For much of the fourth quarter on Monday night, it looked like the Falcons would fall to 0-2 with their loss to the Eagles, but the Eagles opened the door for them to pull out a win in the final minutes.
The team’s decision to pass on the third attempt after the two-minute warning and the loss of a pass by running back Saquon Barkley gave the Falcons more than enough time to score the game-winning touchdown, and that’s exactly what they did. Kirk Cousins completed four passes for 63 yards before running to wide receiver Drake London for a seven-yard touchdown that saved the night for the Falcons.
It also saved the night for Cousins. He had a terrible opening game and struggled a lot on Monday night, but threw for all 70 yards of another touchdown drive in the third quarter and those two drives allowed the team to leave Philadelphia with a win that Cousins believes can be a boost for the rest of the year.
“Yeah, you know, it’s so important to find ways to win and that’s how you make a great season,” Cousins said, according to a transcript provided by the Eagles. “When you have those games that can go either way, you find a way to make it work in your favor. That’s just the way this league is and if we can find those inches, it can really change the course of the season. So we’re going to have more of those and we’re going to have to find ways as a team to make the plays to get it done.”
We won’t know the story of the Falcons’ season for some time, but we do know that people would bury the Falcons if they had ended up losing on Monday night. Thanks to the game-winning drive, things are looking a lot better in Atlanta on Tuesday morning.
