Skins vs Eagles week 1

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Originally Posted by SirLK26

Here's why I think Washington will score a ton of points against the Eagles.

Reason 1: if their offense is successful, their defense will only get a few minutes of rest. Reason 2: If their offense fails, their defense will only get a few minutes of rest. Reason 3: The way we pound the ball at defenses, they will get tired anyway.

By the 4th quarter, the Eagles defense is going to be so exhausted, we'll be running for a first down every other time we hand it off.

In one of the interviews I remember most from when Shanahan first became coach of the Skins he was talking about his running philosophy, and why he liked the stretch plays. It was simplistic, but really opened my eyes to how he viewed the game. Basically, he said, every stretch play forces the whole defensive line to run the width of the field (assuming you go both left and right with a regular frequency. So even if at the beginning of the 1st quarter the defense is hitting the line quick and hard, by the end of the 3rd/beginning of the 4th quarter, those big dudes are going to have run far more than your offensive line, who won't have to chase across the whole field.

I agree, by the 4th quarter the Eagles D will be pretty exhausted.