The Washington defense has been one of the more disappointing units in the NFL this season, with early expectations pegging them as one of the best squads in the league. However, we’ve seen something far from that, with four consecutive games of 30-plus points given up, and an inability to cover opposing receivers.
Both of those stats obviously can be attributed a lot to the secondary, but the defensive line hasn’t quite lived up to the billing either. In Week 1, they started things with a bang and racked up eight total sacks, but since then they’ve gone quiet, adding just seven in the four games since then. Despite all of the struggles as a team, DL Jonathan Allen has been incredibly effective throughout his fourth career season.
Jonathan Allen is a brick wall to RBs:
🧱 77.0 Tackling grade (1st)
🧱 14 Stops (1st)
🧱 0 Missed Tackles (t-1st) pic.twitter.com/dTxRaoFrTW— PFF Washington (@PFF_Washington) October 13, 2020
Washington hasn’t been great at stopping the run so far this year either, but it would be a whole lot worse had they not had Allen standing strong in the middle. With just one year left on his contract, Allen is yet again making a great case to get a nice chunk of guaranteed money from Washington in the future.
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