Why the Commanders’ less efficient, run-heavy offense is working so well
and special teams — it has sustained drives and dominated the clock, largely thanks to the running game, which benefits from facing defenses built to stop passing teams.
In some games, Washington has exploited the trend toward faster, lighter defensive lines. In wins at Carolina last season and Philadelphia this season, the Commanders’included forcing edge defenders who would have preferred to rush the passer instead to stop a steady diet of runs. Or, as running back Brian Robinson Jr. put it after beating the Eagles: “Some of the guys on the defensive line was just soft on the edges.
The running backs can succeed in this physical setup. Even though Washington creates yards before contact at one of the league’s lowest rates , Robinson and Antonio Gibson are decisive and physical. And even though they also haven’t excelled at yardscontact, they rarely take losses. Since Week 7, Washington has rushed for zero or negative yards on just 14 percent of its attempts, the second-best rate in the NFL.
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