Washington Football victory keys on Greg Gaines and Vita Vea

And anvil

But Coach Petersen has another ace up his sleeve on that defensive front. While opposing offenses track Vea’s disruption and run from it, they run right into teammate Greg Gaines – the anvil.

Gaines won’t run down a dual threat quarterback from behind. That’s simply how it goes. But what he does is create an impenetrable force in the line of scrimmage which nobody gets past.  In short, he let’s Vita Vea “flush ’em out” and he waits to deliver the final blow.

That ability to anchor the defense gives Vea enough margin to burst into the backfield. And that ability to cause chaos in the offense allows Gaines the margin to stay put and feast on the ball carrier trying to escape Vita Vea’s devastation.