Those five sacks pushed Washington’s season total to 34, or a league-worst 5.7 per game entering Monday night, with at least four in every game. The debate over who is at fault — Offensive line mistakes! Offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s play calling! — isn’t going away, but the data points pointing toward Howell added up in Atlanta.
Howell’s average time to throw against the Falcons was a season-high 2.94 seconds, per TruMedia. That’s more in line with Week 1 against the Arizona Cardinals (2.90), when he took six sacks, and Week 2 versus the Denver Broncos (2.