The defensive line followed up their pretty good game against the Saints with a dominating performance against the Redskins front line. Granted, the Redskins possess one of the worst offensive lines, and offenses in general, in the NFL but give credit where its due. The defensive line put constant pressure on Jason Campbell from the opening drive, particularly in the first half. Jonathan Babineaux had a monster game with 10 total tackles and 2 and a half sacks. Kroy Biermann chipped in 2 tackles and a nasty sack to start the game and John Abraham collared half a sack as well. Jamaal Anderson continued his solid play against the run after moving pretty permanently to defensive tackle, and Trey Lewis got involved quite a bit as well. Vance Walker is certainly making the most of his opportunity in the NFL showing good speed out of a big body and definitely giving a preview that he might be in the lineup for rotation for good. Poor second half, especially third quarter, but that can be said for the entire team.
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The Birds got the usual tough performance from the linebacking corps. Mike Peterson led the way with 8 sol o tackles, Lofton had 8 total tackles, and Stephen Nicholas chipped in another 3 total stops as well. Along with the defensive line, the linebackers helped keep the Redskins under 100 yards combined rushing. The linebackers did give up several big third downs when Jason Campbell scrambled with his legs picking up 40 yards on the ground and some crucial first downs, particularly in the second half. This continues a bad trend on giving up yards on the ground to mobile QBs (remember Romo in Dallas?), especially with Donovan McNabb, Josh Freeman, Mark Sanchez, and Trent Edwards on the horizon. Welcome to the lineup and to Atlanta Tye Hill! What a home debut Tye Hill made in red and black in the Terror-Dome. Heads up play to catch the tipped pass for an interception, but the run back for a touchdown was pretty remarkable to see. 62 yard touchdown return that saw Hill make some pretty nice moves to cross the pylon. Surely its early, but it looks like Thomas Dimitroff may have done it again in snagging Hill with a seventh round draft pick. Many fans and this author included clamored for Hill to get in the lineup earlier, but Dominique Foxworth didn’t start until the seventh game. Chris Houston had 5 tackles and looked better than previous games and Chevis Jackson had a sack from the nickel slot, possibly taking over his role from last year. Erik Coleman had 7 tackles and Thomas DeCoud collared another 3 total tackles. The secondary got a lot of help from the front seven in terms of pressure and defended a pretty anemic passing attack, but give credit where its due, particularly from the most beleaguered unit on the team a couple of weeks ago. With rookies Chris Owens and William Moore on deck for next year, it appears the future may not be so dark in the secondary after all.
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