Quarterbacks usually stay out of the fray when fights break out on the football field, but Falcons starting quarterback Michael Penix was right in the middle of it when he and his teammates brawled with the Titans today.

Reporters on the scene described a melee that saw Penix surrounded by players on both teams, with Titans players getting in his face and Falcons players defending him. Penix acknowledged that he was involved in the trash talk that got tempers heated.

“Threw a deep pass, they had a lot of words throughout practice so I gave them my words, and just went a little too far,” Penix said.

Penix said he appreciated his teammates having his back.

“I’m glad they did, because obviously that’s not something that we want to be doing in practice,” Penix said. “We want to get all rep

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