The Lions face the Falcons in London this week, and although Reggie Bush says he's fine, he spent a lot of the Saints game on the sideline nursing an ankle injury. Sounds like Joique Bell could have a featured role, and he'll be facing a run defense that's really bad.
Atlanta ranks 27th against the run -- bad, certainly, but one of a number of bad run defenses. But through 7 games, they've allowed 13 rushing scores, and that's even worse. That's 5 more than any other team, and more than twice as many as most of the league's teams.
RUN DEFENSES ALLOWING, 2014 | ||
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Team | Yards | TD |
Atlanta | 139 | 13 |
Carolina | 138 | 8 |
NY Giants | 122 | 8 |
Cleveland | 156 | 7 |
Green Bay | 148 | 7 |
Indianapolis | 97 | 7 |
Tampa Bay | 128 | 7 |
Cincinnati | 146 | 6 |
Minnesota | 118 | 6 |
New Orleans | 103 | 6 |
Oakland | 145 | 6 |
Pittsburgh | 113 | 6 |
Tennessee | 120 | 6 |
Chicago | 109 | 5 |
Denver | 74 | 5 |
Jacksonville | 110 | 5 |
St. Louis | 145 | 5 |
Arizona | 73 | 4 |
Dallas | 113 | 4 |
Houston | 119 | 4 |
Miami | 100 | 4 |
New England | 126 | 4 |
San Francisco | 82 | 4 |
Baltimore | 87 | 3 |
Detroit | 73 | 3 |
San Diego | 107 | 3 |
Seattle | 86 | 3 |
Washington | 107 | 3 |
NY Jets | 88 | 2 |
Philadelphia | 124 | 2 |
Buffalo | 81 | 0 |
Kansas City | 118 | 0 |
--Andy Richardson