Falcons fans opened the season torching Cooper Rush, then swung with every Penix result as wins kept getting followed by deflating losses. After a 0-16 shutout in Tampa's rain, they sit 3-5, humiliated and resigned to classic Falcons whiplash.
From Reddit fan threads · through Week 8 · 3-5
Season misery
58
Worst week
95
Week 8
Best week
15
Week 3
Bars above the line are miserable weeks; below are happy ones.
Storylines
what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long
Fans begged for Jack Strand over Rush, hailed a healthy Penix as a game manager, then turned on him as fragile before his 28-yard, multi-interception showing in Tampa.
“Strand with no first team reps, with Bijan, London, and Pitts, still looked better than Rush.”
