The Atlanta Falcons are offeringtheir fans a rare respite of enjoying their Sunday after playing on Thursday Night Football. Not only are fans not in store for any fresh misery, but they can enjoy one of the best wins they've seen in the last half-decade. Beating the Green Bay Packers 35-14 in a game where the expectation was getting blown out offers fans a needed reset. Not only can the Falcons and their fanbase enjoy a Sunday, but hope is again alive that perhaps this is a capable enough roster to compete in the NFC South.
We will learn a lot more about Atlanta next week when the franchise takes on the New Orleans Saints in an incredibly important early-season division matchup. It is yet another chance for Michael Penix Jr. to write his name as a clear franchise option by beating a hated rival.
No matter how things play out, the Falcons are giving fans a needed break after recent frustrations. There simply is no explaining just how ugly the first two games were as Cooper Rush put on a clinic when it comes to imploding your own team's chances. Rush simply isn't an NFL quarterback at this point in his career and that was undeniably clear.
Still, the Falcons opted to trot out Rush as the starter in the first two games and left fans desperate for anything close to a capable answer. Penix proved to be just that and pushed the Falcons to scoring 35 points, an accomplishment that has been rare for the organization since the departure of Matt Ryan and Julio Jones.
Falcons Offering Fans a Chance to Enjoy Sunday After Surprise Thursday Night Win
Atlanta managing to win against what was thought to be a superior roster has put their entire season into question. It went from appearing to be a clear tanking effort to a team that could potentially fight its way back into the NFC South picture. This train of thought is clearly helped by the fact that every team has taken at least one loss, while Tampa Bay is sitting winless and appearing to be a clear option when it comes to looking at last year's playoff teams that could fall apart.
The Falcons not only are getting a Sunday off, but are doing so while breathing hope back into a fanbase that was re-signing itself to a season full of nothing but misery. For the Falcons, hope is once again alive in a division that is always a close finish.
For head coach Kevin Stefanski, it was a needed win as well, with fans and pundits already starting to discuss whether or not this could be a one and done. This discussion is clearly dead as Atlanta fans get ready to sit back and enjoy a Sunday without any frustration.
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