While we wonder whether there will be a 2011 season, this is part of a series looking back at the 2010 season, with the benefit of film analysis.
Offense
Donovan McNabb regressed as the season went on, before being replaced by Rex Grossman. A mediocre receiving corps didn’t help. Santana Moss was the exception to this mediocrity, although his big numbers didn’t accurately portray his week-to-week impact. TE Chris Cooley was a focal point on screens and misdirections, and his greatest impact came as a run blocker on the edges. Washington’s run-blocking as a whole wasn’t bad, even if the line didn’t have ideal personnel for Mike Shanahan’s mobility-based zone scheme. The rookie first-round left tackle Trent Williams showed outstanding potential at times (he was even given one-on-one assignments early in the season against DeMarcus Ware, Dwight Freeney and Julius Peppers). Left guard Kory Lichtensteiger made significant improvements, helping to compensate for the decline of center Casey Rabach, who was vulnerable against the bull rush.
Defense
This was an undisciplined unit. Individuals often did not play patiently within the confines of the scheme. Fundamentals appeared optional. On the bright side, middle linebacker London Fletcher was his usual high-motor, productive self. And outside linebacker Brian Orakpo displayed star qualities as an edge rusher. Tackle Kedric Golston was the team’s most improved player, although that didn’t make up for the frequent absence of the seemingly heartless/brainless Albert Haynesworth (who, maddeningly enough, showed shimmering raw talent when he was on the field).
Bright as some spots of the front seven were, it didn’t compensate for a porous secondary. The safeties were awful in centerfield, and the corners struggled (with perhaps the exception of DeAngelo Hall). It’s difficult to question schematic decisions, but the coverages were exploited too easily and often.
Myth Buster
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While we wonder whether there will be a 2011 season, this is part of a series looking back at the 2010 season, with the benefit of film analysis.
Offense
Donovan McNabb regressed as the season went on, before being replaced by Rex Grossman. A mediocre receiving corps didn’t help. Santana Moss was the exception to this mediocrity, although his big numbers didn’t accurately portray his week-to-week impact. TE Chris Cooley was a focal point on screens and misdirections, and his greatest impact came as a run blocker on the edges. Washington’s run-blocking as a whole wasn’t bad, even if the line didn’t have ideal personnel for Mike Shanahan’s mobility-based zone scheme. The rookie first-round left tackle Trent Williams showed outstanding potential at times (he was even given one-on-one assignments early in the season against DeMarcus Ware, Dwight Freeney and Julius Peppers). Left guard Kory Lichtensteiger made significant improvements, helping to compensate for the decline of center Casey Rabach, who was vulnerable against the bull rush.
Defense
This was an undisciplined unit. Individuals often did not play patiently within the confines of the scheme. Fundamentals appeared optional. On the bright side, middle linebacker London Fletcher was his usual high-motor, productive self. And outside linebacker Brian Orakpo displayed star qualities as an edge rusher. Tackle Kedric Golston was the team’s most improved player, although that didn’t make up for the frequent absence of the seemingly heartless/brainless Albert Haynesworth (who, maddeningly enough, showed shimmering raw talent when he was on the field).
Bright as some spots of the front seven were, it didn’t compensate for a porous secondary. The safeties were awful in centerfield, and the corners struggled (with perhaps the exception of DeAngelo Hall). It’s difficult to question schematic decisions, but the coverages were exploited too easily and often.
Myth Buster
Coverage is the same in either system. This is why I like the Otagwe pick up
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