Washington vs. Detroit Game Preview
By Jeremy T. Ballreich
The Washington Redskins, nope, Washington Football Team, wrong again, Washington Commanders (Identity Crisis maybe) travel to Ford Field, to take on the Detroit Football Lions.
Commanders will have Carson Wentz at the helm of the offense, and there highly rated Dline coming in to try wreak havoc upon the Lions.
My question is, which Carson Wentz will we see this week? That Oline is a weakness, as well as their LBs and Secondary.
Their WR corps is mostly a 2 headed monster of ‘Scary’ Terry McLaurin and Jahon Dotson.
Keys to the game, neutralize their Dline by running at them often, they have a tendency to overpursue RBs.
Us that run game (currently lead by D’Andre Swift) to set up the play action.
Use mostly quick routes to counter the blitz until their Safeties move into the box. Then hit them deep with the Lions WR core depth.
On defense:
The Dline should be able to pressure Wentz more successfully, than they did versus the Eagles. Because Hurts runs like a Jackrabbit, and Carson Wentz is nowhere near as fast. History shows that Wentz crumbles under pressure with the blitz. With the return of Julian Okwara, added to a OLB/DE room that includes 2nd oick overall Aidan Hutchinson, Charles Harris, and Austin Bryant in rotation. It may force Wentz into that panicked PTSD poor mechanics and decision making we’ve seen so many times.
If all that happens I could see a double digit win, like they did versus the Arizona Cardinals.
Score prediction:
Washington 17
Lions 31
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