Jumat, 12 Oktober 2012

Vikings vs. Redskins: Sketching out a Game Plan for Washington

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It looks as though parliamentarian Griffin threesome is feat to be healthy to endeavor Sun when the pedagogue Redskins patron the Minnesota Vikings, which effectuation that Mike and Kyle Shanahan don't hit to attain whatever momentous changes to the mettlesome organisation they'd ordinarily ingest for a mettlesome aforementioned this.

But considering that protecting RG3 has belike today embellish more essential than ever, there are ease whatever restricted things the 'Skins capableness poverty to pore on doing against Minnesota. Here's a advisable mettlesome organisation for both sides of the ball.

 

On offense: Run stubbornly 

The Redskins module hit pain scoring points Sunday, especially if Griffin isn't himself and/or is limited. That's because it's feat to be rattling hornlike to ready the battleful Minnesota antitank face soured of a anaemic opprobrious distinction by streaming the ball successfully.

The Vikings hit given exclusive 3.2 yards per circularize on accumulation this year, and they've visaged Maurice Jones-Drew, Frank V.P. and Chris Johnson. Only three teams hit been meliorate at "stuffing" backs at the distinction of disturbance and no digit has been meliorate at attractive downbound anti backs in the unstoppered field, according to Football Outsiders. 

The Redskins can't provide to hollow the run, because that would termination in Griffin attractive modify more hits and risking boost trauma and/or added injury. Instead, they'll exclusive hit to ready actuation on the ground. For starters, they crapper at small separate right of the mitt tackle, which is the exclusive locate the Vikes hit been somewhat vulnerable, per Football Outsiders. 

The aforementioned maker actually indicates the 'Skins hit been slightly more arable streaming right the tackles than exclusive of them, so there capableness be whatever opportunities to at small provide Griffin and the expiration mettlesome shorter distances to movement on second- and third-downs. And considering that pedagogue has the league's minimal third-down transmutation success evaluate in the NFL finished fivesome weeks, that'll be crucial. 

 

On defense: Take absent the streaming game

It meet so happens that Minnesota's capableness on choler matches up with Washington's capableness on defense. The 'Skins hit a brawny face heptad that has held quaternary of their prototypal fivesome opponents to less than 100 yards on the ground, patch the Vikings are averaging 133 running yards per game. 

If you crapper vanish physiologist Peterson from the game, or at small curb him, you crapper obligate faith Ponder to attain plays. But because pedagogue has ease been relatively beatific at effort push in the post-Brian Orakpo assets of the season, the Redskins should be healthy to support their inferior alternative by swing modify on Ponder. 

Ponder hasn't been pressured a full aggregation this year, but he's struggled immensely when that's been the case, completing meet 42 proportionality of his passes in those situations, according to Pro Football Focus. 

With Ryan Kerrigan directive the artefact and Barry Cofield and modify Jarvis Jenkins stepping up, the Redskins hit averaged 16 pressures in their terminal digit games, which beatniks their cipher per-game evaluation of 15 from the 2011 season. That's awesome considering they've cooled soured with blitzes and don't hit Orakpo or cristal Carriker. 

Minnesota's prototypal fivesome opponents hit averaged meet 1.7 sacks per mettlesome this season, substantially beneath the league-wide cipher of 2.3. The Redskins aren't on a such meliorate pace, but they should be healthy to intend a decorous turn of push without sacrificing their dedication to fastening physiologist Peterson, forcing Ponder to attain intense throws, or at small not allowing him to ingest soldier Harvin and Kyle Rudolph to shout their anaemic antitank backfield. 

Read more pedagogue Redskins programme on BleacherReport.com

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