What Is RIGHT with the Redskins?

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I'm finding as I sort out the Redskins-Ravens game, that the problem is not that we're out-personneled on the front five or front four (although, obviously, sans Samuels and Jansen this is a totally different issue), but that our backs are horrible at finding the guy they are supposed to block. The schemes are effective enough to work, but pass blocking on passing downs becomes a counting game so often, and the back is supposed to block the inside guy if he's got too many people to pick up, BUT a lot of times, we have enough guys to pick it up, and the backs go inside anyway.

This becomes a huge problem when Sellers/Portis DOESN'T think we have the right protection to pick up the blitz (actually a 4 man rush in many cases), but Campbell/the receivers counts the rushers and DOES think it's going to be picked up.

It's not that Campbell isn't looking to urgently getting the ball out, it's that he's got to allow the routes to develop, and he has no idea he's about to be killed from his blindside.

The result is a potential for turnovers. And it's not the fault of the offensive line, though I'm not sure whether it would kill Randy Thomas to help Jansen if no ones coming. We didn't extend his contract so he and Rabach could stand there.

The main point here is that we would actually be better off if the defense would send more than we could pick up. Because then Campbell would know that he's responsible for the outside guy, and he's athletic enough to evade him. But he has to know that he's not going to get blocked to do so.