Falcons' Younghoe Koo drills career-long field goal to beat Saints

Atlanta Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo had each the unit connected his shoulder, arsenic helium came onto the tract to effort a 58-yard tract goal, which would beryllium a career-long, for the triumph against the New Orleans Saints. 

With 7 seconds near connected the clock, Koo stepped into his tract extremity effort and launched into toward the extremity zone. It had the leg, it had the accuracy, and the Falcons took down their NFC South foe, 26-24, acknowledgment to Koo’s clutch kick. 

After starting the play reddish blistery astatine 2-0, the Saints are present 2-2, which matches the Falcons. 

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Atlanta Falcons backmost Kirk Cousins throws a walk against the New Orleans Saints astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)

This matchup was a thriller each the mode to the end, but the Falcons wouldn’t person needed Koo’s heroics if it wasn’t for Alvin Kamara bursting into the extremity portion connected third-and-goal connected the erstwhile thrust to instrumentality a 24-23 lead. Kamara had 77 yards connected 19 carries, portion catching 7 of Derek Carr’s passes for 42 yards. 

But Kirk Cousins, who already had a game-winning thrust successful Week 2 against the Philadelphia Eagles, took the shot knowing helium had conscionable 1 infinitesimal to get into tract extremity scope for the imaginable game-winner. 

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A important play came connected second-and-10 from Atlanta’s 30-yard line, arsenic Paulson Adebo was called for antiaircraft walk interference connected the Falcons’ Darnell Mooney, who was 30 yards downfield. That placed the Falcons instantly into New Orleans territory to acceptable up the tract goal. 

Cousins didn’t person his champion crippled successful this one, arsenic helium didn’t propulsion a touchdown but had 1 interception connected 21-of-35 passing for 238 yards. 

New Orleans Saints moving backmost Alvin Kamara runs the shot against the Atlanta Falcons astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)

In fact, the Falcons’ discourtesy didn’t person an violative touchdown successful this game, arsenic linebacker Troy Andersen had a 47-yard pick-six connected Carr, who was 28-for-36 for 239 yards without a touchdown himself, and the Falcons got connected the committee archetypal aft Rashid Shaheed muffed a punt successful the archetypal 4th that went for a touchdown. 

Koo was 4-for-4 connected his tract extremity attempts, and with his 2 other points, helium was liable for 14 points. 

Meanwhile, for the Saints, versatile violative limb Taysom Hill recovered the extremity portion doubly connected his six carries. 

Atlanta Falcons' Younghoe Koo kicks a tract extremity against the New Orleans Saints. (Brett Davis-USA Today Sports)

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Chris Olave (8 catches, 87 yards) and Shaheed (8 catches, 83 yards) led the mode successful the walk crippled for the Saints, portion Drake London led the Falcons with six catches for 64 yards.  

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