The Washington Redskins are not a great football team, but they have been legitimately great at one thing in particular over the last month or so: Stopping opposing running backs. In succession, Washington has shut down Saquon Barkley, Ezekiel Elliott, and a high-powered Carolina rushing attack,
That’s why I’m not particularly optimistic that Atlanta’s going to get the ground game going against Washington, though that’s not how they’re going to win this game in the first place. They’re 30th in the NFL in rushing yards per game with a pretty anemic 83.