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ICYMI: Falcons must find their pass-rush swagger

By Staff Staff
Jan 23, 2016

Another season, another anemic pass rush for the Falcons.

No Falcons player has reached double-digits in sacks since John Abraham finished with 10 in 2012. The franchise has not had two players with double-digit sack totals in one season since Patrick Kerney (13) and Rod Coleman (11.5) terrorized quarterbacks in 2004.

The Falcons finished this season with an NFL-low 19 sacks. By comparison, the Falcons recorded 49 in 2004, a season that ended with an appearance in the NFC Championship game.

Falcons beat writer D. Orlando Ledbetter takes a look at the team's trouble with sacks. In his article, Ledbetter notes:

• What coach Dan Quinn thinks about sacks.

• The stats produced by some of the Falcons’ key defenders

• What Vic Beasley and Jonathan Babineaux think of the Falcons’ pass rush.

• How the defense coped without a strong pass rush.

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