The very next game was Penix’s first prime-time moment. When the Falcons played the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium in Week 17, it marked the first time in NFL history that two first-round rookie quarterback started in the same prime-time game. The Commanders’ Jayden Daniels was the No. 2 overall pick in Penix’s draft class. That “Sunday Night Football” game …
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Whatever he did say set off a chain reaction that involved both teams coming together, pushing and shoving to the point Penix ended up on the ground with a sea of other blue and black jerseys. Drake London — one of the first to Penix’s defense — had his helmet ripped off before he was separated from the bunch. It …
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Quarterbacks usually stay out of the fray when fights break out on the football field, but Falcons starting quarterback Michael Penix was right in the middle of it when he and his teammates brawled with the Titans today. Reporters on the scene described a melee that saw Penix surrounded by players on both teams, with Titans players getting in his …
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Marc RaimondiAug 13, 2025, 01:06 PM ET Close Marc Raimondi’s first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn’t his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book “Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro Wrestling’s New World Order Changed …
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Michael Penix is setting the bar high for the Falcons offense ahead of his first full season as the team’s starting quarterback. Penix is joined on the unit by fellow first-round picks Bijan Robinson, Drake London, Kyle Pitts, Jake Matthews, Chris Lindstrom, and Kaleb McGary and he thinks the collection of talent presents them with the opportunity to be at …
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