MATT RYAN and Kyle Pitts made it a super Sunday for Atlanta Falcons at Tottenham. Veteran quarterback Ryan threw two first-half touchdowns and rookie Pitts scored the first of his career in a 27-20 win over New York Jets. NFL returned to London with a bang after a year off due to Covid with the first of two games at Spurs' new stadium in front of 60,589 fans. Gridiron supporters were treated to a spectacular show with the US national anthem sang from the roof of the stadium and a military flyover. The action on the field threatened to be just as one sided as Oleksandr Usyk's win over Anthony Joshua at the same Spurs stadium a fortnight ago. Ryan hit rookie tight end Pitts on a two-yard pass for his first ever NFL touchdown to give the Falcons an early lead. And the veteran quarterback doubled his tally in the second quarter when he found the other starting tight end Hayden Hurst in the end zone on a 17-yard score. The 36-year-old became just the seventh man in NFL history to complete 5,000 passes. Atlanta were missing two of their leading wide receivers in Calvin Ridley and Russell Gage… Read full this story
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