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Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons pulled off a thrilling 36-30 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night, capped off by the veteran signal-caller hitting wide receiver KhaDarel Hodge for a walk-off, 45-yard touchdown.
Cousins joined Colin Cowherd on Friday’s edition of “The Herd” to give insight on Atlanta’s big win and share how he and his teammates celebrated the victory that lifted them to 3-2 on the season and into the top spot in the NFC South.
“I got home at about 2:30 in the morning last night,” Cousins said with a laugh. “It was a long night but a fun night. Now, we’ve got a long weekend to rest up, and I’ll be hoisted up on my couch watching everybody else play football.”
Cousins finished the game with 509 passing yards, four passing touchdowns, one interception and a 114.8 passer rating, while completing 72.4% of his passes. Atlanta took over at its own 20-yard line with 1:14 remaining in the fourth quarter and no timeouts. After spiking the ball with one second remaining, the Falcons got into position for kicker Younghoe Koo to attempt the game-tying, 52-yard field goal as time expired. Koo sent things into overtime — and Atlanta prevailed.
Cousins broke down his mindset on that last-ditch, fourth-quarter drive.
“You trust your training, and you go back to your process,” he shared. “Koo being the kicker, you know that you have some grace as to how far you need to go to get that field goal. We’re pretty well-coached on those situations of when the ball’s got to be out of bounds or to the end zone and when we have to clock it, so that was executed well.
“The referees have gotten a lot better at allowing people to clock the ball quickly. I think two-or-three years ago, that ref might have taken too long, and we wouldn’t have had a chance. Kudos to them for kind of getting that dialed in where he just touches the ball and enables us to operate quickly.”
Kirk Cousins walks through the Falcons’ game-tying 2-minute drill
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Publish date : 2024-10-04 19:35:46
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