# NFL Thursday Night Football preview: Michael Penix Jr. returns for Falcons, who face similarly desperate Packers

- Status: game-day
- Source: Yahoo Sports
- Published: 2026-09-24T15:01:50.000Z
- Original: https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/nfl-thursday-night-football-preview-michael-penix-jr-returns-for-falcons-who-face-similarly-desperate-packers-150150587.html

## The huddle

The Falcons are 0-2 and the Packers are 1-1 coming into their Thursday night matchup. Huddle312 is pointing readers to the original reporting, not republishing it.

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