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5 bold predictions for Redskins vs. Panthers in NFL Week 6

By Jacob Camenker

NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 08: Chris Thompson #25 of the Washington Redskins runs with the ball as Kurt Coleman #29 of the New Orleans Saints defends at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on October 8, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 08: Chris Thompson #25 of the Washington Redskins runs with the ball as Kurt Coleman #29 of the New Orleans Saints defends at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on October 8, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – OCTOBER 08: Chris Thompson #25 of the Washington Redskins runs with the ball as Kurt Coleman #29 of the New Orleans Saints defends at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on October 8, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA – OCTOBER 08: Chris Thompson #25 of the Washington Redskins runs with the ball as Kurt Coleman #29 of the New Orleans Saints defends at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on October 8, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /

2. Chris Thompson leads Redskins in rushing and receiving

This is going to be a weird week for the Redskins offense. They have a lot of offensive players questionable for this contest, and it’s unclear exactly who will or won’t play. And that’s creating a lot of uncertainty.

Right now, at receiver, Josh Doctson, Paul Richardson, and Jamison Crowder are all questionable. As they deal with injuries, they all appear to be game-time decisions, and that will make the receiving corps a huge question mark.

At running back, Adrian Peterson is also questionable and though it seems like he’ll play, he’s pretty banged up. He has a shoulder injury and a knee injury, so he may not be 100 percent and may handle less of a workload than normal.

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That leaves Chris Thompson as one of the top offensive weapons. While Thompson is questionable in his own right, it appears that he’s going to be active and should play his normal role in the offense. That will be primarily as a third-down/change-of-pace guy who works as a receiver out of the backfield.

However, Thompson will always get a few carries too, and if Peterson can’t generate much yardage, Thompson will be a threat to outproduce him. And we all know that Alex Smith likes to throw check-downs to his running backs to safely generate yardage, so Thompson could be in for another big game in that regard.

At the end of the day, don’t be surprised if Thompson ends up leading the Redskins in both receiving and rushing yards this week. The offense is beat up enough that everything is a question mark, so it should be interesting to see exactly how Jay Gruden decides to use his top playmakers to atone for the injury issues.

UPDATE: Thompson is reportedly out for the game, so he won’t have a chance to do this unless he ends up surprising the team ahead of the early kick-off.

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