FLOWERY BRANCH – Falcons free safety Robenson Therezie tied for the team-lead in tackles with five against the Texans and didn't look out of place in his first NFL start.
“He did a terrific job,” Falcons coach Dan Quinn said on Monday. “He had a really big hit on a pass breakup over the middle. Good tackler. We didn’t have any miss tackles for him and he had a pass breakup. I thought for his first time out it really looked like he fit in.”
Therezie, who made the team as an undrafted free agent from Auburn, started for Ricardo Allen, who was declared out with a knee injury.
”He made the checks, (got) the information out to the guys,” Quinn said. “He was right on point. I thought he did a really good job.”
Allen’s status for the game against Washington at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Georgia Dome is not known.
“We are really fired up for (Therezie),” Quinn said. “There wasn’t anything that he missed. It wasn’t too big for him. He was totally ready for the challenge and he performed the way we thought he would.”
Therezie’s play was noted by film review analytics site, profootballfocus.com.
“His plus-1.2 grade was eighth best amongst all the Falcons defenders on Sunday,” according to profootballfocus.com.
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