Winners and losers from Packers' Thursday Night Football dud vs. Falcons - usatoday.com

Hear this story The Atlanta Falcons played like a rejuvenated team that finally had its quarterback back . The Green Bay Packers had the look of an undermanned squad still asking too much of its own quarterback.

That pretty much summed up an ugly Thursday night game in Wisconsin, the Falcons steamrolling the Packers 35-14 for their first win of the season as QB Michael Penix Jr. made his 2026 debut. Atlanta, which had 16 points all season entering the game, rolled off 27 in a row at one point in a runaway that immediately restored them to relevance in the NFC South. The Pack, meanwhile − still without injured superstar OLB Micah Parsons and Pro Bowl RB Josh Jacobs, among others − moved into the basement of the NFC North with a 1-2 record that somehow seems far more problematic than Atlanta’s.