For all that went well for Brian Orakpo yesterday, there were a couple things that could've gone a little better. For example: he broke the Redskins rookie sack record, but he did it after the team's PR staff and a large chunk of the media contingent had already gone down to the locker room. So there was no announcement of the feat -- in either the press box OR the stadium.

Which also meant that the press didn't realize there was anything specific to discuss with the rookie, so he got dressed and left, talking to only a couple of people and avoiding the usual media hordes. Which is, of course, why he didn't actually get any say in my post from yesterday about the sack competition that's developing between him and Andre Carter.

I thought leaving in a hurry might have been a deliberate move, actually. Orakpo had been extremely frustrated after the Falcons loss, and it was possible that he just didn't feel like facing the press even after a win. But, based on his demeanor at his press availability today, that didn't seem to be the case.

"You just feel so much better," he said, when asked to describe the atmosphere at Redskins Park today. "Everybody's just so upbeat, you know, everybody's real excited. You can use this as momentum to the next game, 'cause it feels so good when you win. At the same time, you don't wanna feel like, that's it, we're done, and then go back and lose four more. We gotta continue to keep progressing as a team, take this game as motivation, and keep moving forward."

And, fortunately for this imaginary sack race that I've been babbling about, he also addressed Andre Carter's 2009 sack total.