Much has been made of the Commanders receiving options being below-average (especially with Mclaurin not practicing this summer), however that needs to be viewed in context of Kliff Kingsbury’s offense.

Is it more important to have players who fit the scheme, or to build your scheme around the players you have?

This is the million-dollar question – and although I don’t know if I’ll be able to draw a concrete conclusion here either way, it will hopefully prompt some good discussion.

Washington’s passing game is more horizontal (underneath routes) than vertical.

Kingsbury’s hybrid Air Raid system is challenging to stop.

First, this offense is in no-huddle the majority of the time. Shorter, underneath routes are key when you run an up-tempo offense. You don’t necessarily want to run four

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