Biggest Takeaways from Washington Redskins’ Week 5 Loss

October 12, 2015   ·   James Dudko   ·   Jump to comments

Week 5's 25-19 sudden-death loss to the Atlanta Falcons should have taught the Washington Redskins a few valuable lessons. Hopefully, those lessons won't be lost on head coach Jay Gruden and his staff as they prepare to face the New York Jets in Week 6.
Primarily, Gruden must remember his team has to win the time-of-possession battle to win games. Doing so requires establishing the running game. It's something likely to be tough given the continued struggles of Alfred Morris to produce big plays on the ground.
However the offense is performing, Joe Barry's defense still needs work, both at the fundamentals and scheme levels. Problems with the former were reflected in a soft run defense, while the latter showed up in more vanilla play-calling in clutch situations.
Still, Week 5 wasn't without positives for the Burgundy and Gold. A new playmaker has emerged to revitalise the passing game.
Find out the biggest takeaways from Washington's last-gasp defeat in Week 5.

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