ATLANTA – Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes and the Kansas City defense made some last-minute saves to keep the Chiefs undefeated with a 22-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night.
The Chiefs, the two-time defending Super Bowl champions, had a less than perfect performance – Mahomes threw another interception – but won their first three games by a combined 13 points.
We thank the defense for this.
After their surprise victory in Philadelphia, the Falcons (1:2) still had several chances for the decisive touchdown in the final minutes.
Kirk Cousins threw a couple of incomplete passes into the end zone from the Chiefs’ 6-yard line, ending a chance, and the final drive ended with Bijan Robinson taking a 3-yard loss on fourth-and-1 at the Kansas City 13-yard line with less than a minute left on the clock.
Mahomes threw for 217 yards, including touchdowns 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, making a 13-yard touchdown pass to Drake London and a 50-yard pass to Kyle Pitts that set up Robinson’s 1-yard touchdown run.
