Kirk Cousins threw a career-high 509 yards for 4 touchdowns because the Atlanta Falcons secured a sensational 36-30 time beyond regulation win towards the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Falcons, trailing 30-27 with one second left on the clock within the closing quarter, compelled time beyond regulation when Younghoe Koo hit a 52-yard area objective.
The Bucs paid the worth for dropping the coin toss in time beyond regulation and didn’t have possession once more.
Cousins twice discovered Drake London because the Falcons progressed to the endzone and he put a 45-yard cross by the center for KhaDarel Hodge to safe the win.
The 36-year-old grew to become solely the twenty second quarterback in NFL historical past to throw for 500 yards or extra, shifting fifteenth on the all-time record.
Norm Van Brocklin holds the document, with 554 yards for the Los Angeles Rams towards the New York Yanks in 1951.
“I unfold it round and the gamers made performs,” stated Cousins, who joined the Falcons in a four-year deal earlier this 12 months.
“I am grateful for the progress we have made. We’re getting higher and higher every week.”
The win was the Falcons’ third of the season, after successful two and dropping two of their first 4 matches.
“I’m happy with the grit,” Cousins stated.
“On this league, that is what it takes. We have been gritty tonight.”