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The Atlanta Falcons looked similar they had immoderate much fourth-quarter magic successful them, but Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton unopen the doorway connected that successful the 22-17 triumph to stay undefeated to commencement the 2024 season.
Kirk Cousins and the Falcons were driving with little than 2 minutes to play, and they needed to find the extremity portion aft not doing truthful connected their erstwhile thrust to bushed the Chiefs.
After not being capable to person connected 3rd-and-1 connected Kansas City's 13-yard line, the Falcons went to the good again with a tally play connected fourth-and-inches, and usually Bijan Robinson is capable to prime up that important yard.
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Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Darnell Mooney (1) is tackled by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton (32) successful the archetypal 4th astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)
However, Bolton came flying done erstwhile helium saw the play develop, and tackled Robinson for a three-yard nonaccomplishment to crook the Falcons implicit connected downs.
That iced the crippled for the Chiefs, arsenic Patrick Mahomes conscionable knelt the remainder of his snaps to determination to 3-0. The Falcons are present 1-2 connected the season.
A captious infinitesimal successful this crippled came connected third-and-five from the Kansas City 6-yard enactment connected the erstwhile drive, arsenic Cousins was looking for Kyle Pitts successful the mediate of the extremity portion aft helium initially bushed his defender disconnected the extremity line.
As Cousins made his pass, Pitts jumped successful the aerial to marque the catch, but it appeared Bryan Cook made interaction with Pitts excessively early. However, nary flags were connected the tract and the Chiefs caught a break.
On 4th-and6, the Falcons weren’t capable to person a touchdown erstwhile Cousins’ walk to Drake London, who scored earlier successful the game, deed the turf. So, down 22-17, the Falcons had to springiness the shot backmost to the Chiefs aft their 15-play drive.
It was a blistery commencement for the Falcons, who were coming disconnected a thrilling triumph implicit the Philadelphia Eagles connected "Monday Night Football," arsenic Cousins orchestrated a 70-yard thrust for a touchdown connected the team's opening thrust this week.
Atlanta Falcons backmost Kirk Cousins (18) fumbles a drawback against the Kansas City Chiefs during the archetypal fractional astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)
London, the antheral Cousins recovered precocious against the Eagles for the come-from-behind Week 2 win, was near wide unfastened successful the extremity portion aft busted sum by the Chiefs and it was the easiest people he’ll spot successful the NFL to marque it 7-0 aft the other constituent from Younghoe Koo.
But Mahomes was capable to lucifer the Falcons connected the scoreboard, erstwhile helium recovered Rashee Rice, his caller favourite people successful reddish and yellowish each week, for the 13-yard touchdown.
Cousins, though, was capable to rapidly respond to the Chiefs, acknowledgment to a tremendous catch-and-run, by his talented choky extremity Kyle Pitts, who went 50 yards for the Kansas City one-yard line. Bijan Robinson would people from 1 gait retired to retake the lead.
The Chiefs would adhd 2 tract goals earlier the extremity of the archetypal half, 1 of which was a acquisition from Cousins who threw an interception with little than 1 infinitesimal to play.
Kansas City would instrumentality the pb with its archetypal thrust successful the 2nd fractional ending successful different Harrison Butker tract goal, but Mahomes’ 2nd touchdown of the crippled marque it 22-14 precocious successful the 3rd 4th to make a wider spread connected Atlanta.
Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes (15) passes the shot against the Atlanta Falcons during the archetypal 4th astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)
The thrust took conscionable implicit six minutes of clip disconnected the clock, and it ended with JuJu Smith-Schuster streaking crossed the mediate of the tract and Mahomes slinging a walk to him for a 13-yard touchdown. It’s Smith-Schuster’s archetypal of the play aft helium rejoined the squad helium won a Super Bowl with 2 years ago, and it turned retired to beryllium the game-winning score.
The container people work Mahomes passing for 217 yards with 2 touchdowns and 1 interception – a thrust slayer arsenic it came successful the extremity portion erstwhile Justin Simmons stepped into a walk to choky extremity Noah Gray.
Mahomes recovered Rice 12 times for 110 yards, arsenic he’s the wide No. 1 enactment for him successful the passing game. Travis Kelce was the next-best receiver with 4 catches for 30 yards, but helium has yet to find the extremity portion this season.
And determination was besides undrafted rookie Carson Steele stepping up for the commencement successful spot of Isiah Pacheco, the Chiefs’ prima backmost who had country to repair a fractured fibula. Steele’s audition to stay the team’s starter with Pacheco retired for weeks went well, arsenic helium rushed for 72 yards connected 17 carries.
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice (4) scores a touchdown past Atlanta Falcons cornerback Dee Alford (20) during the archetypal fractional astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)
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For the Falcons, Cousins was 20-for-29 for 230 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 pick. London led the mode with 67 yards connected six catches, but Darnell Mooney is emerging arsenic a bully people for Cousins, arsenic helium built connected his large time against the Eagles with 8 receptions for 66 yards successful this one.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
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