Cousins guided the Falcons on a 70-yard drive in the final two minutes for a stunning road victory over the Philadelphia Eagles this past Monday night, looking very much like a guy who was worth that four-year, $180 million contract he received in free agency.

“It’s so important to find ways to win,” Cousins said. “That’s how you put together a great season. When you have these games that could go either way, you find a way to have it break your way. That’s the way this league is and so when we can find those inches, it can really change the tale of the season.”

Atlanta (1-1) will look to build on that momentum when it hosts the reigning champs in another prime-time game Sunday night.

“You want to play these moments and these big-time games,” said first-year Falcons coach Raheem Morris, whose team is looking to break a streak of six straight losing seasons since its last playoff appearance in 2017.

The Chiefs (2-0), of course, have been though plenty of big-time games over the last six years with Mahomes at the helm.

While the Falcons have been sitting at home, Kansas City has won three Super Bowl titles, lost another time in the Super Bowl and reached the AFC championship game the other two years.

The Chiefs are off to a winning start in their quest to become the first team ever to win three consecutive Super Bowls, though it’s been far from perfection.

In fact, they are two plays from being 0-2, with Mahomes conceding that his performance has not been up to par. He is averaging just 221 yards passing, with three touchdowns and three interceptions.

“I have to be better,” Mahomes said.

Kansas City held off the Baltimore Ravens 27-20 when an apparent tying touchdown on the final play of regulation was overturned by a video review.

Last weekend, it was another game that came down to the last play as Harrison Butker booted a 51-yard field goal for a 26-25 victory over Cincinnati after a pass interference penalty on the Bengals kept the drive going.

Par for the course in the Mahomes era.

“The fourth quarter is when you win games,” cornerback Trent McDuffie said. “No matter how much you’re down, how much you’re up … really just focusing on being at your best in the fourth quarter is what we’ve done our best here.”

Travis Kelce has just four catches for 39 yards through the first two games.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid insists the 34-year-old tight end has not lost a step, saying it’s more a matter of opposing teams designing their defenses to take him out of the game.

“He’ll get his catches,” Reid said. “It’s not that he’s slowing down.”

Kelce did have one long catch against the Bengals, but the play was called back by a penalty.

Kansas City running back Isiah Pacheco went down with an ankle injury last week, a loss that could dramatically change the design of the Chiefs offense.

Pacheco was a versatile, every-down back, while his backups, Carson Steele and Samaje Perine, have more specific skill sets. Steele, an undrafted rookie, is at his best playing power football. Perine excels catching passes out of the backfield.

On the Falcons side, Bijan Robinson has shown plenty of skills in his two seasons with Atlanta, whether it’s running the ball or shifting outside to catch passes.

Add blocking to the list. Robinson delivered a crushing hit on Philadelphia’s Nolan Smith last week, demonstrating that he’s a weapon with or without the ball in his hands.

“That’s the vision for Bijan,” Morris said. “Bijan can always catch the ball off the backfield. Bijan has always been known as a runner. Now him developing to this pass pro guy, and also being able to help out with some of the chips … whatever’s called upon, Bijan can do.”