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Monday Night Football: Kirk Cousins ​​Leads Falcons to 22-21 Victory in Final Seconds
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Monday Night Football: Kirk Cousins ​​Leads Falcons to 22-21 Victory in Final Seconds

Someone forgot to tell Kirk Cousins ​​he’d be playing in primetime.

The Falcons quarterback found Drake London for a 7-yard touchdown pass with 34 seconds left to tie the score at 21-21. London celebrated by feigning a gun shot, prompting officials to give the Falcons a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Younghoe Koo, however, made the long extra point to win 22-21.

Both teams are tied 1-1.

On the winning play, London beat Darius Slay to complete a six-play, 70-yard drive in 1:05 for the game’s sixth and final lead change. Cousins ​​was 5-of-6 for 70 yards on the drive and finished his night 20-of-29 for 241 yards and two touchdowns.

Falcons safety Jessie Bates sealed the win by intercepting Jalen Hurts with 19 seconds left after Hurts was hit in the arm by Kaden Elliss during a blitz.

The Eagles thought they had the game won after CJ Gardner-Johnson stopped Bijan Robinson on fourth-and-1 at the Atlanta 39 with 5:38 left. Philadelphia took over and had a chance to run out the clock, but a wide open Saquon Barkley dropped a pass from Hurts with 1:42 left.

Instead of getting into a winning formation, the Eagles fired a 28-yard Jake Elliott field goal for a 21-15 lead. The Eagles went just 2-for-5 in the red zone that night, and the decision to try fourth-and-four from the Falcons 9 on their second drive ultimately came back around.

The Falcons had 385 yards, 152 on the ground, with Robinson running for 97 yards on 14 carries, but they were just 1-for-3 in the red zone. Koo kicked field goals of 39, 22 and 34 yards.

The Eagles had 365 yards, 186 on the ground, as Barkley had 95 yards on 22 carries and Hurts had 13 carries for 85 yards and a touchdown. Hurts completed 23 of 30 passes for 183 yards with a touchdown and an interception.