Early in the second quarter of Sunday's Redskins-Saints matchup, as each team seemingly couldn't stop scoring, the 75,086 in attendance at FedExField probably thought they were going to be treated to a high-scoring nail biter between two clicking offenses.
But the Redskins' defense put on the clamps from that point, while their offense didn't slow down one bit.
Washington turned in its most solid all-around performance on Sunday in their 47-14 victory over New Orleans, improving its record to 4-5 on the season heading into next Sunday's showdown on the road against the NFC's top team, the Carolina Panthers.