This may have been the best week for the Atlanta Falcons since they throttled the Green Bay Packers in the 2016 NFC Championship game, and I don’t think that it’s much of an exaggeration.
1) The Michael Penix era commences in Atlanta and starts off with the Falcons playing their first complete game of the season. In fact, their 27-point margin of victory is the largest since they throttled Derek Carr and the Las Vegas Raiders in 2020.
2) Speaking of Derek Carr, the New Orleans Saints became the first team to be shut out this season in a 34-0 drubbing by the Green Bay Packers, the worst loss by a Saints team since George W.