Data shows who is to blame for the offensive struggles, and confirms the one area the Commanders must improve in
The data backs up what we’re seeing on film with the Commanders’ passing offense.
The Washington Commanders’ passing offense hasn’t been what we’re used to through the first two weeks, and a lot of people are trying to pinpoint what’s going on.
The passing struggles were expected with a new offensive line, new weapons on offense, and Terry McLaurin missing a lot of time right before the season, but the data shows it’s much more than that.
The offensive line hasn’t helped the passing game at all, but the real story is what the wide receivers are doing, and not doing downfield.
The real factor in the lack of production
Jayden Daniels has done everything possible with what he’s been given, but we all expected the offense to be clicking with all the new additions this offseason. Through the first two games, Daniels has had his worst performances to date, and has a completion percentage of only 59.7%. When you watch the film, though, he’s not getting much help downfield with wide receivers getting separation, and the data backs it up.
As a whole unit, the Commanders’ wide receiver corps has the worst overall separation score in the league. Noah Brown has the best separation score for the Commanders, and he’s barely in the positives. Meanwhile, Terry McLaurin, Deebo Samuel, and Jaylin Lane are all in the negatives.
Kingsbury expects improvement
Offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury talked about the offensive struggles and what he expects moving forward.
“As far as Green Bay went,” Kingsbury said. “First off, you gotta give them a lot of credit. I think that the defensive staff does a tremendous job there. They have a really good defense, a talented defense, and they got after us. Any opportunities we had, we didn’t seem to make the most of, but it’s week two. Gotta keep getting better, gotta keep learning together. We haven’t been together that much as a complete unit, getting on the same page, and so it was good to get back this week and actually practice and get out there and try to build. But yeah, I just think we’re a work in progress right now.”
McLaurin is obviously the biggest part of the offense, and he only has 75 yards, which is third on the team, and has yet to find the endzone. There have been a couple of missed opportunities by Daniels, but a big factor is the lack of separation on offense, which can be blamed on both skill and scheme. Both are fixable, and the Raiders’ secondary allows the offense to open up regardless of who plays QB on Sunday.
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