The Washington Commanders suffered their second loss of the season at the hands of the Atlanta Falcons, 34-27. Here are five takeaways from the matchup.

1. The defense had a hard time making tackles.

There were a few frustrating components of the Commanders' loss, but something that caused the most ire was how the defense couldn't seem to get the Falcons on the ground.

Pro Football Focus' early accounting of the game had the Commanders missing 12 tackles on the Falcons' skill players, marking one of the team's worst performances in the category so far this season. Most of those misses came up front, as the combination of Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier plowed through arm tackles and shrugged off attempted stops in the backfield to make positive gains.

One of the most blatant examples

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