Know Your Foe: Washington Football Team

Antonio Gibson and Terry McLaurin have led Washington’s offense at the running back and wide receiver positions.

Gibson had two rushing touchdowns on 24 carries last week, while McLaurin led Washington with six catches for 59 yards.

McLaurin ranks 16th in the NFL with 632 yards this season and four receiving touchdowns. He ranks 10th in the NFL with 84 total targets, but is last among players in reception percentage (58.3) with 80+ targets.

Gibson is 19th in the league with 506 rushing yards on 135 attempts with five rushing scores.

Reigning Defensive Rookie of the Year Chase Young is now out for the season with a knee injury suffered last week, leaving a big hole in Washington’s pass rush.

Although Young had only managed 1.5 sacks and two forced fumbles this year, he had been able to draw attention away from players like Montez Sweat (4.0 sacks) and Daron Payne (2.0 sacks).

As a team, Washington’s pass rush is currently tied for 20th with 19 sacks, whereas they were fifth last year through Week 10 with 28 sacks.

That’s translated to the rest of the passing game as WFT is 30th in the NFL with 279.33 net passing yards allowed and is tied for 19th with six interceptions.