ATLANTA — Patrick Mahomes accomplished 26 of 39 passes for 217 yards to associate with two touchdowns and an interception because the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs escaped with a 22-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night time.
Carson Steele ran for 72 yards because the Chiefs (3-0) received their third one-score recreation to start the season. Rashee Rice hauled in 12 receptions for 110 yards and a landing.
Kirk Cousins accomplished 20 of 29 passes for 230 yards and a landing for Atlanta (1-2). He was additionally intercepted as soon as. Drake London caught six passes for a team-high 67 yards and a landing.
After trailing 14-13 at halftime, the Chiefs marched to the Falcons 1-yard line on the opening possession of the second half however have been pressured to accept Harrison Butker’s 21-yard subject purpose with 9:40 remaining within the third quarter.
Mahomes later prolonged the Kansas Metropolis result in 22-14 when he capped an 11-play, 80-yard drive with a 13-yard scoring strike to JuJu Smith-Schuster with 1:16 to go within the third. Butker missed the following extra-point try.
Younghoe Koo’s 54-yard subject purpose on the subsequent possession lower Atlanta’s deficit to 22-17 with 12:52 left within the recreation.
Following a Kansas Metropolis punt, the Falcons went on a 15-play, 83-yard drive, however they got here up in need of the tip zone after back-to-back incompletions from the Chiefs 6-yard line and turned the ball over on downs.
Atlanta labored all the way down to the Kansas Metropolis 13 on its final drive of the sport, and on fourth-and-1, Bijan Robinson was stuffed for a lack of 3 yards to offer the ball again to the Chiefs with 51 seconds remaining.
Cousins discovered London for a 14-yard rating with 11:07 left within the first quarter, and Kansas Metropolis did not reply till there was 8:45 remaining within the second, tying issues at 7 on Rice’s 13-yard landing reception.
Robinson rushed into the tip zone from 1 yard out to place the Falcons up 14-7 with 6:37 left within the first half.
Two subject targets from Butker — from 53 and 44 yards out — within the ultimate 2:43 of the half received the guests inside 14-13 on the break.
–Jack Batten, Area Degree Media