Here’s a fun fact: Through his first two seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, Brooks Reed had exactly two regular season sacks. If you had given up on him ever being anything more than a decent (albeit expensive) rotational guy, I can’t exactly blame you.
That said, the talent has always been there for Reed to be more. He had a lapse against Tarik Cohen in this game, but he also quietly had one of the better pass rushing days for these Falcons, until it wasn’t so quiet any more. Reed finished with two sacks, which equals his career total in Atlanta, and the last one could not have been more vital.