[washingtonismoney]

I’d say fragility was a characteristic of the Chryst-helmed offense (for which, to be clear, he bears some but not all fault), but less so the latter Costello offense.

Keep in mind that the Costello offense had to deal with a hobbled Love, some OL injury, plus no Wedington and Schultz (in one game) — yet was still pretty productive. So I think the offense solved its fragility problem by the end of the year.

Overall I think the best demonstration of the fragility thesis was the 2014 offense. The typical reason I hear explaining that offense’s so-so play was Hogan’s father dying, and/or offensive line inexperience. This sounds to me like “the offense is fragile,” as it contained multiple top 15 picks (peat, McCaffrey); another first rounder on the line (Garnett); other star skill position players (Montgomery, Hooper) and on and on. That strikes me as not merely underperformance but a reflection of fragility.

[washingtonismoney]

I’d say fragility was a characteristic of the Chryst-helmed offense (for which, to be clear, he bears some but not all fault), but less so the latter Costello offense.

Keep in mind that the Costello offense had to deal with a hobbled Love, some OL injury, plus no Wedington and Schultz (in one game) — yet was still pretty productive. So I think the offense solved its fragility problem by the end of the year.

Overall I think the best demonstration of the fragility thesis was the 2014 offense. The typical reason I hear explaining that offense’s so-so play was Hogan’s father dying, and/or offensive line inexperience. This sounds to me like “the offense is fragile,” as it contained multiple top 15 picks (peat, McCaffrey); another first rounder on the line (Garnett); other star skill position players (Montgomery, Hooper) and on and on. That strikes me as not merely underperformance but a reflection of fragility.