FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — For the first time in a decade, the Atlanta Falcons were shutout on the road. The Falcons lost 30-0 to a Carolina Panthers team that was winless going into Week 3. The last time the organization was left completely scoreless on the road was actually in Charlotte in Week 11 of the 2015 season.

"They outplayed us in every phase," head coach Raheem Morris said. "They went out and they dominated the game right from the beginning. We couldn't get things going. Couldn't turn it around. Couldn't survive the moment. It was a very humbling game."

The Falcons' offense did not reach the red zone Sunday. Between the Falcons' last two outings, the offense has gotten into the end zone just once in eight quarters. No Falcons wide receiver or tight end has caught a touchdown pass in three games.

"We have to execute, and I have to find those guys when they are open," Michael Penix Jr. said postgame. "And give those guys the opportunities to make those plays."

Drake London: "We have talent out there and we need to find a way to go out and showcase that."

According to Stats Perform, the Falcons out gained the Panthers offensively by 109 yards Sunday. The last team to out-gain their opponent by more than 100 yards while still losing by over 30 points in a shutout was the Miami Dolphins in 1970 against the then-Baltimore Colts.

"I didn't want to lose by 30 today," Bijan Robinson said. "Obviously, nobody did. But it happened. I believe this can either break a team or make a team. For us, this needs to make this team. We need to come in tomorrow, we need to watch this game, and we all need to feel the same hurt the same way. This is a division game at that, so it needs to hurt even more.

"For us, this loss right here, when people look back at it, this needs to be the week where we come together and it changed everything so we can become the team we want to become."

Penix's quarterbacking struggles were noteworthy in his sixth career start. When the game got "out of hand," according to Morris, the Falcons put Kirk Cousins on the field to finish out the game at quarterback.

After the game, Morris said this does not mean Cousins is going to complete with Penix for the Falcons' starting quarterback job moving forward. Penix connected on 18 of his 36 total passes for 172 passing yards. He threw two interceptions in the contest, one of which was returned for a touchdown. These were Penix's first turnovers of the 2025 season.

The Falcons had a few procedural issues early in the game as well, with Penix experiencing communication issues with his in-helmet headset. Morris said that issue was fixed by the "third or fourth series," and it did not have an effect beyond that point. The reason the team lost, he said, was not because of that technical issue. He wouldn't make that excuse, nor would he make an excuse for Penix's missed throws, either.

"I think he just missed his throws today. We won't make excuses for him," Morris said. "... We did not play well in any phase, and he did not play well himself, either, and we did not play well around him. We have to play better across the board."

At the end of the day, Penix said, the Falcons' offense did not execute their game plan accordingly. Morris agreed. When asked what the issues of the offense was Sunday, he said "everything." And that "everything" led to the Falcons' first road shutout in a decade.

"We got outcoached," Morris said. "We got outplayed."

Penix: "They just out-executed us."

And finally, London, who arguably summed it up best: "It was not good at all. It was not our standard at all."