ATLANTA — Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes and Kansas City’s defense kept the Chiefs undefeated with a 22-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night.

The two-time reigning Super Bowl champion Chiefs performed far from perfectly (Mahomes threw another interception), but they won their first three games by a combined 13 points.

Thank the defense for this.

After a surprise victory over Philadelphia, the Falcons (1-2) had a few more chances for the decisive touchdown in the final minutes.

Kirk Cousins ​​threw two incompletions in the end zone from the Chiefs’ 6-yard line, wasting one opportunity. The final drive ended with Bijan Robinson throwing for a loss of 3 yards on fourth-and-1 at the Kansas City 13-yard line with less than a minute left.

Mahomes threw for 217 yards, including scoring throws to Rashee Rice and JuJu Smith-Schuster, and Harrison Butker kicked three field goals for the Chiefs.

Cousins ​​completed 20 of 29 passes for 230 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown pass to Drake London and a 50-yard complete pass to Kyle Pitts, setting up Robinson’s 1-yard scoring run.