A Brutal Thursday Night, a Super Agent in Studio, and the Week 3 NFL Landscape

The Green Bay Packers are dead. That was the opening verdict on this episode of Pardon My Take, and it was delivered with visible glee. The Atlanta Falcons rolled into Lambeau Field and hung 35 points on a Packers team that had won 13 straight home openers. It was one of the most lopsided losses at Lambeau since the stadium opened in 1957. The Falcons had not even entered the red zone through their first two games. They had scored three points total. Then Michael Penix Jr. took over, and everything changed.

The Penix Effect and a Faltering Packers Team

The transformation was immediate and dramatic. Penix, making his first start in a long time, let the offense breathe by throwing the ball downfield. Drake London has gone over 100 yards in seven of his last eight games with Penix at quarterback—the numbers read like a checklist: 8 for 110, 10 for 158, 9 for 118. With the deep threat established, Bijan Robinson became impossible to contain. He had his third prime-time game with 200 yards from scrimmage, tying Derrick Henry, Jerry Rice, and Shaun Alexander for the most since the merger. London and Robinson became the first teammates with 190-plus yards from scrimmage in a road game since 1976.