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Osi Umenyiora appreciates six-sack performance by Falcons' Adrian Clayborn

Former All-Pro pass-rusher Osi Umenyiora couldn't help but applaud Adrian Clayborn when watching clips from Sunday's NFL games.

Umenyiora, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the New York Giants who finished his career in Atlanta, watched the Falcons' defensive end sack Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott six times. It marked the first time a player recorded six sacks in a game since Umenyiora did the same against Philadelphia in 2007.

"Man, that was crazy," Umenyiora, now a sports television personality in London, said Monday regarding Clayborn's performance. "I know how difficult something like that is.