Redskins midterm grades

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Originally Posted by irish

I agree with all Matty's grades but he overlooked grading the coaches.

Def coaches: C. The D is good but not great and cant seem to really clamp down on a team to offset the terrible O.

Off coaches: F. Tons of talent but cant score. Sure line injuries have hurt but not enough to make the O this terrible.

I was actually going to address the coaches in a seperate thread but I guess I might as well do it here.

Offense: Saunders was brought in to kickstart the offense and to date the transformation to a top flight offense hasn't materialized. A young QB and banged up OL undoubtedly are factors this year, but the offense overall still has Gibbs name all over it. Next year I think Saunders either needs to go or Gibbs needs to give him full autonomy. Grade: D

Defense: Williams has made a nice recovery from the disaster that was last year when the team set a NFL record low for turnovers. Through 8 games the team has already matched last year's sack and turnover numbers, and it's the defense that is mainly responsible for the team's 5-3 mark. Sorry but I don't have many complaints here, if the offense could pick up the pace a bit we could really be dangerous. Grade: B+

Special Teams: Suisham is hitting on 80% and has shown good distance on his kickoffs. Overall the kickoff coverage has been solid as well as the punt coverage. Frost has really cooled off after a nice start, he needs to get back on track. Randle El has been pretty ho-hum on punt returns, probably due to him being dinged up a bit. Cartwright has been great all around and is my pick for the special teams MVP so far. Grade: B