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When you look at the raw stats, you think Washington did great against the pass but struggled to stop the run. So far this season, teams have had more success on the ground than many predicted. But you have to put it all in context: By playing lighter in the box, Washington is challenging the opposing offense to try to push around its defensive linemen and linebackers to take advantage. And for the most part, the front seven is holding up so well that Washington doesn’t have to bring a safety forward. It helps the team allow fewer explosive plays in the passing game. The trade-off is a few more rushing yards, but not enough for it to matter.
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MalcomConnection -- This is a great article about the rush D. Makes sense, we finally have big studs on DL / front 7 so we don't need to sacrifice secondary into the box. So if we wanted to stop the run, we could load up the box, but if we want to primarily stop the pass (on Rodgers and all the elite passers coming in) - we just go "light" in the box. Hope it continues, we have a string of QB studs coming in soon..