Overview

• A video shows the Atlanta starter stopping in the tunnel and asking a Cowboys fan, "Whatchu call me?"
• The exchange occurred at AT&T Stadium after the preseason game in Arlington and quickly circulated across social media.
• Takisha Penix posted that people should "put some respect on the name," criticizing immature taunts.
• The incident follows an earlier local-TV chyron that misspelled his surname in a way picked up by trolls.
• Atlanta held Michael Penix Jr. and Kirk Cousins out of the preseason finale, with Easton Stick taking reps, leaving Penix without preseason snaps before Week 1.