ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers established early that Thursday night’s game would be an offensive slugfest with both teams scoring touchdowns on their first possessions, so it seemed fitting the NFC South showdown would be decided by a long TD pass.
Kirk Cousins threw his fourth touchdown of the game, a 45-yard score to KhaDarel Hodge , who had entered the contest after an injury to Drake London , to give the Falcons a 36-30 overtime victory.
Younghoe Koo ‘s 52-yard field goal as time expired in regulation forced overtime, and Cousins took care of the rest as he set a franchise record with 509 passing yards to lift Atlanta (3-2) into a tie atop the division.
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The difference between making the playoffs and not, between winning a division and not, lies in games like this one, and Atlanta has already had its share of them…