Sometimes, a taste of something makes it too much to give up. The Washington Redskins got a taste of success earlier in the 2018 campaign, when they rocketed out to a 5-2 start, maintaining a two-game lead in the NFC East for half of the season.
The Redskins rode their front seven and their running game early on, winning with an old-school style of football that featured physicality and turnovers on defense, and a stringent stronghold of time of possession on offense.
Over the past few weeks, however, with the season-ending injury to Alex Smith, and the perceived regression of a defense with too little speed, the Redskins have fallen into a slump, and with just five games left before the playoffs, they’re in danger of letting their strong start go to waste.