{"id":258225,"date":"2025-08-03T09:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T09:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/258225\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T09:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T09:50:15","slug":"michael-penix-jr-hits-drake-london-on-deep-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/258225\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Penix Jr. hits Drake London on deep ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Penix connected on a deep shot to London during Tuesday&#8217;s open practice.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2025\/07\/29\/atlanta-falcons-latest-darnell-mooney-injury-update\/85421948007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> have officially kicked off their second week of training camp, holding their first fully padded practice on Tuesday morning. This comes following Sunday&#8217;s chippy practice in which multiple fights broke out. Head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2025\/07\/29\/atlanta-falcons-raheem-morris-on-practice-fight-james-pearce-jr\/85420526007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raheem Morris<\/a> said he liked the team&#8217;s intensity but didn&#8217;t want to waste more time fighting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Really good physicality, but you&#8217;d like to avoid the little bit of skirmish that happened because you don&#8217;t want to waste time,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2025\/07\/29\/atlanta-falcons-raheem-morris-on-practice-fight-james-pearce-jr\/85420526007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">explained Morris<\/a>. &#8220;The time is precious for these guys. It made us cancel our developmental period and those are things that, as a coach, that just drives you nuts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2025\/07\/25\/atlanta-falcons-micahael-penix-jr-offense-unstoppable-2025\/85377726007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Penix Jr<\/a>. continues to impress fans with his arm strength as he prepares for his first full season as the team&#8217;s starting quarterback. Penix launched a deep ball to wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2025\/07\/01\/atlanta-falcons-wr-drake-london-makes-nfl-top-100-players-list\/84430289007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drake London<\/a> at Tuesday&#8217;s practice for a nice completion. Watch below, as shared by the team&#8217;s social media account.<\/p>\n<p>LOOK: Michael Penix Jr. airs it out for Drake LondonRaheem Morris gives update on Darnell Mooney<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta-falcons\/323\" data-autotag=\"55e278ca-caf0-429b-8b4a-caeb78bff5ff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Falcons<\/a> head coach Raheem Morris gave an update on injured wide receiver Darnell Mooney before Tuesday&#8217;s practice, saying he would be out for a few weeks. Morris was asked whether or not Mooney would be ready for Week 1 and didn&#8217;t have a clear answer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, we&#8217;re going with a few weeks right now,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2025\/07\/29\/atlanta-falcons-raheem-morris-on-practice-fight-james-pearce-jr\/85420526007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">answered Morris<\/a>. &#8220;And we&#8217;ll play it out after we get to that point. When we get to that point, we&#8217;ll figure out where we&#8217;re at and hopefully everything will be looking good for us to be ready to continue into our season and get him back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Check out the best <a href=\"https:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2025\/07\/29\/falcons-training-camp-best-photos-from-tuesdays-practice\/85424780007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">photos<\/a> from Tuesday&#8217;s padded practice below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penix connected on a deep shot to London during Tuesday&#8217;s open practice. 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