Need to Know: Amerson’s pick six Redskins’ defensive highlight Here is what you need to know on this Monday, September 30, 13 days before the Redskins visit the Cowboys on Sunday night. Nickel coverage Five things to know about the Redskins defense yesterday: 1. Before we get too deep into this here, it must be noted that the Raiders’ offense isn’t one that will terrify opposing defense when all of the key members were playing. Throw into the evaluation the fact that they were playing with journeyman Matt Flynn at quarterback with Terrelle Pryor out with a concussion and that Darren McFadden left the game after just five carries with a hamstring and you have an even more ineffective unit. 2. The Redskins got seven sacks, the most they have had in a game since Week 4 of the 2011 season. Brian Orakpo, Ryan Kerrigan, and Barry Cofield got two each. Cofield had only 2.5 sacks all of last season. Some of the takedowns of Flynn were the result of quick pressure while others happened thanks to solid coverage that left the quarterback with no place to go. 3. Rookie David Amerson made the most of his first career interception, taking it back 45 yards for the Redskins’ first touchdown of the game. It was the longest pick six by a Redskins rookie since Champ Bailey took one 59 yards to the house in 1999. The Redskins also took the ball away in the fourth quarter when Kerrigan got a sack and strip of Flynn and Barry Cofield recovered the ball. For the first time this year Robert Griffin III did not throw an interception. The Redskins lost one fumble and they had a positive turnover ratio for the first time this year. 4. After giving up an average of 488 yards per game in their first three games, the most in NFL history to start out a season, the Redskins gave up 298 to the Raiders. Oakland garnered just 130 yards of offense in the second half. The Raiders’ one scoring drive lasted 10 players. Other than that they didn’t run more than seven plays on any other their other 13 possessions. 5. If you factor the seven sacks and the 33 yards lost on them, the Raiders gained just 5.0 yards per pass play. The Redskins had allowed a league-worst 8.5 yards per pass play coming into the game. Flynn’s passer rating for the game was a pedestrian 83.7 compared to the opposing passer rating of 120 for the season to date, also the worst in the NFL. Stat of the day —Through four games, Pierre Garçon has 29 receptions, the most by a Redskin through the team’s first four games in the Super Bowl era.
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:04:52 +0000
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