Redskins.com's Jake Kring-Schreifels provides five takeaways from Kirk Cousins's press conference at the Inova Sports Performance Center at Redskins Park in Loudoun Co., Va.
1. The team’s lack of third down conversation prevented any chance to develop a rhythm.
Kirk Cousins will be the first to tell you that the offense’s performance in Los Angeles wasn’t good enough on Sunday. The Redskins only converted 2-of-12 third downs against the Chargers, giving them only 51 offensive snaps, a total Cousins knows isn’t acceptable to win.
“It’s hard to have a very productive game as an offense when you only have 51 plays but we have no one to blame but ourselves because you’re not going to run many plays if you’re not staying on the field and you’re not converting third downs.