{"id":518126,"date":"2026-09-25T07:44:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=518126"},"modified":"2026-09-25T07:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:44:59","slug":"falcons-shock-packers-in-michael-penix-jr-s-return-from-acl","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/falcons-shock-packers-in-michael-penix-jr-s-return-from-acl\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons shock Packers in Michael Penix Jr.&#8217;s return from ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 1 of the most futile offensive stretches in league history over the 1<sup>st<\/sup> 2 weeks of the campaign, Atlanta looked reborn in a 35-14 victory against the Green Bay Packers on TNF at Lambeau Field. Michael Penix Jr.&#8217;s return from a torn ACL reignited the organization\u2019s offense in an impressive performance on the road in primetime vs. a depleted Green Bay team competing without star Micah Parsons and RB Josh Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p>Michael was 18-of-25 passing for 256 yards with a TD and a pick. Penix settled down after throwing an interception on his 3<sup>rd<\/sup> pass.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ATLANTA PUTS ON A SHOW AT LAMBEAU \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons put up 35 points, the most the Packers have allowed in a home opener since 1971. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8hHA8FNO6I\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/8hHA8FNO6I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/2103323069100040401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">September 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Falcons quarterback opened the running game, which was dominant for 244 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta, in their 1<sup>st<\/sup> 2 matches in the current campaign led by 3<sup>rd<\/sup>-string QB Cooper Rush, scored 16 combined points, an NFL low. The Falcons have 17 points by halftime vs. Green Bay. The team also ended a 27-drive streak without a red zone snap, tied for the 2nd-longest streak to begin a campaign over the last 45 seasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drake London&#39;s performance tonight:<\/p>\n<p>9 receptions and a career-high 194 yards \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kh5n2QiqUr\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/kh5n2QiqUr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AtlantaFalcons\/status\/2103336418726875164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">September 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 1 of the most futile offensive stretches in league history over the 1st 2 weeks of the campaign, Atlanta looked reborn in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":518127,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17488,17571],"news_category":[16703],"gn_keywords":[18585,18162],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"Atlanta upset Green Bay and beat them on Thursday Night Football.","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/518126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/518126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":518128,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/518126\/revisions\/518128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518126"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=518126"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=518126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}