Falcons run all over Packers for first win of season
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What made the Falcons' 35‑14 win over the Packers so dominant?
Welcome to the Athletic Football Show, brought to you by the U.S. Bank Smartly Visa Signature Card. I'm Robert Mays. Man, that was a doozy of a Thursday night game in a way that I don't think anybody could have expected. The Atlanta Falcons break out in a big way, monster games from Bijan Robinson and Drake London after that offense was DOA through the first two weeks of Cooper Rush, and a fantastic debut from Michael Penix. If you're a Michael Pennox believer, we dug into all the possibilities. Positives for the Falcons, but just as many negatives for the Packers. There is a chance this thing gets really ugly in Green Bay based on the state of the offensive line, some other areas of that roster. Dug into all of that with Derek Classen on this recap.
Let's get to it right now.
I'd like to start this conversation by apologizing to the Atlanta Falcons. We were making jokes about the Falcons being in primetime a bunch over the next few weeks. How I can't believe we have three stay straight Falcons games in primetime. I I want to sincerely apologize because that team and especially that offense with Michael Penix back, that's worthy of primetime viewing. They they did not deserve the derision that they received from us on this on this program over the last. Few days as we st as we stare down those three primetime games. That's where I want to begin this conversation with a very real Maya culpa.
Yeah, not if they're gonna be that every week. And and I don't know if they will, but at least that team looked way more competitive than they had. I mean, obviously the Steelers game was close, but neither of those teams looked serious that week, I would say. And and like I I think too, part of the thing with Michael Penix, he looked totally solid this week. I just think even over these next three primetime games, it was like, Man, he hasn't really played football in a while. Like, is he gonna like even if you thought the offense might look better when he's back eventually, was it really? gonna look good his first week or two back and like the the first sign we got of it is like even if he wasn't exceptional in any way it's like the offense can be an offense now and Drake London can dunk on people Bijan Robinson can be incredible like the offense works and that's enough when you have these skill players.
You look at both of these sides in this game, and it is such a stark reminder of how much it matters to have a real NFL quarterback. Even if you change out nothing else, having a guy that even if flawed, we can talk about Penix, even if flawed is a real NFL quarterback, what it does for the functionality of your offense, but also just you think the guys in that locker room know that they have a shot with Michael Penix that they didn't have with Cooper Rush? You think they know that? You think you think that bled into what the rest of the team felt like today? Absolutely. And on the Packers side of it, which we'll dig into, it's impossible to win games with non-NFL quarterbacks, which at this point Cooper Rush is not, right?
It's also impossible to win games from non-NFL offensive lines. Those are the two things that we learn today on the Falcons and Packers sides of this. We'll get to the Packers in a second, though. I want to talk about the Falcons offense. Bijan. is incredible. Dude. He's he's incredible. There are two things in watching that game that really stuck with me as I was watching him over the course of those four quarters. One. I watching him is like a nerve-wracking experience for me because when he's doing some of the jump cuts and just the way that he's changing direction, everything else, I just expect his legs to explode. Unlike every other touch that he has. It doesn't seem right. I w I don't I do not have the experience of worrying that a guy is going to get hurt with no prior injury history or actual no rational reason to believe that more often than when I'm watching B.
John Robinson.
Well, and you know what he reminds me of too? We were actually talking about this with JSN.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What made the Falcons' 35‑14 win over the Packers so dominant?
0:00–3:59
2
How did Michael Penix’s return change the Falcons’ offense?
3:59–10:53
3
Why is Bijan Robinson considered a game‑changing running back?
10:53–19:44
4
What were the key factors behind the Packers’ offensive struggles?
19:44–31:28
5
How did the Packers’ offensive line performance affect Jordan Love?
31:28–32:58