It was a bad day to be a division rival of the Falcons, for the most part.

The NFL is famous for its Friday-afternoon news dumps, but the league apparently decided to get the weekend started early by dropping a couple of bombs on Thursday, instead.

First, the league announced that it has fined outgoing Panthers owner Jerry Richardson $2.75 million for workplace misconduct, per Adam Schefter at ESPN.

Richardson is alleged to have made racial slurs and sexually harassed a number of women within the organization, leading to four payouts with former employees. He is selling his portion of the team for a reported $2.275 billion to minority Steelers owner and hedge fund investor David Tepper.

The Buccaneers were next on the league office’s chopping block.

Quarterback Jameis Winston’s three-game suspension over an admission to groping an Uber driver was officially announced, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

Winston and the Bucs won’t face the Falcons until Week 6, so this is unlikely to impact the division standings much, especially considering Tampa Bay was never going to contend anyway.

However, Schefter has reported that any future conduct violations could result in Winston being banned from the NFL.

Winston is only an average quarterback at best most Sundays, but he has had an unusual amount of success against Atlanta, so this would obviously be a huge bonus for the Falcons if it winds up happening.

Given Winston’s growing history of personal and legal problems off the field, it’s certainly not out of the question.