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Originally Posted by MrJL

Personally, I've thought the O's come together a couple of times late in the game. Such as the fourth down TD against the Ravens and the 80-some yard drive that didn't get anything against the Bengals but still got them to the half yard line. That suggests something was coming together on the O. Then the D gives up another score and the O has to abandon what finally started working because a one score game is now a two score game.

The problem is that when the offense finally "comes together" late in these games, the defense has been out in the field a lot and they are running out of steam. I could be wrong, but in the Bengals game, the Redskins did not complete a 1st Down until well into the 2nd Qtr. So you have an entire quarter of the offense going 3 and out, and the defense playing a lot.