ASHBURN — To understand the shift in philosophy that happened Sunday regarding the Redskins’ defensive line, all one has to do is look at the snap counts from the team’s 31-17 win over the Green Bay Packers.
Jonathan Allen and Daron Payne played 65 and 64 defensive snaps, respectively — good for more than 90 percent of the defense’s 69 plays. Remember last year’s reliance of rotating defensive linemen in and out? Throw that out the window now.
Coach Jay Gruden and his defensive staff trusted Allen and Payne to be good enough to stop Aaron Rodgers and the Packers‘ offense.