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philemon
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After watching the first 4 games, I've been frustrated with as many things as the next Skins fan. One of the things that really bothers me is the slow offensive start in each game. Before everyone begins to use RG3's injury as the excuse, we can go back and look at last year as well. I remember commenting to fellow fans about the slow starts we'd get in games last year.
In the 2012 Regular Season, we scored a total of 436 points. Only 79 of those points came in the first quarter. That's only 18%. And we may all remember that not all of those points were offensive points. The defense helped contribute to those numbers.
In this season, we've scored a total of 92 points, with only 14 of those points being scored in the first quarter. And, yes, both of those touchdowns were scored by our defense.
I'll agree that RG3's injury has contributed towards a lackluster performance; but that certainly is not the only reason why we're starting slowly.
One major reason why we have such slow starts in offense is the running schemes: zone blocking and the stretch. The zone blocking and stretch schemes become more effective in the later minutes of the game. It's designed to wear down the endurance of the defensive line and linebackers. So, as the game wears on, more holes open up and the ground game becomes more effective. In our offense, the passing game becomes more effective as the ground game becomes more effective.
To put it simply, our offense is built upon the success of our ground game, and our ground game is built upon the fatigue level of the defense which doesn't occur until later in the game. So when we're going against a decent front 7, then we're going to have slower starts.
All in all, I think we're going to have to get used to seeing the majority of our points being scored in the 2nd half of games with this offense.
HTTR
In the 2012 Regular Season, we scored a total of 436 points. Only 79 of those points came in the first quarter. That's only 18%. And we may all remember that not all of those points were offensive points. The defense helped contribute to those numbers.
In this season, we've scored a total of 92 points, with only 14 of those points being scored in the first quarter. And, yes, both of those touchdowns were scored by our defense.
I'll agree that RG3's injury has contributed towards a lackluster performance; but that certainly is not the only reason why we're starting slowly.
One major reason why we have such slow starts in offense is the running schemes: zone blocking and the stretch. The zone blocking and stretch schemes become more effective in the later minutes of the game. It's designed to wear down the endurance of the defensive line and linebackers. So, as the game wears on, more holes open up and the ground game becomes more effective. In our offense, the passing game becomes more effective as the ground game becomes more effective.
To put it simply, our offense is built upon the success of our ground game, and our ground game is built upon the fatigue level of the defense which doesn't occur until later in the game. So when we're going against a decent front 7, then we're going to have slower starts.
All in all, I think we're going to have to get used to seeing the majority of our points being scored in the 2nd half of games with this offense.
HTTR
