Much has been made of Washington’s league-leading 19 sacks allowed through 3 games this season. Various attempts have been made to assign them to, in order, a “terrible offensive line with players who couldn’t start on any other team in the league,” Eric Bieniemy’s lopsided play calling, and Sam’s own proclivity to hold onto the ball too long.
We’ll take them in order to try to best get to the bottom of what is, obviously, a multivariate issue.
Offensive Line Performance
It no secret, Washington’s offensive line - which was riddled with injuries - wasn’t very good last year.