{"id":286263,"date":"2024-12-17T09:12:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T06:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/?p=286263"},"modified":"2024-12-17T09:12:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T06:12:03","slug":"kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kirk Cousins threw his first touchdown pass since Nov. 3 and Bijan Robinson rushed for 125 yards on 22 carries to help the Atlanta Falcons notch a 15-9 victory over the host Las Vegas Raiders on Monday night.<\/div>\n
KhaDarel Hodge got his hand on two Las Vegas punts and Drake London had a scoring reception as the Falcons (7-7) halted a four-game slide. Jessie Bates III made a game-ending interception for Atlanta, which is one game behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC South.<\/div>\n
\n
Cousins completed 11 of 17 passes for 112 yards, one score and one interception. He has been picked off nine times over the past five games.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Desmond Ridder, who was Atlanta’s starting quarterback last season, was 23 of 39 for 208 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for the Raiders (2-12) while starting in place of injured Aidan O’Connell (knee).<\/div>\n
Ridder was the team’s leading rusher with 28 yards on five attempts as the club lost its 10th straight game.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
The Raiders were trailing by 12 before Ridder drove them 68 yards on nine plays, hitting Ameer Abdullah on a 5-yard scoring pass to pull Las Vegas within 15-9 with 2:54 left. Atlanta’s Kevin King blocked the extra-point attempt.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The Raiders took over for a final chance with 1:50 remaining and reached the Atlanta 35-yard line before the second of two throws into the end zone was intercepted by Bates.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Cousins ended his touchdown-pass drought with a 30-yard strike to London with 14 seconds left in the first quarter.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Also Read:\u00a0Jesse Luketa Siblings: A Look at the NFL Player’s Large Family<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
\n
Las Vegas got on the board when Daniel Carlson booted a 52-yard field goal with 11:44 remaining in the first half.<\/div>\n
The Falcons increased their lead to 9-3 when Zach Harrison tackled Alexander Mattison in the end zone for a safety with 5:35 left before halftime.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Hodge got his hand on a punt in the second quarter that caromed forward for 30 yards. In the third quarter, he blocked AJ Cole’s punt to set up a 40-yard field goal by Younghoe Koo.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Koo added a 48-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to make it a 12-point margin.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Field Level Media<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kirk Cousins threw his first touchdown pass since Nov. 3 and Bijan Robinson rushed for 125 yards on 22 carries to help the Atlanta Falcons notch a 15-9 victory over the host Las Vegas Raiders on Monday night. KhaDarel Hodge got his hand on two Las Vegas punts and Drake London had a scoring reception<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":286264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188910,61],"tags":[179529,165449],"class_list":{"0":"post-286263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"category-sports","9":"tag-kirk-cousins","10":"tag-nfl"},"yoast_head":"\nKirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid - KahawaTungu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"KahawaTungu Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid Kirk Cousins, SPORTS NFL, United States\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KahawaTungu Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid Kirk Cousins, SPORTS NFL, United States\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"KahawaTungu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KahawaTungu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-17T06:12:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SCA46BLK3JJY7JX7PPUOLCB6NM.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"KahawaTungu Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Kahawatungu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Kahawatungu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"KahawaTungu Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/\",\"name\":\"Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid - KahawaTungu\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-17T06:12:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-17T06:12:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe0506e3c95f8287907ffbba4047da4\"},\"description\":\"KahawaTungu Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid Kirk Cousins, SPORTS NFL, United States\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/\",\"name\":\"KahawaTungu\",\"description\":\"Bitter! Sweet!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe0506e3c95f8287907ffbba4047da4\",\"name\":\"KahawaTungu Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7dce3203967b7860bc7e40c5d1231839?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7dce3203967b7860bc7e40c5d1231839?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"KahawaTungu Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/author\/linda\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid - KahawaTungu","description":"KahawaTungu Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid Kirk Cousins, SPORTS NFL, United States","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid","og_description":"KahawaTungu Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid Kirk Cousins, SPORTS NFL, United States","og_url":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/","og_site_name":"KahawaTungu","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KahawaTungu","article_published_time":"2024-12-17T06:12:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":640,"url":"http:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SCA46BLK3JJY7JX7PPUOLCB6NM.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"KahawaTungu Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Kahawatungu","twitter_site":"@Kahawatungu","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"KahawaTungu Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/","url":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/","name":"Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid - KahawaTungu","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-12-17T06:12:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-17T06:12:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe0506e3c95f8287907ffbba4047da4"},"description":"KahawaTungu Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid Kirk Cousins, SPORTS NFL, United States","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/kirk-cousins-led-falcons-defeat-raiders-to-halt-4-game-skid\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kirk Cousins-led Falcons defeat Raiders to halt 4-game skid"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/","name":"KahawaTungu","description":"Bitter! Sweet!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe0506e3c95f8287907ffbba4047da4","name":"KahawaTungu Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7dce3203967b7860bc7e40c5d1231839?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7dce3203967b7860bc7e40c5d1231839?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"KahawaTungu Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/author\/linda\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kahawatungu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}