Redskins Offense: What's the Problem?

[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.