Atlanta. Patrick Mahomes threw a pair of touchdown passes and the Kansas City defense made a pair of late stands to keep the Chiefs undefeated with a 22-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
The two-time Super Bowl champion Chiefs were far from perfect (Mahomes threw another interception), but they won their first three games by a combined 13 points.
After a surprising victory in Philadelphia, the Falcons (1-2) had a pair of chances to score the go-ahead touchdown in the final minutes.
Kirk Cousins threw a pair of incomplete passes into the end zone from the Chiefs’ 6-yard line to end a chance, and the final drive ended with Bijan Robinson being thrown for a 3-yard loss on fourth-and-1 at the 13-yard line. from Kansas City with less than a minute left.
Mahomes threw for 217 yards, including touchdown passes to Rashee Rice and JuJu Smith-Schuster, and Harrison Butker kicked three field goals for the reigning NFL champions.
Cousins completed 20 of 29 passes for 230 yards, with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Drake London and a 50-yard completion to Kyle Pitts setting up Robinson’s 1-yard scoring run.
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– 2024-10-03 02:57:53
