Atlanta Falcons' quarterback, Michael Penix Jr., went viral after a news station misspelled his name.
Local news outlet, WTOC, in Savannah, Georgia, mistakenley mixed up the X in his name for an S during the live broadcast. The typo set off a wave of reactions from fans online.
Wild: CBS accidentally wrote Michael PEN*S Jr. instead of Michael Penix Jr. on live television 😭😭pic.twitter.com/XdiwXZELZC
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) August 14, 2025
"This wasn't an accident. Some frat boy is getting fired," a fan reacted.
One fan joked about the other typo, not putting a period after the "Jr." in his name. "I can't believe they forgot they ' . ' after Jr. How is this happening!"
"Someone has been watching too much of the WNBA," another fan wrote, referencing the dildos that have been thrown onto the court lately.
Michael Penix Jr. gets involved in practice fight
Penix made headlines again this week during a practice with the Tennessee Titans. The quarterback completed a long pass to wide receiver Ray-Ray McCloud III and the quarterback got into a verbal disagreement with the Titans' defenders. The trash talking got physical and then the players of the respective teams had to separate them.
"I don't know where I was at in it," Penix said per ESPN. "It was a lot of people. I knew I was down there somewhere. I wasn't the only one, though.
Falcons wide receiver Drake London was yanked away from the fight as well as McCloud and several other Falcons players came to help Penix.
"I'm glad they did, because obviously that's not something that we want to be doing in practice. We want to get all reps in, get that good work in. But it went how it went. But to see the team have my back and they were there, make sure they protect me. A lot of guys asked me if I was good, and it was good to know that those guys had my back."
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