The Falcons go on the highway to face an previous foe, one which has had a historical past of brutalizing them of their early historical past and has form of gotten again to these previous methods in current reminiscence within the Washington Commanders. Washington presently owns an 18-10-1 lead within the face to face sequence.
The at-one-point Redskins made it a sport to fully wail on the Falcons earlier than the flip of the millennia. They set the tone early by profitable 5 and tying as soon as within the first six ever conferences, by way of 1977, earlier than Steve Bartkowski lastly helped Atlanta break by way of with a victory in 1978.
General, Washington received 14 matchups to Atlanta’s three by way of 1993, together with a 24-7 victory within the 1991 Divisional Spherical of the playoffs (the one face to face playoff matchup between these two groups). Washington and their well-known “hogs” went on to win the Tremendous Bowl that yr, their third underneath the management of the legendary Joe Gibbs.
Atlanta lastly discovered some success within the Matt Ryan period, beating Washington six straight instances between 2006-2018 (5 of these wins got here with Ryan underneath middle), with a kind of wins coming in 2015 when Robert Alford secured a decide 6 in opposition to Kirk Cousins in additional time to hold the Falcons to a 5-0 begin to that season.
We’ve gotten again to some instances of previous of late, with the Washington Soccer Group turned Commanders profitable the final three video games in a row, nonetheless.
Final Assembly
The Falcons had been driving a excessive going into Week 6 in opposition to the Commanders final season, having simply crushed the Houston Texans behind Desmond Ridder’s greatest ever recreation as a professional.
Ridder picked up proper the place he left off from, main an 11-play drive and capping it off with a rating to Kyle Pitts on Atlanta’s first offensive possession as some thought that he could have lastly began figuring issues out within the NFL.
These ideas would show to be brief lived, as Atlanta’s offense started to sputter and out of the blue needed to play from behind as Washington’s Sam Howell related on three landing passes in fast succession to assist the group go into the fourth quarter with a 24-10 lead.
The Falcons pulled one landing again and had their alternatives because the protection pressured three fourth punts, however two Ridder fourth quarter interceptions (together with an egregious one ultimately zone) gave Atlanta a really bitter defeat.
