Falcons vs Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks (1-2) offense played much better, but the Atlanta Falcons (1-2) have their first win of the season. An atrocious defensive effort saw ...

Geno Smith then took a sack by Grady Jarrett on 3rd and 7, setting up 4th and 18. A promising Seahawks drive was blown up by a holding penalty on Damien Lewis. Ultimately the drive stalled inside the 10 and Jason Myers was brought on to give the Seahawks the lead again. He got another 18 to put the Falcons in the red zone. They got into field goal range but a false start penalty and a strip sack by Darrell Taylor put Younghoe Koo in the difficult position of making a 54-yard kick, but he was up to the challenge. His next pass was a dart to DK Metcalf for the tying touchdown, as DK high-pointed the ball for the score. For the first time all season, the Seahawks defense forced a three-and-out. Geno Smith hit a couple of first down throws to DK Metcalf and Colby Parkinson, the latter of which was a 30+ yard catch-and-run on a well-disguised play-action fake on 3rd and 1. Thankfully, the Falcons committed a slew of penalties and Coby Bryant also got his first career sack on a punishing nickel corner blitz to force Atlanta into a field goal attempt, which Younghoe Koo converted. Jackson held Pitts in the end zone to move the ball to the 1-yard line, and Mariota ran it in on the next play. Geno Smith threw a dime to DK Metcalf on the outside to get Seattle close to the red zone. Geno’s lofted 3rd down pass into the end zone for Metcalf was knocked away by AJ Terrell, so Jason Myers came on and made a short field goal.

Get a recap of the Atlanta Falcons vs. Seattle Seahawks football game.

[Grady Jarrett](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2576492/grady-jarrett) then sacked Smith on third down, and his fourth-down pass for [Tyler Lockett](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2577327/tyler-lockett) was overthrown and picked off by Grant. Players were sent to the sidelines before the game resumed. “That's on me, in that situation being smarter with the football,” Mariota said. It was the fourth time in Smith’s career topping 300 yards passing and the first since the 2014 season. “Seattle did a great job early on kind of boxing us in and we made some plays in the passing game. A key holding penalty on Was a terrific football game that went back and forth, and there’s a lot of good things that happened in this game. Seattle called timeout before deciding to kick, rather than go for it. Mariota was 13 of 20 passing for 223 yards and his touchdown throw to London. Patterson had a key play sequence running for 40 and 18 yards that led to They’ll head back home after managing to avoid joining Las Vegas as the only 0-3 teams in the league. I told them there’s no way I’m coming home with a ‘L,’” Patterson said.

Kyle Pitts, Drake London, Cordarrelle Patterson and Grady Jarrett make big plays in 27-23 victory at Lumen Field.

We saw Kyle Pitts featured a ton in this Week 3 contest, but he wasn't the only big-name Falcons skill player to make an impact. Pitts remained impactful on third down, in the middle of the field and farther deep. He ended up with a career high141 rushing yards on just 17 carries in this one, with some nifty runs throughout. Pitts was targeted a ton, especially in the early going, and finished with his biggest game of this early season. The Falcons called for a deep shot to Kyle Pitts on the first offensive play. After a week's worth of talk about the star tight end not being involved enough, was that a coincidence?

The Atlanta Falcons will enter Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks looking to get their first victory of the season. Carrying 54 players on the ...

He suffered an injury in last week's loss against the San Francisco 49ers and it will keep him out of today's game against the Falcons. Cordarrelle Patterson led the way with 131 rushing yards. [Click Here.](https://www.si.com/nfl/falcons/) [due to a personal matter and was ruled out](https://www.si.com/nfl/falcons/news/atlanta-falcons-elijah-wilkinson-out-injury-report-seattle-seahawks-colby-gossett). [who was elevated from the practice squad to the active roster on Saturday](https://www.si.com/nfl/falcons/news/atlanta-transactions-trade-sign-waive-cut-ir-injury-moves-rumors-tracker). [Atlanta Falcons](https://www.si.com/nfl/falcons/news/atlanta-falcons-vs-seattle-seahawks-preview-inconsistent-defense-geno-smith-arthur-smith) (0-2) will cap off a two-game, week-long road trip when they battle with the [Seattle Seahawks (1-1) at Lumen Field](https://www.si.com/nfl/falcons/news/atlanta-falcons-vs-seattle-seahawks-week-3-how-to-watch-injury-report-betting-lines).

Falcons vs. Seahawks: Game stopped temporarily due to drone flying over Lumen Stadium in Seattle.

Running back Cordarrelle Patterson led the team with a career-high 141 rushing yards [27-23 win over the Seahawks](https://thefalconswire.usatoday.com/lists/falcons-cordarrelle-patterson-seahawks-week-3/) to move to 1-2 on the season. [Atlanta Falcons](https://thefalconswire.usatoday.com/lists/falcons-twitter-seahawks-week-3-nfl-fans/) were on the verge of getting their first win of the season in Week 3, but the game was stopped by the officials midway through the fourth quarter when a drone was spotted flying over Lumen Field in Seattle.

Sunday's Week 3 matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Falcons at Lumen Field has been temporarily delayed because of a drone flying over the ...

Rookie wide receiver Drake London also caught three passes for 54 yards and one score. Atlanta went on to win the game and poke fun at the incident on Twitter: He also rushed for four yards and a score.

A drone sighting grounded the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks game for a good chunk of time during the late fourth quarter.

That was later clarified to be a rogue drone hovering over Lumen Field, which sent both sets of players to the sidelines until the situation could get resolved. The advent of drones has created a new wrinkle to game day security, with Sunday’s Falcons/Seahawks game a good reminder of the new terrain we’re in with live sports. The Seahawks and Falcons have had to clear the field temporarily in Seattle due to a drone flying over the field.— Field Yates (@FieldYates)