Michael Penix isn’t the main reason the Falcons beat the Giants on Sunday. They didn’t need him to make many winning plays. Their defense scored two touchdowns and New York’s awful offense had no chance of making up a big margin. But Penix made the right plays and, more importantly, none that hurt the Falcons.
Penix was solid in his first career start. That was plenty good enough for the Falcons to rout the Giants 34-7.
“I can’t be more pleased with the way the team played today, they really rallied behind a young man,” Falcons coach Raheem Morris said. “He went out and played almost flawless football and kept the game really clean.”…