What a moment KhaDarel Hodge had on
Thursday Night Football . Unexpectedly thrust into duty for a banged-up Drake London, the little-used Atlanta Falcons receiver caught a stop route, turned on the afterburners and outran the entire Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense for a walk-off touchdown in overtime. That punctuated an epic 509-yard passing night for Kirk Cousins, who was Swag Surfin' by the end. https://twitter.com/AtlantaFalcons/status/1842045765176205453 In case this NFL season hasn't been weird enough, Atlanta had zero business winning this game. Fitting then that Hodge had a near-zero chance of scoring on the play. https://twitter.com/NextGenStats/status/1842048026476437576 https://twitter.com/NextGenStats/status/1842051457501299079 The unfortunate side plot to all this came afterwards. Apparently
fans didn't learn from the horrifying fight at Mercedes-Benz Stadium this past Sunday. Hodge was just trying to celebrate his shining moment on camera, only to pan to a bunch of spectators throwing fists behind him: https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1842049714327609705 Here we have an alternate angle of the chaos that was happening behind Hodge. https://twitter.com/carlosgil83/status/1842048381058727995 WHAT IS WRONG with you people!? Can't really tell who's who in the zoo in terms of what's going on with this latest scuffle. I'm over it, man. Fights at sporting events? That sort of energy? It's just not f*****g for me. Anyway, how about all
the narratives Kirk Cousins is killing this year? He ripped the Eagles' hearts out in prime time with a game-winning drive. Now this 500-yard masterpiece against the Bucs? We're still a few weeks out from the one-year mark when Cousins initially tore his Achilles. It's absurd how well he's playing under the health-related circumstances, never mind the zero margin for error with division-winning expectations and a top-10 pick in Michael Penix Jr. waiting in the wings. I'd rather focus on the positives for long-suffering Falcons fans, who got this most improbable victory on the night Matt Ryan was inducted into the team's Ring of Honor. Fitting that Matty Ice was on hand to see Atlanta's next star QB finally take up the mantle years after Ryan's departure. https://twitter.com/AtlantaFalcons/status/1842065997571743839 And oh by the way, KhaDarel Hodge is a great story in his own right. https://twitter.com/AtlantaFalcons/status/1842073811451080851 https://twitter.com/AlbertBreer/status/1842055282907607349 Just don't fight in the stands, y'all. It's pretty simple. Enjoy being at an NFL game in the year 2024. It should be a beautiful thing that brings people together, not where you take out your repressed rage on a total stranger.
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