Redskins v. Falcons Gameday Thread

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Originally Posted by NoCalHail

If there is one big concern right now to me it's that the running game doesn't seem to be working well at all. Did Lavao going down make that huge an impact? The pass blocking still seems sharp, but on run plays there is just nothing opening up. The few decent runs seem to happen merely due to the speed and quickness of Matt Jones.

Defenses are stacking the box hoping to stop the run and put Kirk behind the 8-ball. I'm hoping the return of Reed and Jackson will stop some of this since those two will make a defense suffer when Kirk audibles to a pass play into vacant spots.

Some of those defensemen were penetrating quickly.