falcndave Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Washing's defense is ranked 2nd in total rushing yards allowed per game. That sounds impressive on its surface. However, here are their opponent's offensive rushing rankings (total yards/gm)Mia--31st (69 y/gm) Stl--23rd (94 y/gm) NYG--24th (93 y/gm) PHI--30th (70 y/gm)With a small sample size, you can argue that they are 25% of the reason that those numbers are so low. However, those teams are not running much in general. Another factor is that Washington leads the league in time of possession (we are 2nd), so their defense may not be seeing a high play count (I haven't checked it).I'm not not going to completely sell that they are a good rushing defense. However, I am selling on the notion that they will shut our run down completely. We are the 13th ranked rushing offense. They haven't seen anything close to that yet. We may not light them up, but I think we can do enough to keep our play action passing game effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lornoth Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Yeah Dallas was #1, then they played us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Kent™ Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Redskins O line and D line are both legitimately good. I'm concerned with their rush offense. Not concerned with their run D because Ryan will just carve up their secondary if that happens, but their run game can be nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewcrew Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Kyle should know exactly how/who to exploit that defense after his time there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLFalcons11 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Very well thought out post. I can't even combat it even if I wanted to. How can we affect their TOP may be a better topic to discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazoo Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 PLEASE REVISIT THIS TOPIC ON MONDAYTHAT IS ALL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconstwopercentsized Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 34 defense we should be able to make some chunk yardage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.11 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Very well thought out post. I can't even combat it even if I wanted to. How can we affect their TOP may be a better topic to discuss.Simple. Stop the run. That's how they control TOP. That's how we've controlled TOP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLFalcons11 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Simple. Stop the run. That's how they control TOP. That's how we've controlled TOP.Not that simple but I disagree. I think we have controlled TOP with our 3rd down conversions with the passing game as well as positive running in early downs. We have very long drives and that can only happen with balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.11 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Not that simple but I disagree. I think we have controlled TOP with our 3rd down conversions with the passing game as well as positive running in early downs. We have very long drives and that can only happen with balance.Well, that's how the Redskins have done it. They're not going to try and put the game in Cousins' hands. If that happens, they're really screwed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFatboi Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Not that simple but I disagree. I think we have controlled TOP with our 3rd down conversions with the passing game as well as positive running in early downs. We have very long drives and that can only happen with balance.You control the clock by running because it does t stop after the play. An incomplete pass stops the clock. So typically the run game is the way to control the clock. Most good TOP teams control the clock on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da_Truth Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. We'll see how well they hold up against our offense and defense. This team is well coached and I have every confidence we will get after Cousins and disrupt his game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The O.D.B Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 because of common opponents they've been studying us for much of this season. *play gmen - study our game against them.*Play Eagles - study or game against them. *upcoming game with us - study us more. Since we don't do fancy stuff I don't think we'll be easy to exploit but, if any team knows us well in the classroom it's the Skins. I would be surprised if they knocked us on our heels once or twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of God Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Could it be they are all so low because they played us??? LOL!!! Skins will get crushed. Period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconJim Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Statistics are overrated --- you still have to play the game. We're gonna scalp the 'Skins", no doubt about it! Whether it's on the ground, or through the air, I feel pretty confident we've got this one in the bag... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of God Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 We just put up 135 rushing yards on the Texans. Go look at their DL and LB's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLFalcons11 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 You control the clock by running because it does t stop after the play. An incomplete pass stops the clock. So typically the run game is the way to control the clock. Most good TOP teams control the clock on the ground.I understand that's the case generally. I was just saying that's not necessarily how the Falcons have been controlling it. It's been 3rd down conversions and long drives. Saw a Stat where we had the most 10 play drives in the league. That uses the running game and a lot of high percentage throws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriMeTiiMe Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Washington will run the ball on us but I am not worried about them stopping our run. At the end of the day we will win because Matt Ryan and Julio Jones are a huge mismatch for that Redskins secondary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of God Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I understand that's the case generally. I was just saying that's not necessarily how the Falcons have been controlling it. It's been 3rd down conversions and long drives.Saw a Stat where we had the most 10 play drives in the league. That uses the running game and a lot of high percentage throws.Sure they have. Every run takes time off the clock. Not just at the end of the game. That's what happened last year. We scored quickly but we could not manage the clock on any level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLFalcons11 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Well, that's how the Redskins have done it. They're not going to try and put the game in Cousins' hands. If that happens, they're really screwed.Yea I can understand that although he probably gained a lot of confidence from that drive he put together to come back and win last week against the Eagles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLFalcons11 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Sure they have. Every run takes time off the clock. Not just at the end of the game. That's what happened last year. We scored quickly but we could not manage the clock on any level.Sorry I was saying it was more a combo, than just running alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of God Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Sorry I was saying it was more a combo, than just running alone.That's true and all but you have to factor in the importance of the run. Many here are just waking from that passing league lie they believed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjerry Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Washing's defense is ranked 2nd in total rushing yards allowed per game. That sounds impressive on its surface. However, here are their opponent's offensive rushing rankings (total yards/gm)Mia--31st (69 y/gm) struggled to run the ball all season, only went over 100 (101) rushing combined once Stl--23rd (94 y/gm) struggled to run the ball behind horrid line until Gurley returned NYG--24th (93 y/gm) has not gone over 100 combined rushing once this season PHI--30th (70 y/gm) struggled to run the ball all season, only went over 100 rushing combined onceI'm not saying that their defense sucks or anything, but it's also not like they've been facing teams with good rushing offenses either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLFalcons11 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 That's true and all but you have to factor in the importance of the run. Many here are just waking from that passing league lie they believed.Oh trust me I do. Lol.We've been without a running game for soooo long, about 5 years. It's definitely important.Basically those first few games where we used the heck out of Julio and people were concerned opened the flood gates and now the running game flourished combined with the OL cohesiveness.Now defenses don't know what to do. At the end of the season when all is said and done the one game I will look back to that sparked the success is the Dallas game. That's where our OL gained confidence and was like....we can do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of God Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Oh trust me I do. Lol.We've been without a running game for soooo long, about 5 years. It's definitely important.Basically those first few games where we used the heck out of Julio and people were concerned opened the flood gates and now the running game flourished combined with the OL cohesiveness.Now defenses don't know what to do. At the end of the season when all is said and done the one game I will look back to that sparked the success is the Dallas game. That's where our OL gained confidence and was like....we can do this.You have reached your quota of positive votes for the dayBOOM!!! That is balanced football at its best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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