The mercifully short Cooper Rush era in Atlanta is officially dead, even if unwatchable Falcons football is still alive and well. Head coach Kevin Stefanski officially named Michael Penix Jr. QB1 for Thursday night’s clash against the Packers, desperately seeking any sign of life from an offense that hit absolute rock bottom during an atrocious 0-2 start.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Penix has been sidelined since November 2025 after suffering his third career ACL tear in a Week 11 loss to Carolina. After playing it cautious all summer and splitting first-team reps last week, Penix finally gave his reconstructed left knee the green light.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!The change became an absolute necessity after Sunday’s brutal 34-3 beatdown. Through two weeks, Atlanta’s offense has limped to just 16 total points and hasn’t snapped the ball a single time inside the red zone.ATLANTA FALCONS ARE DEALING WITH THE WORST QUARTERBACK SITUATION IN THE NFL AND IT ISN’T EVEN CLOSERush was handed the…

About six months after rolling out a tougher, more combat-centric, entry-level U.S. Air Force training program, leaders of the change say they have one big concern: that follow-on training will let trainees’ new skill sets go to waste. Col. Kellie Courtland, commander of the 37th Training Wing out of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, said the Air Force’s Basic Military Training Next’s evolution, now in version BMT 3.0, is turning fledgling airmen into strategists by orienting them to the fight earlier on.“Everybody’s into BMT Next. We can create you the best air-minded badass warrior you’ve ever seen, but that is of no value if when they get to tech training, it’s lost there, and those things are not continued … or you get out to your first operationalized unit, and that fire you’ve got burning, all those skills you learned, everything that you saw is lost at that doorstep because nobody keeps it going,” Courtland said. “So we have to pull that thread all the way through into the operational Air Force, or it’s lost right at our doorstep.” “It used to be, [trainees] would ask you those very simple questions about, you know, when will I get to fly home…

The results of an MRI done on Jayden Daniels’ dislocated left elbow will now go through a rigorous study by specialists to determine exactly what next steps the Washington Commanders should take with their starting quarterback, according to a source.So what does that mean?Daniels will miss Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks. Marcus Mariota will start.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom. WASHINGTON COMMANDERS FACE SEASON-DEFINING CRISIS AS JAYDEN DANIELS SUFFERS ANOTHER SERIOUS ELBOW INJURYInterestingly, the Seahawks are optimistic they will get starting quarterback Sam Darnold back for that game, although that is not yet fully certain and will depend on how he looks in practice.Daniels, meanwhile, is getting multiple medical opinions to determine what he should do next.”He had imaging done today,” Commanders coach Dan Quinn said. “He’ll see specialists early this week, Tuesday and Wednesday, and then we’ll go through the process from there.”…Until we go through that process, we just, I’d be guessing to give you any [timeline].” HITS KEEP COMING AS RAMS LOSE MYLES GARRETT…

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and Carrier Strike Group 3 pulled into Guam on Saturday for a short logistics stop, officially marking the 10th month of its deployment.The Lincoln left Naval Station North Island in San Diego, California, on Nov. 21, 2025, and joined U.S. Naval forces in the Middle East to support combat operations during the Iran war. “The stop on Naval Base Guam marks CSG-3 personnel’s first return to American soil in nine months, during which personnel will be afforded on-base liberty,” the Navy said.The Lincoln, which is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 3, arrived with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. and embarked staffs of Carrier Air Wing 9 and Destroyer Squadron 21.The ship went over 260 days without a scheduled port call and faced concerns over mental health and declining morale aboard the ship, with two sailors attempting to jump overboard.Military family members expressed frustration with Navy officials over reported food shortages and concerns over self-harm during a town hall meeting in San Diego, California, in August.A sailor who served aboard the Lincoln during its most recent deployment said access to mental health resources was stymied by weeks-long wait times…

Kyler Murray is back for the Minnesota Vikings.Coach Kevin O’Connell announced Monday afternoon that the quarterback has cleared the NFL concussion protocol and will start on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Murray missed Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears because he was knocked out of the Week 1 game against the Green Bay Packers.KYLER MURRAY KNOCKED OUT OF VIKINGS DEBUT AFTER FOREARM TO THE HELMET AND BLOW TO NECK BY TWO PACKERSThis page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom. The hit was ugly, and although Murray walked to the locker room and seemed totally responsive in the hours afterward, he was placed in the NFL concussion protocol.Murray, who won the starting job in training camp against J.J. McCarthy, was thus subjected to testing by independent physicians to determine his status.And while that happened, Carson Wentz directed a comeback win against the Packers and then a victory over the Bears on Sunday. MINNESOTA VIKINGS SURPRISINGLY DEMOTE FORMER FIRST-ROUND PICK JJ MCCARTHY TO THIRD STRINGThe Vikings lead the NFC North with a…

Colin Kaepernick doubled down on his comparison between the NFL and the slave trade during a conversation with, wait for it, former ESPN commentator Ryan Clark.Clark asked Kaepernick about the comparison, which he made during the 2021 Netflix series “Colin in Black & White.””What they don’t want you to understand is what’s being established is a power dynamic,” Kaepernick narrates during the series while depicting the NFL Scouting Combine as a slave auction.”Before they put you on the field, teams poke, prod and examine you, searching for any defect that might affect your performance. No boundary respected. No dignity left intact.” RYAN CLARK OPENLY WEEPS ABOUT UGLY ESPN EXIT DURING INSANE PODCAST APPEARANCEInstead of challenging Kaepernick on the ludicrous and offensive comparison, Clark asked him the following during an interview on his “Pivot” podcast:”When did you truly start to have the realization that [the combine] reminds [you] of the slave trade?”Kaepernick was eager to answer.”You get to the point, where it’s like, ‘Strip down to your drawers,’” he responded. “It feels like a meat market.” He added that he did not have the “historical perspective at the time” in 2011 to understand what he now considers a “parallel” to a…

Air Force Maj. Jason Watson asserted that “discomfort is not contempt” in an unsworn statement at his Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 32 hearing, as his defense argued for the case to be referred to a special court-martial.In his first statement since being charged with 10 specifications under three UCMJ articles, Watson shared that his oath to the Constitution made him act, saying that it was nonpartisan and he would’ve protested any office that violated the law.Chris Mutimer, Watson’s civilian attorney, said in the Friday preliminary hearing at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., that the case at hand is whether a crime was committed, not if his words were wise.Watson is charged with three specifications of Article 88, contempt toward officials, five specifications of Article 92, failure to obey order or regulation, and two specifications of Article 133, conduct unbecoming of an officer.The Air Force major called for the removal, conviction and impeachment of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in early July. A month prior, he interviewed with the Defenders of Our Republic Substack as well as CNN in August, which led to specifications in Article 88.Watson’s defense argued…

A well-liked everyday carry fixed blade from TOPS has just been redeployed in a special edition with a special cause behind it. The 3 Pointer Rally Edition carries the flag for the nonprofit organization Rally Humans with a custom set of scales and a special imprint on the blade. Normally we start with a description of the knife, but in this case we’ll first shed some light on Rally Humans. Rally Humans takes a grassroots approach to crisis aid, focusing on individual families or even single people, and rallying around them in their time of need. This support can come in all different forms, tailored to the situation at hand. It’s an interesting, heartening approach, and it’s appealing to see how a small organization can reset its sets and make a massive change to one person’s life, rather than doling out just a little bit of change to a lot of peoples’ lives. Both the blade and scales bear the Rally Humans imprint It’s a great cause, and one that TOPS is supporting with this special 3 Pointer variation. The changes are cosmetic here, which makes sense given that, prior to being tapped for this project, the standard 3 Pointer…

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