Redskins Offense: What's the Problem?

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

For the season, we're significantly above average in Offensive DVOA

I think any "problems" with the offense has to be based on the last two games in which we 1) looked utterly pathetic, 2) turned the ball over three times, 3) made no major plays down the field, and 4) generally did not move the ball regardless of field position.

My question to everyone on the Warpath (pun intended) is this: since we're so concerned about the state of the offense to the point that we can't mention everything else, what makes these last two games more meaningful to us than the prior seven. Because seven is a bigger number than two.

Might it just be just because these games are fresh in our minds? Because the Cowboys game was coming off a bye week (ignoring of course that the 'Boys were also coming off bye), because it was the Cowboys in general?

Regardless of what Football Outsiders says, my eyes tell me our offense has struggled mightily over the past five games. We have done a fairly good job of moving the the ball, but our offense's main objective isn't to move the ball, it's to put the ball in the endzone or through the uprights.

To throw some stats your way: against the Rams, Browns, and Lions, we scored 17 points against the league's 3rd worst defense, 14 points against the league's 6th worst defense, and 18 points against the league's 2nd worst defense. Over the past five games, we're averaging 12.4 points and 4 sacks allowed. On the season, we've converted 3rd downs just over 1/3 of the time (21st the league) and are averaging 18 points on offense per game (27th in the league).

Could we recover? I think and hope so, but we've got issues.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Regardless of what Football Outsiders says, my eyes tell me our offense has struggled mightily over the past five games. We have done a fairly good job of moving the the ball, but our offense's main objective isn't to move the ball, it's to put the ball in the endzone or throw the uprights.

To throw some stats your way: against the Rams, Browns, and Lions, we scored 17 points against the league's 3rd worst defense, 14 points against the league's 6th worst defense, and 18 points against the league's 2nd worst defense. Over the past five games, we've averaging 12.4 points and 4 sacks allowed. On the season, we've converted 3rd downs just over 1/3 of the time (21st the league) and are averaging 18 points on offense per game (27th in the league).

Could we recover? I think and hope so, but we've got issues.

That's pretty much the meat of it, SSG. Fancy, obscure statistics do little to make me feel better when the obvious, important stats like scoring points and 3rd down conversions are miserable.

We need an offensive explosion to get some confidence brewing. Seattle's awful secondary could offer that chance if we can keep JC upright.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Regardless of what Football Outsiders says, my eyes tell me our offense has struggled mightily over the past five games. We have done a fairly good job of moving the the ball, but our offense's main objective isn't to move the ball, it's to put the ball in the endzone or through the uprights.

To throw some stats your way: against the Rams, Browns, and Lions, we scored 17 points against the league's 3rd worst defense, 14 points against the league's 6th worst defense, and 18 points against the league's 2nd worst defense. Over the past five games, we're averaging 12.4 points and 4 sacks allowed. On the season, we've converted 3rd downs just over 1/3 of the time (21st the league) and are averaging 18 points on offense per game (27th in the league).

Could we recover? I think and hope so, but we've got issues.

Okay, I just finished the breakdown, and am currently writing the articles for posting, and I think I can show that our offense was twice as effective against the Cowboys as it was against the Steelers. I had previously lumped these games together, but the truth is that the Cowboys are significantly weaker on defense, and we played them much, much better than we played the Steelers. This makes sense, since we had the bye week to fix things.

Also, the plays where the offensive line messed up...they were there, but they actually played a pretty good game all things considered. This loss can not be put on the offensive line. (The Steelers game, though, is another story)

I'll explain more, but wait until you see the defensive numbers from this game. For as poorly as Romo played, the numbers should have been great, but the play by play breakdown is actually very embarrassing. I think we have serious issues on defense, but because we came up with two incredibly timely INTs, I think this went unnoticed.

I'm not saying your eyes are wrong, Sheriff, because my eyes saw exactly what yours did. However, when I slowed down the tape, I got a totally different picture of this game. I'll elaborate in the breakdowns.