Atlanta Falcons beat Oakland Raiders 35-28

After a slow first half, theAtlanta Falconsoffense came alive against the Raiders for the first time this season and got a big away win.

Matt Ryanthrew three touchdowns in what was the Atlanta Falcons breakout offensive performance of the 2016 season before their defense held firm in the dying minutes to prevent the Raiders from their second last-minute comeback in two weeks.

Ryanthrew touchdown passes toJulio Jones,Jacob Tammeand the go-ahead score toJustin Hardymidway through the 4th quarter. He also completed 26 out of 34 passes for 396 yards.

Devonta Freemanalso rushed for 93 yards on 17 carries as theFalconswere able to pull together a complete offensive performance and rack up over 500 yards of offense against an Oakland defense that has now given up 35 points in each of its two games this season.

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TheFalconscertainly rode their luck a little bit throughout the second half.Hardy’stouchdown was initially meant forTevin Colemanbefore a big deflection led to it looping intoHardy’shands while he was waiting in the end zone.

On the following possession, Raiders receiverAmari Cooperwas ruled to have stepped out of bound before catching what would have been a 51 yard touchdown pass. The Raiders argued thatCooperhad been forced out byFalconscornerDesmond Trufantbut the call stood and the Raiders failed to convert a 4 and 2 shortly after.

Shortly after that,Tevin Coleman’stouchdown run, put the Raiders 2 touchdowns behind with less than 5 minutes to go and essentially ended the game despite a lateAndre Homestouchdown.

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The victory takes theFalconsto a 1-1 record before a big away game next week against their division rival New Orleans Saints who dropped to 0-2 after a loss this week to the New York Giants.

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