ATLANTA — Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes, the Kansas City defense struggled twice late and the Chiefs remained unbeaten with a 22-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night.
The two-time Super Bowl champions were far from perfect (Mahomes threw another interception), but they won their first three games by a combined 13 points.
I thank the defense for this.
Coming off an upset win in Philadelphia, the Falcons (1-2) had two chances to score a game-winning touchdown in the closing seconds of the game.
Kirk Cousins had just one chance after two incomplete passes into the end zone from the Chiefs' 6, and the final drive ended with a 3-yard loss to Bijan Robinson on fourth down and 1 at the Kansas City 13 with under a minute left.
Mahomes threw for 217 yards, including passes to Ruchy Rice and JuJu Smith-Schuster, and Harrison Butker made three field goals for the Chiefs.
Cousins completed 20 of 29 passes for 230 yards and included a 13-yard touchdown pass to Drake London and a 50-yard pass to Kyle Pitts that led to Robinson's 1-yard scoring run.
