[washingtonismoney]

At 5.91 yards per play, our offense is worse than in 2011 (duh) and 2013, but actually better than 2012 (what you call "a mediocre year"), when we averaged 5.53 yards per play.  I'm not going to sit here and say we have a good offense, but I do think it is comparable to the offense of 2 years ago.

2014, however, has the epic redzone struggles (44% vs. 60% in 2012) and slightly greater turnover issues (2.89% vs. 2.42%, which surely isn't a significant difference), against a slightly worse schedule (33 so far in 2014, 22 in 2012 per Sagarin). So I think it's fair to characterize the offense as worse, though perhaps I overstated things. Still, two mediocre offenses in four years should prompt some rethinking of the way things are done.

Other thought. The coaching staff from 2011-13 strikes me as more experienced than this one. Perhaps Shaw isn't hiring as well as he previously did on the offensive end of the ball?

[washingtonismoney]

At 5.91 yards per play, our offense is worse than in 2011 (duh) and 2013, but actually better than 2012 (what you call "a mediocre year"), when we averaged 5.53 yards per play.  I'm not going to sit here and say we have a good offense, but I do think it is comparable to the offense of 2 years ago.

2014, however, has the epic redzone struggles (44% vs. 60% in 2012) and slightly greater turnover issues (2.89% vs. 2.42%, which surely isn't a significant difference), against a slightly worse schedule (33 so far in 2014, 22 in 2012 per Sagarin). So I think it's fair to characterize the offense as worse, though perhaps I overstated things. Still, two mediocre offenses in four years should prompt some rethinking of the way things are done.

Other thought. The coaching staff from 2011-13 strikes me as more experienced than this one. Perhaps Shaw isn't hiring as well as he previously did on the offensive end of the ball?