After posting 7.5 sacks in his rookie season, Washington Football Team defensive end Chase Young is off to a considerably slow start in 2021. He hasn’t recorded a sack and his tackle numbers are stuck in the single digits.
But during Sunday’s Week 4 matchup against the Atlanta Falcons, it sure looked like that drought came to an end at the most opportune time. The call just didn’t go Young’s way.
With the Falcons going for it on fourth and two, a scrambling Matt Ryan tried to get the ball away before Young reached him. Young appeared to catch Ryan up high while missing a tackle. In an awfully delayed response, though, Ryan’s knee went down before he threw a pass that got picked off. But none of that mattered because the officials flagged Young for roughing the passer.
