Very few teams have figured out the secret to defending Washington’s offense, even with Robert Griffin III running at less than full speed late in the season. Seattle may have as good a chance as anyone this weekend, when the Seahawks visit the Redskins on Wild-Card Weekend.

............Seattle has twice faced an offense that runs a variation of Washington’s offense … and has gone 2-0 in those games.

The Seahawks held Cam Newton and the Panthers to 190 total yards and 12 points in a Week 5 victory, then they stuffed Colin Kaepernick and San Francisco, 42-13 in Week 16 (Seattle lost to the 49ers, 13-6, before the Kaepernick-for-Alex Smith switch at QB).

What is Seattle’s trick? Well, in addition to being able to see the pistol, zone-read look from its own offense each day in practice, the Seahawks have a unique blend of defensive talent that makes them a tough matchup for any offense — likely including Washington’s.

Does that mean the Redskins are doomed this weekend? Definitely not. But they might have their hands full getting their playmakers into space

grizbob wrote:I must confess, I've not watched any skins games, but my impression is after seeing the highlights RG is way too willing to sacrifice his body to make a play, which plays into the hands of our secondary. But having said that, my fear is that with the apparent league wide impression by the refs that we are too aggressive, any time there's a substantial hit on RG it will draw a flag legal or not.

sturg78 wrote:

grizbob wrote:I must confess, I've not watched any skins games, but my impression is after seeing the highlights RG is way too willing to sacrifice his body to make a play, which plays into the hands of our secondary. But having said that, my fear is that with the apparent league wide impression by the refs that we are too aggressive, any time there's a substantial hit on RG it will draw a flag legal or not.

If it is substantial enough of a hit it will only happen once...

sturg78 wrote:

grizbob wrote:I must confess, I've not watched any skins games, but my impression is after seeing the highlights RG is way too willing to sacrifice his body to make a play, which plays into the hands of our secondary. But having said that, my fear is that with the apparent league wide impression by the refs that we are too aggressive, any time there's a substantial hit on RG it will draw a flag legal or not.

If it is substantial enough of a hit it will only happen once...

Worse than his standard statistics made him look: Robert Griffin, Washington Redskins
Griffin led the league in yards per pass with a higher completion rate and half as many interceptions as Wilson, which may have you wondering how on earth Wilson finished higher in our rankings. Strength of schedule is part of it. Wilson had to run the brutal gauntlet of NFC West defenses, while Griffin's schedule was somewhat easier than average. Without opponent adjustments, Griffin's DVOA was five points higher than Wilson's; with them, it was three points lower. Also, Griffin's yardage total was skewed by a small number of very big plays. Many of his completions were actually dink-and-dunk plays. All told, 27 percent of his completions failed to gain meaningful yardage towards a new set of downs. Of the 27 quarterbacks with at least 200 completions, only Jay Cutler, Brandon Weeden, and Christian Ponder had a higher share of dumpoffs and checkdowns.

seahawksTopGear wrote:I don't think the seahawks should be focusing too much on RGIII. He has a fantastic pass, we have fantastic cb. He is a great runner, we have fast linebackers and safeties. He throws great screen passes to Pierre Garcon, KJ Wright smells screen passes a mile away. He is going to get his obviously, but he is not going to win the game for Washington.

The Redskin's offense should not be working as well as it is. They run the same play again and again, now its a short pass, now a run, an RGIII run and now a screen, all from the same formation. Big whoop, this should not be working at the pro level.

So what is the secret? Its not RGIII, its the surprising sixth round rookie running back Alfred Morris. Do they coat him in vaseline before the game? That is the only thing I can think off, he is not fast, not explosive and has no change of pace, but he sure can put up yards. If the seahawks can stop him the washington offense crumbles. Their one play suddenly becomes one dimensional and will not last all game.

BamKam wrote:We have some undersized players but are very quick which helps out a lot IMO. I think Wagner and Irvin both have huge games on Sunday.

Seahawk Sailor wrote:Remember, if our defense was built to stop their offense because we see it every day, then their defense was built to stop ours for the same reasons. Goes both ways.

RiggoReincarnated wrote:Don't forget you guys chose to copy our offense and we've had experience with it since training camp. lol

seahawksTopGear wrote:I don't think the seahawks should be focusing too much on RGIII. He has a fantastic pass, we have fantastic cb. He is a great runner, we have fast linebackers and safeties. He throws great screen passes to Pierre Garcon, KJ Wright smells screen passes a mile away. He is going to get his obviously, but he is not going to win the game for Washington.

The Redskin's offense should not be working as well as it is. They run the same play again and again, now its a short pass, now a run, an RGIII run and now a screen, all from the same formation. Big whoop, this should not be working at the pro level.

So what is the secret? Its not RGIII, its the surprising sixth round rookie running back Alfred Morris. Do they coat him in vaseline before the game? That is the only thing I can think off, he is not fast, not explosive and has no change of pace, but he sure can put up yards. If the seahawks can stop him the washington offense crumbles. Their one play suddenly becomes one dimensional and will not last all game.

Tical21 wrote:

seahawksTopGear wrote:I don't think the seahawks should be focusing too much on RGIII. He has a fantastic pass, we have fantastic cb. He is a great runner, we have fast linebackers and safeties. He throws great screen passes to Pierre Garcon, KJ Wright smells screen passes a mile away. He is going to get his obviously, but he is not going to win the game for Washington.

The Redskin's offense should not be working as well as it is. They run the same play again and again, now its a short pass, now a run, an RGIII run and now a screen, all from the same formation. Big whoop, this should not be working at the pro level.

So what is the secret? Its not RGIII, its the surprising sixth round rookie running back Alfred Morris. Do they coat him in vaseline before the game? That is the only thing I can think off, he is not fast, not explosive and has no change of pace, but he sure can put up yards. If the seahawks can stop him the washington offense crumbles. Their one play suddenly becomes one dimensional and will not last all game.

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner. With the Seahawks' struggles this year against some power running teams, I'm much more concerned about stopping Morris than I am about stopping a gimpy RG3 and some undersized receivers. I expect a giant play from the Redskins passing game, and a rough go for them otherwise. I cannot see us losing this game if we stop Morris.

CurryStopstheRuns wrote:

BamKam wrote:We have some undersized players but are very quick which helps out a lot IMO. I think Wagner and Irvin both have huge games on Sunday.

I am curious to hear which players that you consider "undersized?"

ensett wrote:

CurryStopstheRuns wrote:

BamKam wrote:We have some undersized players but are very quick which helps out a lot IMO. I think Wagner and Irvin both have huge games on Sunday.

I am curious to hear which players that you consider "undersized?"

Probably the 2 guys he listed, which is true. Irvin is tiny, and Wagner is listed 8 pounds less than Tatupu by the time he was out of here

RiggoReincarnated wrote:Don't forget you guys chose to copy our offense and we've had experience with it since training camp. lol