Atlanta is heading into Green Bay for Thursday Night Football sitting at 0-2 with Michael Penix Jr. as their starting quarterback. This will mark Penix Jr.’s season debut and his first game back since suffering a season-ending knee injury.
NFL fans shared their takes after ESPN Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter reported the news on X on Monday.
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“Atlanta is a joke! Matt Ryan is going to tank the team and pick Archie. This is a [ ] show,” wrote one fan.
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“Falcons fans being freed from cooper rush,” wrote another fan.
A third fan commented, “Now they’ll only lose by 20 instead of 30.”
More NFL fans shared their takes.
Cooper Rush started the first two games of the season while Penix finalized his rehab and ramped up to 11-on-11 work.
Atlanta enters Week 3 at 0–2 after a 20–13 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers and a 34–3 blowout loss to the Carolina Panthers.
The Falcons are currently the only team in the NFL that has not reached the red zone through two weeks.
Penix suffered a partially torn ACL in his left knee during Week 11 of the 2025 season (November 2025) and underwent season-ending surgery.
Michael Penix Jr. hit a major personal milestone amid rehab
Michael Penix Jr. married his longtime partner, Olivia Carter, on May 2. The couple got married in Georgia at Château Élan.
Penix and Carter first met while he was playing quarterback at the University of Washington. After dating for some time, Penix proposed to Carter in late December 2024.
Carter graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 2022. While at Nevada, she played Division I college soccer for the Wolf Pack.
Edited by Oindrila Chowdhury