Preview: Washington Redskins @ Atlanta Falcons

by KevinE on Nov 7, 2009 1:00 PM EST in Previews Comment 2 comments

Week 9 - Sunday, November 8, 2009, 1PM

SERIES

	REDSKINS	FALCONS
SERIES LEADER	14-5-1
STREAKS		2 of past 3
COACHES VS. OPP.	Zorn: 0-0	Smith: 0-0
LAST WEEK	Bye (Wk. 7: L 27-17 vs. Eagles)	L 35-27 at Saints
LAST GAME	12/3/06: Falcons 24 at Redskins 14. Atlanta QB Michael Vick throws for 2 TDs & RB Jerious Norwood rushes for 109 yards & TD as Falcons score 24 unanswered points in win.
LAST GAME AT SITE	9/14/03: Redskins 33, Falcons 31. Washington QB Patrick Ramsey completes 25 of 39 passes for 356 yards & 2 TDs. Redskins start season 2-0 for 1st time since 1991.
BROADCAST	FOX (1:00 PM ET): Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 152 (Was.), 125 (Atl.). XM: 102 (Atl.).

SEASON STATS

PASSING	Campbell: 136-206-1,481-8-7-85.8	Ryan: 139-233-1,649-12-9-82.4
RUSHING	Portis: 120-490-4.1-1	Turner: 138-554-4.0-8 (3L)
RECEIVING	Moss: 28-453-16.2-2	White: 37-543-14.7-6 (T2L)
OFFENSE	296.0	339.9
TAKE/GIVE	-8	+4
DEFENSE	283.4 (T2C)	378.1
SACKS	Carter: 6.5 (T3C)	Abraham, Biermann: 3
INTs	Hall: 3	DeCoud: 2
PUNTING	H. Smith: 43.4	Koenen: 42.7
KICKING	Suisham: 36 (9/10 PAT; 9/9 FG)	Elam: 39 (21/22 PAT; 6/10 FG)

NOTES

REDSKINS:
QB JASON CAMPBELL has 1.8 INT pct. since start of 2008, 2nd best mark among QBs with 700+ att
RB LADELL BETTS rushed for 155 yards & TD in last game vs. ATL
WR SANTANA MOSS had 7 catches for 123 yards (17.6 avg.) & TD in last meeting. Averages 15.3 yards per catch since 2001, highest among active WRs (min. 450 receptions).
TE FRED DAVIS had career-high 8 catches & 78 yards in last game, incl. 1st career TD
CB DE ANGELO HALL was 1st round pick (No. 8) by Atl. in 2004. Spent 4 seasons with Falcons (2004-07) & had 17 INTs (2 TDs).
DE ANDRE CARTER has 5.5 sacks in past 3. Aims for 4th in row with 1+ sack.
LB BRIAN ORAKPO leads all NFL rookies with 3.5 sacks

FALCONS: QB MATT RYAN is 10-1 (.909) in career at home & aims for 7th consecutive win at home. Falcons are 8-0 when Ryan has 100+ rating, incl. 5-0 at home…
RB MICHAEL TURNER rushed for 151 yards & TD last week. Has 16 rush TDs in 11 home games with Atl. Has 1,232 rush yards (112 per game) in those 11. When Turner has 19+ carries, his teams are 14-2 (.875).
RB JERIOUS NORWOOD rushed for 107 yards & had 69-yard TD in last meeting
WR RODDY WHITE has 19 catches for 392 yards (98 per game) in past 4 in Nov. Has 5 TDs in past 4, incl. 68-yard TD last week. Aims for 3rd in row at home with TD.
TE TONY GONZALEZ had 6 catches for 89 yards last week. Has TD in all 3 home games with ATL
DE JOHN ABRAHAM has 87 sacks since 2000, 2nd most among active players. Had 2 sacks vs. Was. in 9/4/03 game (with NYJ).
S THOMAS DE COUD has 2 INTs, 2 sacks & FF in past 3. His sack & FF set up DE KROY BIERMANN’s 4-yard FR-TD last week.
CB BRENT GRIMES had 2nd career INT last week.