WHAT NEEDS HELP
The offense, despite scoring 17 consecutive points to start the game. Specifically, the running game is an issue exacerbated by veteran Adrian Peterson’s healthy scratch that put the onus on Derrius Guice to shoulder the load.
In his NFL debut 13 months since tearing the ACL in his left knee, Guice injured his right knee and underwent an MRI Monday morning. The knee injury at least partially explains why Guice was limited to 18 yards on 10 carries.
“I thought that (Guice) did a great job of making plays when there wasn’t much there at times,” Keenum said. “Sometimes those 1- or 2-yard runs that aren’t necessarily negative runs are good, but I thought Guice played a great game and was in the right spot.”
The lack of an effective ground attack stunted Washington’s opportunities to produce through the air .
“(Philadelphia) is a team that loads up the box,” Gruden said. “We tried some runs that didn’t work, a couple traps, a couple toss and cracks, things of that nature . ... I thought our attack was sound. We just had three or four penalties that took us off some critical drives.” That was evident in training camp, and keeping the third-round pick out of Ohio State on the sideline during the preseason didn’t stunt his development and perhaps made his breakout debut a bit of a surprise. seven receptions. Between veteran Paul Richardson, second-year player Trey Quinn and rookie Kelvin Harmon, someone else is going to have to step up to take the heat off McLaurin.