Philadelphia Eagles vs. Atlanta Falcons: Box score, stats and summary feat. Saquon Barkley

The Philadelphia Eagles took on the Atlanta Falcons for their first home game of the season and Saquon Barkley's debut in front of his new adoring supporters. After defeating the Green Bay Packers in Brazil, the running back has been the toast of town after contributing to three touchdowns in that game. His efforts resulted in the Eagles coming into Week 2 with a 1-0 record.

The Falcons, meanwhile, had a sobering start. Kirk Cousins was supposed to make them immediate playoff contenders but they just scored 10 points as the former Minnesota Vikings quarterback looked uncomfortable coming back from an Achilles injury on his right foot. They scored just 10 points as the Pittsburgh Steelers won the game with 18 of their own.

Thus, Monday Night Football in Week 2 featured two teams considered dark horses before the season but who were coming off of varying results.

Here is how the action went down:

Falcons vs. Eagles box scores

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	6	9	7	22
Eagles	0	7	3	11	21

Falcons box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG
Kirk Cousins	20/29	241	8.3	2	0	117.2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Bijan Robinson	14	97	6.9	0	19
Tyler Allgeier	9	53	5.9	0	15
Ray-Ray McCloud III	1	3	3	0	3
Kirk Cousins	4	-1	-0.3	0	1
Team	28	152	5.4	0	19

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Drake London	6	54	9	1	19	7
Darnell Mooney	3	88	29.3	1	41	7
Ray-Ray McCloud III	3	42	14	0	18	5
Tyler Allgeier	1	12	12	0	12	1
Bijan Robinson	4	25	6.3	0	13	5
Kyle Pitts	3	20	6.7	0	11	4
Team	20	241	12.1	2	41	29

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
Jessie Bates III	12	7	0	1	2	0	0
Kaden Elliss	11	6	0	0	0	0	0
Troy Andersen	9	5	0	0	0	0	0
A.J. Terrell	7	7	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Judon	6	3	1	2	0	1	0
Dee Alford	5	4	0	0	1	0	0
Justin Simmons	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Hughes	5	3	0	0	1	0	0
Arnold Ebiketie	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Onyemata	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grady Jarrett	2	2	0	0	0	3	0
Ta'Quon Graham	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Goldman	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
KhaDarel Hodge	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin King	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
James Smith-Williams	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Richie Grant	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Clark Phillips III	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	76	48	1	4	5	5	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Younghoe Koo	"3/3"	100	39	"1/1"	10

Eagles box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG
Jalen Hurts	23/30	183	6.1	1	1	88.6

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Saquon Barkley	22	95	4.3	0	11
Jalen Hurts	13	85	6.5	1	23
Kenneth Gainwell	2	6	3	0	4
Team	37	186	5	1	23

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
DeVonta Smith	7	76	10.9	1	19	9
Dallas Goedert	3	38	12.7	0	16	4
Britain Covey	6	23	3.8	0	9	6
Saquon Barkley	4	21	5.3	0	10	5
Grant Calcaterra	2	19	9.5	0	15	2
Jahan Dotson	1	6	6	0	6	1
Johnny Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	23	183	8	1	19	29

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
Reed Blankenship	10	9	0	0	0	0	0
Zack Baun	9	7	0	0	0	0	0
Nakobe Dean	7	5	0	0	0	0	0
C.J. Gardner-Johnson	6	3	0	0	0	0	0
Darius Slay Jr.	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Sweat	4	2	0	0	0	1	0
Thomas Booker IV	3	3	0	2	0	0	0
Quinyon Mitchell	3	2	0	0	1	0	0
Milton Williams	2	2	1	1	0	1	0
Jordan Davis	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Britain Covey	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nolan Smith Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Will Shipley	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Avonte Maddox	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Moro Ojomo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Carter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
team	59	41	1	3	4	2	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jake Elliott	"2/2"	100	29	"1/1"	7

Falcons vs. Eagles game summary

The Eagles welcomed the Falcons to Philadelphia and in the first quarter, both teams felt each other out as the scoreboard refused to tick. An early chance for a field goal was spurned by Nick Sirianni and his coaching staff as they sought to lay down a marker of their intentions and they failed to convert a fourth down in the red zone.

In the second quarter, things started heating up a bit as the Falcons scored a field goal and the Eagles had a touchdown. With the score 7-3, Cousins had the chance to throw for a score in the two-minute warning but decided to play it safe as they were receiving the ball to begin the second half. A late field goal meant that Philadelphia went into the break ahead 7-6.

In the third quarter, both kickers had a field goal each but Atlanta managed to score a touchdown too, going up 15-10. They tried a two-point conversion that failed as they attempted to open up a seven-point lead.

But the main action and thrills came in the final quarter. The Eagles were roaring down the field with fans cheering and had a touchdown and a field goal to move ahead by 21-15. A fumble by Bijan Robinson that was recovered should have been enough for Philadelphia to run down the clock.

They nearly did that but Saquon Barkley dropped a dime from Jalen Hurts that would have given them a touchdown within the two-minute warning and ended the game.

Instead, it stopped the clock with more than one-and-a-half minutes left for Kirk Cousins to engineer a drive, which he did with some aplomb. The conversion gave the Falcons a 22-21 lead with half a minute remaining. Jalen Hurts tried to get the Eagles in field goal range but threw an interception to allow the Falcons to exhaust the clock. What started as a slow burner ended as a barn burner.