Turner helps carry Falcons to win over Redskins
ATLANTA - Michael Turner is looking a lot more like he did a year ago. DeAngelo Hall might want to keep his mouth shut the next time he faces his former team.
Turner ran for a season-high 166 yards, breaking away from Hall on a 58-yard touchdown that finished off Washington early in the fourth quarter, and the Atlanta Falcons snapped a two-game losing streak by beating the Redskins, 31-17, yesterday.
Hall, who made two Pro Bowls playing for the Falcons from 2004-07, yapped away all week about how Atlanta treated him unfairly before a trade to Oakland. He didn't even make it through one season with the Raiders and landed in Washington.
Turner and the Falcons (5-3) got the last laugh. The burly running back broke off two long touchdown runs, also scoring from 30 yards out as the Falcons built a 24-3 halftime lead.
Washington (2-6) looked down and out, losing running back Clinton Portis to an apparent concussion, and Hall lost his cool after LaRon Landry delivered a late hit to Matt Ryan along the Falcons sideline.
Looking to get back on track, Turner took home some DVDs showing the way he ran last year. He saw a back playing with more abandon and vowed to get back to that style.
He has. Turner was coming off his best game of the season, a 20-carry, 151-yard effort against New Orleans, and he was even better against the Redskins, who have one of the league's top-rated defenses.
