{"id":362960,"date":"2025-09-12T20:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/362960\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:12:11","slug":"falcons-attempt-to-bounce-back-in-week-2-sunday-night-football-bout-with-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/362960\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons attempt to bounce back in Week 2 Sunday Night Football bout with Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The News, Now<\/p>\n<p>Key developments on the field and roster move analysis<\/p>\n<p>The biggest news of the week involved the Falcons&#8217; response to <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/falcons-week-1-tampa-bay-nfc-south-younghoe-koo-raheem-morris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Younghoe Koo missing a 44-yard field goal<\/a> in the final seconds of last Sunday&#8217;s loss against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Koo addressed the miss while head coach Raheem Morris said the Falcons were planning to bring in <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/younghoe-koo-kicking-competition-week-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">competition at the kicker position<\/a>. They did so through Tuesday tryouts, and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/john-parker-romo-signed-falcons-kicker-practice-squad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signed kicker Parker Romo to the team&#8217;s practice squad<\/a> that same day.<\/p>\n<p>The other news of the week had to do with the statuses of key Falcons receivers. Darnell Mooney and Drake London are working through shoulder injuries. Though the Falcons did <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/drake-london-darnell-mooney-injury-updates-week-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">share some position news about the duo&#8217;s status<\/a>, they were limited throughout the week but were not given a game designation \u2014 meaning they are available to suit up for Atlanta in Minnesota Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, fellow receiver Casey Washington&#8217;s status was a bit more worrisome when he popped up on Wednesday&#8217;s injury report with a concussion. He was eventually ruled out in Friday&#8217;s game report. Meanwhile, the status of two Falcons rookies remains questionable for Sunday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>You can view all three Falcons injury reports below:<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, Sept. 10: <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/falcons-injury-report-week-2-darnell-mooney-drake-london-casey-washington-james-pearce-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Casey Washington misses first practice due to concussion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Sept. 11: <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/falcons-injury-report-billy-bowman-jr-added-to-list-drake-london-darnell-mooney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Billy Bowman Jr. added to list<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday, Sept. 12: <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/atlfal.co.nz\/46yFz5H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drake London, Darnell Mooney cleared to play<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How did the rest of the league fair in Week 1? Tori McElhaney breaks it down in her <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/nfl-power-rankings-week-2-buffalo-bills-take-top-slot-kansas-city-stock-drops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">weekly power rankings<\/a> while Will McFadden zeroed in on the <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/nfc-south-week-1-recap-bucs-falcons-panthers-saints\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFC South&#8217;s performance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, check out this week&#8217;s mailbags where Tori and Will answer your burning questions about the state of the Falcons.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/falcons-mailbag-evaluating-michael-penix-jr-s-week-1-play-where-atlanta-takes-its-kicking-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Falcons Mailbag, No 1 via Tori McElhaney<\/a>: How do you evaluate Michael Penix Jr.&#8217;s Week 1 play? What&#8217;s going on with Atlanta&#8217;s kicking game future? What are some examples of defensive growth?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/falcons-mailbag-pistol-formation-atlanta-offense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Falcons Mailbag, No. 2 via Will McFadden<\/a>: Why is the pistol formation a part of Atlanta&#8217;s defensive plan? How do the Falcons prevent leaky quarterback plays?<\/p>\n<p>Finally, this week&#8217;s Nerdy Birds statistical spotlight zeroes in <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/news\/nerdy-birds-michael-penix-jr-s-quick-processing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on Michael Penix Jr. and his quick processing<\/a>, by the numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The News, Now Key developments on the field and roster move analysis The biggest news of the week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,1949,22252,6709,4130,224,52518,7,1879,88,6,1416,8337],"class_list":{"0":"post-362960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlantafalcons","11":"tag-billy-bowman-jr","12":"tag-casey-washington","13":"tag-darnell-mooney","14":"tag-drake-london","15":"tag-falcons","16":"tag-falcons-news-now","17":"tag-football","18":"tag-michael-penix-jr","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-xavier-watts","22":"tag-younghoe-koo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115193154385933909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}