season, ultimately Atlanta has not shown any semblance of consistency during the first season of the Kevin Stefanski era. The first couple of games can be excused due to the quarterback situation, but this team is capable of more than it has shown the last two games.

The defense has its own set of issues, but on offense, the hope was that Michael Penix Jr. could bounce back from last week's disaster against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against a much weaker Bengals defense. Instead, he struggled again and late in the game, it was another ugly turnover which effectively put things away. All of this begs the question whether or not Atlanta could wind up turning to Tua Tagovailoa at quarterback at some point this season.

To be clear, I am certainly not of the opinion that putting Tagovailoa in the game would do anything for the offense and I do think Penix is the better player. With that being said, he is not getting the job right now, and when teams get pressure on him, it's going horribly.

According to ESPN's Marc Raimondi, Penix was 1 of 9 on attempts he was pressured for -3 yards and an interception. More troublingly, this brings his completion percentage against pressure this year to 18%, which over a full season would be the lowest mark since ESPN began keeping the statistic in 2009.

What this team is doing on the offensive side of the ball is simply not enough right now, and if the coaching staff is feeling the pressure, perhaps it would not be a massive shock to see them give Tagovailoa a start in the near future. Ultimately, everyone wants Penix to prove he can be the quarterback of the future for this franchise, but right now he simply has not seized the opportunity and done that.

Tagovailoa is not going to be that guy either, however with the division still very much within reach, it may come a time difficult decisions have to be made by the coaching staff. It would not be a massive shock to see that mean Penix on the bench.