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VIDEO: Corey Peters Picks Off Cam Newton With One Hand

A couple weeks ago, Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Corey Peters made a critical error that may have cost the Birds a chance at a comeback NFC South win. Sunday, he made a play that all but sealed a victory against another division rival.

Here's Peters reaching up and snaring a Cam Newton screen pass in the fourth quarter:

Watch the way he calls off his pressure as soon as he realizes there's screen pass traffic passing through his area. All the rest is just pure big man athleticism. A stiff arm and everything. #COREYPETERS4TIGHTEND

For more on this game, visit Panthers blog Cat Scratch Reader and Falcons blog The Falcoholic.

Photographs by coka_koehler used in background montage under Creative Commons. Thank you.