The Redskins Are Close

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Outside the redzone, I would disagree with the assertion that are offense was inept but that's just my opinion (based on the facts that (a) we held the ball for 35 minis. and (b) we had 5 long drives of 13 plays or more).

As for the defense being on the field to long? That's just a stupid, baseless statement. We had a 10 minute time of possesion advantage over them. Our defense was on the field 25 minutes - less than half the game. Those are numbers teams strive for.

If you want to criticize, fine. But at least stick to the facts.

My only criticism between the 20s is they consistently require too many plays and too much time to get down the field. They only had 7 possessions against the Rams. I believe the average is 12. Hard to score a lot of points when you're limited to 7 possessions. Even if they scored a TD on every trip to the red zone, they would have scored only 28 points (or maybe 35?). Teams are scoring 30 plus with regularity these days.

It doesn't help that the D can't hold anyone to a 3 and out, but they're doing their job just fine. The O needs to get yards in chunks.