Vilma says Tony Gonzalez has best hands in NFL

Jonathan Vilma has been providing mini scouting reports each week on his PlayMaker Mobile page. Today he wrote about facing the Falcons and said that no one in the league is better at making plays with his hands than Tony Gonzalez.

by jonathanvilma 9. December 2009 07:32 What we see first is what we have to gain. We have a chance to clinch a first round bye. It's a division opponent, they understand how we operate and we know how they operate. Division games are always important. If we can knock them out of the playoff picture too that will be a little extra for us. They're a dangerous team. I don't know if Matt Ryan will play but we know they can run the ball and you can never forget about Tony Gonzalez. What makes him special is basically he's a basketball player playing football. He's a great athlete and he uses his body and hands as well as anyone. If the defense puts a corner or safety on him he can just use his body and size and box him out. If you cover him with a linebacker, the way he breaks off his routes and uses his hands instead of his body to catch makes it very difficult for a linebacker to defend. There is no one in the league better at making plays with his hands than Tony Gonzalez.

The biggest things we learned from the Washington game is that we need to limit the quick throws to 5 yards and not allow them to turn them into first downs and we have to eliminate the big plays. We have limiting big plays all season, but Washington hit some on us so we have to clean that up. Atlanta has a lot of talent and as a defense we need to get off the field and get the ball to our offense.

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