NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal - Falcons-Packers W3 TNF Recap: Bijan Robinson Is Must-See TV

Episode Date: September 25, 2026

Andrew Siciliano and Nick Shook recap the Week 3 Thursday Night Football game between the Falcons and Packers. Can Michael Penix Jr. and the Falcons build on their first win of the season. Is Bijan Ro...binson the best running back in the NFL? Is Mike LaFleur's seat getting warm in Green Bay? Andrew and Nick answer those questions and more!NFL Daily YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nflpodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:41 scores standing in the south end zone at Lambeau Field. My gosh, 62 engaged and detonated, Arch, at the point of attack. And Robinson scores standing and with 333 to play in the ball game,
Starting point is 00:01:00 the Falcons have gotten A second rushing score tonight from Bajon Robinson to make it 33 to 14. Wow. That was West Durham on the call. Wow. Okay. We've got a stunner on Thursday night football. Welcome to Week 3, everybody.
Starting point is 00:01:19 Welcome to our postgame show after the Week 3 TNF. Falcons beaten the brakes off the Packers, 35 to 14 at Lambeau Field. Bejohn Robinson or Bijon, I've heard it both ways. over 200 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns. Thanks for being here, friends, in place of Greg Rosenthal, who has legitimate family obligations this evening, far more significant than talking this game.
Starting point is 00:01:44 My name is Andrew Siciliano, also short, also with black hair, also working from home today. And on the other side of the screen, also a Guardians fan. Yes. Yes. Nick Shruck, back at the Chris Westing podcast studio. How the hell are you, man?
Starting point is 00:02:00 fantastic and I am stunned. I'm absolutely stunned by what we saw in this game. A Falcons team that was all but lifeless through the first two weeks and especially in week two comes out and kind of like the call described, detonates the Green Bay Packers and they do it in a throwback physical way. And we have so much to discuss about this game. So Kevin Stefanski, and I told you this earlier,
Starting point is 00:02:26 on the NFL report on the NFL channel at 7 o'clock Eastern time. Kevin Stefansky never loses on a short week, three days rest on Thursday night. But those games are usually, and I'm not kidding, he's undefeated. Those games are almost exclusively at home over the Steelers, and Mike Tomlin's only one once in his last eight years going to Cleveland. That's how Kevin wins these games, not to take it away from him. He's a heck of a coach. This was so much different, however. This was going on the road with a team that had not yet run a play in the red zone.
Starting point is 00:02:59 going on the road and no one's getting fired week three on a brand new contract. But with the heat shook, the heat in Atlanta already ratcheted up. Drake London caught yelling at fans in the stands last week in Atlanta for the home opener when they couldn't stop the Panthers and Carolina ran up the score again. And the quarterback disaster that was Cooper Rush and Jack Strand and Tua not ready and Panics wasn't ready. wait, he could be ready on Monday when they announced he's the starter tonight, but he wasn't ready on Sunday.
Starting point is 00:03:34 Why couldn't he be ready on Sunday? Let me tell you, it was getting late early for Kevin Stefanski, not saying he was fired. But holy heck, it was hot in Atlanta for a town that candidly isn't a big pro sports town. And they care about other things right now, like the Braves and the playoffs, and maybe they do the Falcons or the Georgia game this weekend. Maybe they do the Falcons. For Kevin to go on the road and do this, we'll get to the Packers in a second.
Starting point is 00:03:58 for him to go on the road and win, not just win, not just like eke out a game, but to beat the brakes off the Packers, I did not see that coming. No, I don't think any of us didn't. He had one lifeline when you described that entire scenario, the seat that was so hot for Kevin Stefansky after just two games. His one lifeline was a quarterback coming off of an ACL injury who hadn't really participated fully in most practices until about the last week or so. Yes, he was starting to participate in 11 on 11 near the end of the preseason,
Starting point is 00:04:31 but he still wasn't close enough to being ready to play. Now he comes in short week and you think, is Michael Pennix really going to change this much of this offense? Well, as it turns out, the one thing we know about the Atlanta Falcons is that Bejohn Robinson is one of the best players in football, and he is the center of their offense. And he was the engine that drove this group tonight. And you've got to give a lot of credit to Kevin Sifansky
Starting point is 00:04:51 and the offensive coordinator Tommy Reeves. Because the way that they set up this game was, let's try to make this as easy as possible for Michael Pennings. And we do that by leaning on the screen, soften up the defense, try to lean on Bejan, see where we can go with this. And at first, it was disastrous. He throws an interception on his opening drive. But they get a quick stop.
Starting point is 00:05:12 They get the ball back. And they're able to start to get to work. And by half time, we're looking at a 17 to 7 Falcons lead. And then they just pour it on. And they poured on with the ground game, which is a throwback to Stefanski's days when he was leaning on Nick Chubb with the Browns. and the scheme was hitting, except he's got two backs that can do it now with Robinson and Brian Robinson, who also chipped in 10 carries for 50 yards and a touchdown.
Starting point is 00:05:33 It was so lopsided and such a stunning result because it was the same team that just got obliterated in their home opener by the Carolina Panthers and couldn't do anything offensively the week before, and not to take anything away from Michael Penning's, who ended up settling in and playing well, but it was a total team victory. It was the ground game. It was getting Drake London involved. It was Pennick settling in and firing. it downfield, and it was the defense absolutely suffocating
Starting point is 00:05:58 a Packer's offense that has no running game to speak of. It's one of the wins, I think, in Kevin Stavancy's career, outside of what he did at the peak of his success with the Browns that he can be most proud of, given the adversity that he faced when he ended this game and how they got to be feeling when they get back on that plane back to Atlanta tonight.
Starting point is 00:06:14 And there was such a Brown's feel to it. And for the record, this helmet back here is a Jim Brown helmet, but that is a Syracuse helmet. Note the old school gray face mask here. But there was a a Browns field to it with obviously Tommy Reese Com plays Alex Femn Pelt Bill Callahan on the sideline
Starting point is 00:06:30 as assistance of the Callahan was upstairs I think and then Austin Hooper catching a touchdown I mean this the total Browns feels but to your point it did not start well I'm driving home I had to stop at the grocery store get some to eat before I you know plant it on the couch and full disclosure I have
Starting point is 00:06:49 the pregame for Westwood one for the football game on my phone. And then coming to the radio, I have Tom Hamilton and the Guardians here as they try to wrap up a playoff spot. So I'm pulling into the grocery store, and I totally missed the interception. I was like, wait, what?
Starting point is 00:07:09 Wait, wait, I didn't get home in time for kickoff. And he threw a pick already. Eric Roberts, play the pick. Green Bayes, 49, no score. Pennix from the pocket. Look, shoots it middle of the field, intercept it. Ball is picked off. It's Xavier McKinney, the seventh year safety.
Starting point is 00:07:24 in Alabama. So McKinney takes the interception for Michael Pennix to kill Atlanta's opening drive. What's crazy, shook, is how bad he looked in the first quarter. It's not crazy that he looked bad. As you said, he barely practiced. Right? It had been since
Starting point is 00:07:40 November of last year. It's his third ACL. Let's face it, before he got hurt last year, it's not exactly like he was, Pennix, that is, setting the world on fire. He started so poorly, but the penics we saw in the first quarter short-arming balls to the sideline, skittish in the pocket, getting picked off there,
Starting point is 00:07:59 was the exact 180 of the panics that we saw later. Yeah, it was one of those turnarounds that you could have never seen coming if you had only watched that first two possessions. Like when he throws that interception, tip of the cap to Xavier McKinney, one of the defensive backs with one of the best noses for the football in the NFL, reads the play well. But it's panics basically in the pocket looking around and thinking,
Starting point is 00:08:22 my progression takes me here. This is where I should throw it. I see a window, but that window is slammed shut by Bikini. It looked like just rust. It looked like somebody who hadn't played at an NFL speed in a long time. If you took that snapshot, the interception thrown just a minute 30 into the game,
Starting point is 00:08:38 you would think the Packers win this going away, that it's not a close game, that the Falcons are mired in the same struggles that they were in in the first two weeks. By the time we get to halftime, the tone of the entire game has changed. And a lot of that is because of Bejan Robinson, but it's also because of the way
Starting point is 00:08:52 Pettix found a rhythm. And you got to give him a ton of credit having, you know, giving the fact that he hadn't played in forever and, you know, coming off of the injury, that he was able to overcome that. And I think what really started to help them out was their first touchdown drive. They get down inside the five. And it's, it's Bejohn Robinson, scoring from three yards out. And one thing that really stuck out to me that kind of, I just set the tone and really kind of established their identity for how they wanted to play this game. They got a heavy package in there. Kyle Pitts is blocking really well. He's forcing Lucas Van Ness out of the play. And Robinson cutting right back inside, getting through an arm tackle and
Starting point is 00:09:31 scoring. And I thought, oh, they're winning in the trenches. They're winning the physical battle. This is going to be an interesting one. We'll see if the Packers can bounce back with their offense. Because what we've known about the Packers through now three weeks is that, you know, they're an all passing offense and they got to find a rhythm. They never found it tonight. So a ton of credit to the Falcons for being able to win the physical battle. a team that just did not look, I mean, week one, they're largely shut down by the Steelers defense, and they lose a low scoring game in which the Steelers, you know, they win, I think it was by a touchdown. But it really was one of those games where when you look back at it, Pittsburgh kind of
Starting point is 00:10:04 dominated the second half and completely shut down there. They were the worst two offenses in the league week. Yes, you get to week two, and they're even worse. There was no reason on earth why I thought Michael Pennix coming off of the injury, first start of the year, they're going to go into Green Bay. and punch the Packers in the mouth in the physical battle. And yet that's exactly what they did, which is why it's so impressive.
Starting point is 00:10:27 So let's talk about Bejohn big picture here. Look, I know he tweeted, or rather he signed in the offseason, or in training camp, actually, the three-year, roughly $66-67 million contract. So it raised the bar, and then after that, Jamir Gibbs got his deal done in Detroit. The running back dominoes fall into place. I'm all for running backs making more money,
Starting point is 00:10:48 especially when they're as good as Bejohn Robinson and Jemar Gibbs. We could talk about that outlier contract when you take a running back top five in Arizona for Jeremiah. I love that as a different conversation. Bejohn Robinson has earned every penny. And I tweeted during the game, but then I retweeted later when he busted off another long run. When he kids, there's a phrase making guys miss in a phone booth. Phone booths are these things they used to have on the side of the road where you would go in and you would make a phone call with a coin.
Starting point is 00:11:16 they were roughly the size of like a high top bar table. Bejohn Robinson was doing that all night. And I tweeted, Nick, that he's underpaid. Like I legitimately believe he is that good on nights like this where he is underpaid. Since 2012, the most games with 150 yards from scrimmage for a running back, Derek Henry 13, Bejohn Robinson 12. Derek Henry was playing in 2022. Bejohn was not.
Starting point is 00:11:46 He was drafted in 2023. He is, I hate to use the phrase generational running back or one of the greatest running backs I've ever seen, but he is legitimately somebody on a night like this where you will tell your kids you saw him play, that you will use his name as an adjective. We're Browns fans. You're not old enough to remember watching Eric Metcalfe play. But I use the word Metcalfian as an adjective. that was a metcathian move.
Starting point is 00:12:15 Like, Bejon makes moves that you one day will describe other running back moves by saying that was Bejohn-esque, if that's even a word we could put together. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, absolutely. Some might say Barry Sanders as well. And the funny thing about it, too, is it's not just that he's a great player. And we can look back to when Rahim Morris spoke about, I think he's the best player in the NFL before the start of last season.
Starting point is 00:12:41 And he thought, well, maybe that's a little bit of bluster. And then he basically went out and proved it. It's also that he is at his absolute best when the lights shine brightest, which is often not the case for some of the best players in the NFL. Consider this stat from research. Bejohn is the first player in NFL history to have 200 plus scrimage yards and a touchdown in back-to-back primetime games. Like this is something that he does in these games.
Starting point is 00:13:04 And last year, given the circumstances at quarterback, especially after they lost pennics and just everything surrounding the team, it became, well, you can basically define a Falcons game as, did they feed the ball to Bajan? Yes, they may have won. Did they go away from him? They definitely lost. They were able to lean on him early and then expand beyond there,
Starting point is 00:13:24 which is what's most, I think, most impressive and what Kevin Sifansky and Tommy Reason, the rest of the staff should really deserve the most credit for, is that they used him as the starter, as, and also the closer, and everything in between, but it wasn't just him. It's just that he was the best player on the field. which shouldn't surprise anybody,
Starting point is 00:13:42 but Falcons fans have to feel very thankful that this guy's on their roster. It's funny, I go back to, I'll go sit in the suite and indie at the combine. Right. And I'll watch these guys go through the drills. And, you know, you watch running backs go through the due staley drill
Starting point is 00:13:55 and the bags and everything else, right? And they all kind of look similar. Some stand out, some don't. And then Bejan runs them. And I'm sitting back, and it wasn't a strong running back class. And I watched him run through. And one of the first notes I took down was,
Starting point is 00:14:08 oh, he's just different. He's on a completely different level. than the rest of these guys. I didn't think that he would come to the NFL and be on a completely different level than basically everybody else in the league as well. And yet that's where we are. And tonight, the Falcons benefited from it most.
Starting point is 00:14:20 Yeah, I'm happy for Michael Panics that he was able to come back and do this. I'm happy for Kevin Stefansky. The Falcons still are without so many major pieces on defense. James Pierce suspended Jalen Walker out for the year. Deshawn Hand. A.J. Terrell now on injured reserve. They put him on earlier this week, got hurt last week.
Starting point is 00:14:39 he's a groin, no timetable. So consider they are severely underhanded, yet they still shut down the Green Bay running game. Jordan Love had some shots downfield. He hit that nice, where a ball 40, 50 yards in the first half where Matthew Golden lost it and then found it. And that led to points. They kept taking shots early, didn't connect on many of them,
Starting point is 00:15:03 other than this one, drew a DPI or two, got some flags. but the offense looked discombobulated, the offensive line, obviously with your right tackle out for the season, also not yet there. And I know we said it was getting late early for Kevin Stefansky. No one thinks, and I'll reiterate this, he was truly in trouble after two weeks. Matt LaFleur got an extension in the offseason, and there was that period there where we weren't sure what his future would be. down the stretch last year with a new team president and Ed Policy, with Mark Murphy heading into retirement. He got the extension.
Starting point is 00:15:48 And you pointed out before we went on the air how LaFleur coming back from the half, speaking to Kaylee Hartton, kind of looked answerless. This reminds me of the game a year ago where on a Monday night, they lose 10-7 to the Eagles. At that point, they lost back-to-back games. And we haven't heard the post game yet, the podium. But LaFleur was peppered with questions about his job security. I don't know that that's kind of happened tonight.
Starting point is 00:16:20 Last year, he responded with four consecutive victories. I don't know, Shook. Is this the beginning of the end for Matt LaFleur? I mean, it's fair to wonder. I will give him a break in some respects because Josh Jacobs' suspension has essentially forced him to coach with a hand tied behind his. And no Michael Parsons.
Starting point is 00:16:41 I get it. And no Michael Parsons as well. I mean, they gave up a ton of yards, so I can't say the defense isn't the issue. But the real issue is that their offense is so unbalanced. They have no running game to speak of. They have the injuries up front, so they can't clear lanes.
Starting point is 00:16:54 They can't really protect that well. Jordan Love took a lot of big hits, especially in the first half of tonight's game. But I understood his approach. Like, going into this game, they went after C.J. Henderson a ton. early in this game, the replacement for AJ Terrell, a guy who was a former first round pick who's bounced around
Starting point is 00:17:11 who's never come close to living up to expectations. And Henderson played a great game. He played a great game. One-on-one, whatever it was, he played a fantastic game. So if that is already, all right, well, that's our plan and our plan's not working. Where else do we turn? They find some success elsewhere.
Starting point is 00:17:27 It felt like they were a team that not necessarily were unprepared to play, but maybe unprepared to meet the physicality that the Falcons brought to the field, which was like Tucker Kraft catching a pass down the sideline, but then getting it knocked out of his possession immediately on a key third down. Plays like that where they're just, they're getting caught. They're getting caught by surprise by a team that was hungrier than they were.
Starting point is 00:17:50 And I think that when you're so limited offensively to just being a passing offense, to trying to turn to Caleb Johnson, a guy that the Steelers were very eager to just move on from relatively quickly, given that they had drafted him not very long ago. And you're trying as hard as you can't adjust. generate any sort of running game and it's not working and you become one dimensional, you're going to be limited in what you can do. And if from the bigger picture with this whole team, we are one blown lead. I'll give them some credit for coming back and being the Jets
Starting point is 00:18:18 amid a downpour last week. But Aaron Glenn handed it to him. Yes, in multiple ways. Jordan Love did not look good in that game until the final moments, really. They should be 0 and 3. They should be 0. And they could make a case that they should be 2 and 1 because they definitely didn't deserve to win this game. And they were in the lead in Minnesota in week one, but they also collapsed and melted down amid defensive pressure there. So what's the common theme with this team right now? Can't run the ball, can't block well up front, and their defense lacks teeth. I mean, tonight they gave up over 498 yards of offense. 242 on the ground. That is getting beat at the point of attack. That is the basis of football. Can you win in the
Starting point is 00:19:00 trenches? Can you win at the point of attack? Giving up 242 rushing yards is embarrassing. And I know Packers fans and Packers media are going to be rightfully, you know, harsh in their criticism of Matt LaFleur, who probably didn't deserve the extension. Definitely didn't deserve the extension, I don't think, but got it because of the changes elsewhere within the organization. And the worst part about all of this is that I don't see a quick fix to this. Like you lose your best offensive land, Zach Baco-Buele to a season-ending injury. That's your best blocker. It's a group that was kind of unsteady last. year to begin with. Your receivers
Starting point is 00:19:35 are no longer your problem. In fact, Matthew Golden played well, Christian Watson played well, Tucker Kraft, all right. Love found them. Love was inconsistent because half the time he didn't have time to throw. It's the basic things that you cannot quickly fix. And for a coach who went into this offseason saying, I'm going to tear it
Starting point is 00:19:52 down to the studs. We're going to act like it's a year one install. We're going to we've sorted through the personalities and people who weren't happy with their roles. They move on from Don Tavia and Wicks. All of those changes have not produced the change. By the way. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:20:06 Yeah. Dantavian Wix is looking good in Philadelphia. And now, if you don't look at the schedule, they get the mini buy, the Packers do. Then they go to Tampa next week. Who knows what Tampa's going to be? I think they're going to be 0.3. I think they're going to lose to the Vikings this Sunday,
Starting point is 00:20:22 but I'm not guaranteeing anything. That's recreational purposes only. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future gain. But you go down and you face a hungry Tampa team. Then you come home. for the Bears and the Cowboys and then go to Detroit, Caroline. Look, it's not an easy road. No one has an easy schedule at this point.
Starting point is 00:20:40 Actually, Eric, well done. We have Matt LaFleur how he opened his presser moments ago. Hit it. Well, that was a humbly night. Certainly, I don't think anybody's pleased about this. And, you know, we've got a couple extra days here, and everybody's got to take a long, hard look at themselves, and we've got to find solutions and just come back.
Starting point is 00:21:02 ready to work. But it certainly was a tough night. It's really, it's not good when you are giving the, you got to take a long, hard look at yourself line after week three. Like Baker today saying, you know, we need a sense of urgency. It's week three.
Starting point is 00:21:23 It's week three. Can we, Eric, play the boo birds because there are a lot of them in the second half. Love under center, waiting for the snap. And he takes the handoff. Footlegs right. Jordan Luff throws. End zone, Incomplete.
Starting point is 00:21:38 Watson in the end zone, pretty well covered. Pass sailed over his head. Incomplete and the boo birds are out at Lambeau Field. That's the heavy sigh. It's the heavy sigh on the call. And it's the fact that it's fourth and one and you're running play action because you know you can't get a yard. Well, look, I don't mind. I am a fan of the red zone.
Starting point is 00:22:01 play action rollout, I'm fine with that. But when you throw it to no one in the back of the end zone, when you don't even give anyone a chance to make a play on fourth down, yeah, there are going to be booze. I think we all, look, I always say snark is not analysis, but Nick, you know this. We've lived in this world for a while. Everyone watches the primetime games,
Starting point is 00:22:26 and they all try to come up with their cute little one-liners, right? When bad plays happen, reaction to that wasn't snark. It was just like, what on earth was that? And it deserved to be booed. And some of the reaction shots late in the game, the Packer Legends on the field as well, some of the reaction shots late in the game,
Starting point is 00:22:49 you're just thinking, no one signed up for this. I mean, they had one 13 consecutive home openers. Last time Green Bay had lost a home opener, Jim Harbaugh coached the Niners, and he and Alex Smith beat Aaron Rogers. It had been that long. What is that like 2012, 2013? No, yeah, around that range, right?
Starting point is 00:23:12 Years, it was 12. Yeah, 12, yeah. That's a long time. And that's the standard that Packers fans hold this team to. And they've enjoyed a lot of success. But you're right, the reaction shots were what really defined the night, which is it's the same stare that Matt LaFleur kind of just had in that post-game presser, which is just the 1,000 mile.
Starting point is 00:23:29 I have no idea how to solve. of this stare. I can't believe what I'm watching right now. And those of us who have watched the Packers and all the Packers fans can admit that they probably didn't feel great about their team after two weeks and they could chalk one up to bad weather and a meltdown in week one. But they thought, well, we got this one. I mean, did you see the way the Falcons played last week? And it's a great lesson and a reminder that the NFL is a week-to-week league and what you saw last week does not necessarily predict what's going to come. But man, at this stage for these Packers, it's consistent.
Starting point is 00:24:00 because I just don't see a quick fix in a way out of this. Marshawn Lloyd and Caleb Johnson combined for eight carries for 17 yards. Conversely, Bejohn and Brian Robinson combined for 39 carries for 244 yards and three touchdowns. Panics 18 to 25, 25, 256, a touchdown in that pick we played you earlier. Love 28 to 503, 312, two touchdowns, and an interception, just a bunch of empty fantasy calories. I, by the way, did start Bijon. I'm sorry, not Bijon. I did start Michael Pinnick's a last second, do it in traffic at a red light at 757 Eastern time
Starting point is 00:24:47 and benched Daniel Jones against the Texans. I'm not flexing. Like, well, he's not a flex. Like, I'm not celebrating because he only got me like 13 points, but I think that's going to be better than Daniel Jones against. against the Texans. I mean, we can call you a clairvoyant of sorts, I guess, when it comes to fantasy or at least. Yeah, if I were just in a good luck.
Starting point is 00:25:03 I wouldn't have kept Christian Watson on the bench in my other league. Okay, so maybe not much of a clairvoyant. No. I'm going to start Kyle and Ungai because you're going to run the ball. Okay, great. Clown. It's not nearly as bad as we thought it could have been for the Falcons. I mean, let's just say it like it is.
Starting point is 00:25:20 Hats off to Stefanski, as mentioned. Their season is not over. There were some people coming into the week that said and said so, without snark that the Falcons could be in the conversation for the number one overall pick. Not going to get any easier. They get New Orleans, Baltimore, Chicago, San Francisco, the next four games. So they could still very well be one and six when all of a sudden done. But they proved tonight that while he may not be the franchise quarterback.
Starting point is 00:25:48 And the whole top 10 now with the Giants with Jackson Dart banged up, with Washington with Jaden Daniels banged up again. That whole top 10 of the quarterbacks may look vastly different. but Atlanta for now has at least some reason for hope they can celebrate this one and they can actually look forward, shook, the next Sunday. This is why the season is. No, not next Sunday. It's, is it next Monday? No, it's next Sunday.
Starting point is 00:26:14 It's three straight primetime window games. No, it's Monday then Sunday. Right. The next one's on a Monday and then the one in two weeks, week five, is on a Sunday. Yes. Sunday night. The one that we thought might get flexed. So here's our question. You and I talked about this yesterday as we start to wrap this up.
Starting point is 00:26:33 We were convinced you and I were that the Falcons week five game, let me check who it is, their week five game, which is a Sunday night game against the Ravens in Atlanta. You and I yesterday said that game is guaranteed to get flexed because week five is the earliest you can flex a game on Sunday night. After watching this evening, is it going to get flexed? No, and honestly, it's a little bit Falcons, but it's more that they aren't going to want to flex out Lamar Jackson, and they're going to want the Ravens in prime time. And maybe the Falcons could be their sacrificial lamb.
Starting point is 00:27:07 But after tonight's performance, I don't think that they will. If the Falcons can face a team that misses 13 tackles, according to next-gen stats every week, they're going to be competitive and they're going to have success like they did tonight. It's as simple as that. Toma shook, I was holding out hope that the week five flex is the 3-1 Browns in New York. Three and one. Three and one,
Starting point is 00:27:29 in New York against Gino Smith's upstart Jets. Oh, yes, let's flex the Browns and Jets into a primetime game in the first five weeks of this season.
Starting point is 00:27:39 What if the Jets win the next two? Let's find something else. That's not the one I'm going to. I don't like you, man. Come on. Come on. Be positive.
Starting point is 00:27:51 Be positive, dude. Anyway, Final thoughts, Shook. By the way, this is Rosenthal's ship that he normally steers here. I'm doing my damnedest. You have any final thoughts here before you wrap it up? No, I mean, I think we've covered most of it.
Starting point is 00:28:09 What I'm just happiest about is that the Falcons are not a team trudging to a losing record at this point. Like, if for one night only... Oh, they're going to have a losing record. Yes, but at least they're not trudging toward it with a guarantee. If for one night only, their fans have reason to have
Starting point is 00:28:25 hope. And you know what? Congrats to Michael Pennex. 18 at 25 in your first game back, 256, a touchdown on an early ugly pick that you overcame. That's some intestinal fortitude right there that you don't see in every quarterback. So good on him. Go on Kevin Safansky, getting off the Schneid. And good luck Packers fans.
Starting point is 00:28:45 Yeah, happy for Kevin. And my heart hurts for Matt because he's in it right now. And they're going to be in it for a little bit. it. They still have Jordan Love. They can still turn this around. Michael Parsons will come back who he is when he does come back. That's an entirely different issue. But they are good enough to win games. But they are also in, for my money, at least when the season began, the best division in the NFL. Again, when this season began, because somebody is going to go worse to first in the NFL, and if it's the Lions, which right now it doesn't appear as if it will be. The last place team
Starting point is 00:29:19 of the NFC North last year was nine and eight. Nine and eight. And that is what the Packers are looking at in that division right now if they're going to even be the last team in said division. All right. I want to thank Eric Roberts. I want to thank the great Greg Rosenthal for allowing me to slide into his very comfortable share. Back for a week three preview, I'm going to assume, on NFL Daily coming up on Friday. Because I know the early game preview is already out.
Starting point is 00:29:47 Is the late game preview? I don't know. If it is, I'm going to listen to it Friday morning. Either way, Nick Shook, thanks for letting me be here. My name is Andrew Siciliano 3514. Falcons win. They beat the Packers. So long, friends.
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