Of the many positives from the Redskins’ offensive output last season, most of them were marred by the lack of red zone scoring. The struggles to move the ball past the goal line once the team reached its opponent’s 20-yard line dampened what was already a potent attack.
Washington finished third to last in the red zone, scoring touchdowns on 45 percent of their trips, quite a difference from 2015, when the Redskins converted 58 percent of the time. The reasons for this difference in success are harder to parse.
Regardless of an easy solution, the Redskins have already taken some steps to increasing their chances for better results in the red zone, both in personnel and in philosophy, which should help them return to the standards that 2015 set.