Last week we discussed how terrible the Atlanta Falcons o-line looked and how they needed to protect Ryan better. In Thursday’s game against the Washington Redskins, they did just that.
It wasn’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it was certainly better than last weeks performance. James Carpenter‘s presence along the line was a boost. The rotation between Carpenter and Jamon Brown helped to give Ryan time to throw and gave the running backs some open space to run. Ito Smith in particular had a strong performance that all but insured he would be the back-up to Devonta Freeman for the season.