All Frankie Luvu did for the Washington Commanders on Sunday is lead the team in tackles, come up with 2.5 sacks, and recover his second fumble of the year in a 34-13 drubbing of the Cleveland Browns.
As the defense has turned around the Commanders ‘ oustide linebacker’s stat sheet has filled up, but it’s not because he’s just now turning up his play.
In reality, Luvu has been helping lead the charge for the defense in Washington to get to where it is these past two weeks with strong showings against the Browns and the Arizona Cardinals before that.
A lot of those contributions don’t show up in the stat box, however, not like they did in Week 5. And because he showed up on the stat sheet, and everywhere else, he ran away with our fan-voted game ball in the win over the Browns…