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Offense Not as Advertised
The Redskins made headlines in the off-season with bold moves, acquiring running back
Clinton
Portis by shipping cornerback Champ Bailey to the Denver
Broncos, and adding quarterback Mark Brunell to the offense.
With one of the deepest corps of wide receivers in the NFC, the
Redskins were expected to have a high-powered offense while the
defense had question marks surrounding it after losing Bailey
and barely improving the defensive line.
However, the Redskins are 1-2 largely because the offense has
struggled. The defense is ranked third in the 32-team NFL, and
is tops against the run. Defensive players said it hasn't been
frustrating performing well and not seeing the offense do enough
to win, because there will be times this season when the offense
has to make up for defensive breakdowns. The offense is
averaging only 16 points and the running game is only a smidgen
better than the passing
game.
"We all encourage each other," linebacker LaVar Arrington said.
"It all goes hand in hand. We all work together to encourage one
another. And that's the makings of a good team. We all care
about one another. We're not separate. We're not different
entities. We're all one.
"You definitely say things to encourage. I know when I'm out
there, if there's a sudden turnover or they score, I always tell
them, 'Go get your rest. We're going to get you right back out
here.' If they turn it over, it's like, 'Yeah, don't worry about
that. We're going to get you right back out here. Let it go.'
Short lived, short memory."
Coach Joe Gibbs has scaled back his offense after breakdowns
cost the team timeouts that became pivotal during Monday's 21-18
loss to the Dallas Cowboys. But Arrington believes that once
players master the offense, the unit will improve.
"It's a lot of movement, and that tends to give you trouble
because you have to keep realigning and changing your calls and
different things like that," Arrington said. "It's obviously a
smash-mouth offense, but we haven't got it in gear yet. That's
all. We just have to get it
in gear.
"It's a good offense. I think it's an effective offense. You
just need time. Sometimes, I feel like it's so repetitive. I
find myself saying it every single year. But the moment I get an
opportunity to be out there coached for more than one season [by
the same defensive coordinator] and get an opportunity to really
settle in -- and I'm talking about us as a team -- I think that
would be the time that you see people to really start to excel.
There's no quick fix.
There's no [substitute] for time."
Brunell is no longer as mobile in the pocket as he was when he
entered the league, but Redskins receivers say that he is still
nimble enough to use his feet as a weapon. Rod Gardner had a
career-high 10 catches, plus 167 receiving yards, Monday and
credits Brunell's feet as part
of the reason for the production.
"One thing I like about Mark is his scrambling ability," Gardner
said. "[Against the Cowboys], I caught three balls for nice
yards with him scrambling. In the play I caught for the second
touchdown, it wasn't even designed for me. But with him
scrambling and me working the back
of the end zone, he made it happen."
-- Nunyo Demasio
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Marshall Knows His Role -
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W9RT04479A5E52949E17F3F4B98350
Lemar Marshall, a safety in college, is adjusting well to
linebacker while filling in for the
injured starter LaVar Arrington.
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REDSKINS NOTEBOOK
Gibbs Takes Criticism -
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W9RT04479A6E42949E17F3F4B98350 After two losses that
included costly
turnovers and questionable coaching decisions, Joe Gibbs
says he is taking the criticism in stride.
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AROUND THE NFL
Thrown for a Loss -
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W9RT04479A3E72949E17F3F4B98350 Considered an early
Super Bowl contender, the
Chiefs come to Baltimore on Monday still looking
for their first win.
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MARK MASKE'S NFL INSIDER
Chiefs, Bucs Can't Agree on Johnson -
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W9RT04479A4E62949E17F3F4B98350 Keenan McCardell's
representatives say the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers rejected a proposed trade this week that
would have sent the holdout wide receiver to the Kansas City
Chiefs for tailback
Larry Johnson.
Maske's Power Rankings -
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W9RT04479A9E12949E17F3F4B98350
Also in NFL Insider: Parcells No Fan Of Replay System... -
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W9RT04479A0E02949E17F3F4B98350
Urlacher Likely To Sit Out Again... -
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W9RT04479A7E32949E17F3F4B98350
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