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Originally Posted by 53Fan
Good stuff GTripp. It looks to me like Campbell is understanding the offense better and is making better decisions. I agree that the receivers are also playing better which of course helps Campbell. The scary thing for the opposition is we're only 5 weeks into the season and I would expect us to get even better. Plus, we have'nt really even used our "new" talent yet. As Thomas, Davis, and Kelly get up to speed, the contribution from them should make us an even more formidable offense.
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I don't think there's a whole lot more room for growth. It looks like we've already reached whereever we were aspiring to get! However, the hidden goal (and I agree with you on this) is that Kelly, Thomas, Davis, and Rinehart all continue to progress in practice. If these guys are forced into action late in the season, we need them to pick up the slack, and not be a weakness for defensive coordinators to exploit.
We've got a top five (arguably top three) offense in the NFL, and once again have a top ten offensive line. Campbell should get even better, but I'm not sure that things will ever be better overall than they are right now. You can't exactly turn the ball over less than we have been
But having the extra weapons at WR will help. I would argue though that we haven't yet been limited in any sort of way by a lack of weapons, mostly because Cooley's versatility means we never have to put a 4th WR in if we don't want to.
I could see injuries derailing the offense, and it's important to remember that we've been very fortunate on the offensive side of the ball to avoid injuries. Only Heyer has missed any time. Our elite status on offense is very dependent on the health of the guys that are making us elite.
Right now, no one in the NFL should beat us on a neutral field. It's a little disturbing that the next time we play a must-win game will be in Week 11, and we'd have to be very lucky with injuries to be playing at this level when that day rolls around.
And I'm very proud to say that as long as these 11 guys (plus Heyer) are on the field and producing, there is no one in the NFL that can shut us down on offense. The mantra that "you are only as good as your weakest link" applies to this team right now, and (outside of maybe Rabach), the Redskins aren't playing with ANY weak link right now.