A pass 1st offense weekly lament

Originally Posted by That Guy

want a cookie? and who'd you tell? cause it wasn't me. I knew he could play.

Originally Posted by 44ever

I TOLD YOU SO...

Torain rushed for 135 yards on 19 carries and scored on a 20-yard run in the second quarter to help the Redskins to a 17-10 win. Washington improved to 3-1 heading into the bye week. Torain, who had seen little action over the first three games, played a key role.
Ryan Torain makes most of opportunity as Redskins' feature back - Washington Times

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

You aren't barking so loud now are you? Torain is garbage.

Originally Posted by Paintrain

Run first, pass first, who cares? If we have personnel that suports a passing game, then we should emphasize that. A pass first offense hasn't hurt New Orleans and Green Bay much, has it?

Originally Posted by 30gut

IF we were winning or even if the offense was merely productive I don't think anyone would care if we were run first or pass first because either style of offense can win.

As you suggest with Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers clearly the QB is the central figure in executing a pass first offense.
One really needs to look no further then Rex to decide whether or not we had the personnel to support that style of offense.

Imo and if you look at the numbers Kyle has been a pass first coordinator.
And like many other pass first OC's his reliance on the pass was often counter productive.

Robert Griffin and the new WRs go a long way towards assembling the personnel to actually support a pass first offense.

Originally Posted by SkinItup

The 2 first rounders and the second that we gave up don't.

Originally Posted by Dan Graziano

A couple of interesting facts in this Redskins.com notebook, including the fact that Washington Redskins running back Roy Helu's rushing touchdown Sunday was the first against the Seahawks since the second quarter in Week 4. Helu had a remarkable day and was probably the main reason the Redskins snapped their six-game losing streak. The rookie had 23 carries and the Redskins ran the ball on 29 of their 65 plays.

Here's why that last bit matters: It means they ran on 44.6 percent of their offensive plays, which is their second-highest such figure of the season. Only the Week 4 victory in St. Louis, in which they ran on 40 of their 69 plays (58.0 percent) ranks higher. Sunday was also the fourth game of this season in which at least 40 percent of Washington's offensive plays were run plays. You want to take a guess what the 4-7 Redskins' record is in those games?

Yeah, it's 4-0.

Which means they're 0-7 when they don't run it at least 40 percent of the time. I did that little bit of higher math right there so you didn't have to. I'm looking out for you guys. I'm helpful like that.

Point is, the Redskins' offense only works when it's able to commit to the run. Even as Helu was getting 2 and 3 yards a carry in the early going, they stuck with the run Sunday. Even against one of the stingiest run defenses in the league, the Redskins kept running the ball in the hopes that it would pay off, and when Helu jumped over that dude and ran 28 yards for a touchdown, it had.

During their six-game losing streak, only 29.7 percent of the Redskins' offensive plays were run plays. There were three games -- Eagles, Bills and 49ers -- in which they failed to run the ball at least 30 percent of the time. The bottoming-out came (no surprise) in Week 8, when quarterback John Beck took 10 sacks and the Redskins got shut out. They ran on just 11 of their 54 plays that game -- 20.4 percent.