{"id":445018,"date":"2026-11-02T11:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/445018\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T11:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:52:17","slug":"michael-penix-throws-four-interceptions-atlanta-falcons-get-shut-out-on-the-road-in-tampa-16-0-local-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/445018\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Penix throws four interceptions, Atlanta Falcons get shut out on the road in Tampa, 16-0 | Local Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was the opposite of a happy homecoming for Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who grew up in Tampa. In his return to the Sunshine State, Penix turned in his worst performance as an NFL player. Penix threw four interceptions in Atlanta\u2019s 16-0 loss to the NFC South rival Buccaneers.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"penix rough start.webp\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6ae8304fbc28f.image.webp\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It was the first time the Dirty Birds were shut out since Week 3 against the Panthers last year. Tampa Bay quarterback Baker Mayfield did not complete a pass. It\u2019s the first time an NFL team has won without completing a pass since 1974. The Falcons will travel to Madrid next Sunday to face the Bengals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was the opposite of a happy homecoming for Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who grew up in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[9126,11558,57525,15943,10365,173285,173286,173288,35484,57529,57524,57527,57530,135,2964,173287,137,136],"class_list":["post-445018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-american-football","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-gridiron-football-variants","tag-michael-penix-jr","tag-national-football-league","tag-nfl-champion-seasons","tag-nfl-divisions","tag-nfl-franchise-relocations","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-nfl-seasons","tag-nfl-teams","tag-nfl-teams-seasons","tag-seasons-in-american-football","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-seasons","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}