Redskins defense has struggled for a decade

Neil Greenberg highlights the Redskins perennially struggling defense in his deconstruction of Bruce Allen’s tenure as Redskins GM…

“According to TruMedia’s expected points added metric, which calculates the number of points scored above or below what we would expect given the down, distance and field position of each play against, the Redskins have the seventh-worst rate over the past decade. Washington has only allowed fewer points than expected per 100 snaps once during Allen’s tenure, in 2017. Every other NFL team except the Raiders has more than one defensive season in the decade with a positive expected points allowed per 100 snaps.”

Full article: The Washington Post