The Atlanta Falcons can by no means play a traditional soccer recreation, however by some means that labored to their benefit throughout an prompt traditional Thursday Evening Soccer matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to start Week 5.
Atlanta beat the Bucs, 36-30, in additional time in one of many higher Thursday evening video games in current reminiscence. Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins was electrical, ending 42-for-58 (!) for 509 yards (!!) and 4 touchdowns, together with the walk-off in OT.
The Falcons marched down the sphere on their closing drive of regulation to get into subject purpose vary for Younghoe Koo. Then they took a delay of recreation penalty, as a result of they’re the Falcons. Koo booted a 52-yarder to pressure OT anyway, and that’s when Cousins was able to put the ending touches on his profession day.
In additional time, Cousins discovered KhaDarel Hodge, who took a brief cross all the way in which to the home for a 45-yard game-winning rating.
The followers in Atlanta erupted. Cousins responded by doing the one logical factor for a 36-year-old dork like himself: he tried his greatest to bop to “Swag Surfin’.”
Cool strikes, Kirk!
Right here’s a have a look at the game-winning landing cross. What a strike.
Cousins went viral earlier within the week for sounding just like the world’s lamest dad when speaking about discovering the Atlanta anthem:
Amazon’s Taylor Rooks even taught him the dance on the finish of a section that ran simply earlier than the sport.
Kirk Cousins advised me his teammates are studying that his swag is having no swag. However Kirk additionally doesn’t know methods to swag surf – and we needed to change that. pic.twitter.com/wDNwNXOfOX
— Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) October 4, 2024
Cousins had the final snort on this evening. It units a brand new document as the best passing yards whole in franchise historical past. It’s additionally the best passing whole for an NFL QB this season.
What an evening for Kirk Cousins. Please by no means present us your Soiled Chook.
