Washington Football Team: Five positives and negatives from Week 7 win

Positive No. 2

The offensive line is going to get some major love here.  There were a lot of positives against the Cowboys, but the line has been seriously overlooked in this game.  They did a solid job in protecting the quarterback.  They opened up major holes in the rushing offense.  They pounded the Dallas defensive line and linebackers into complete and total submission.

Chase Roullier, Brandon Scherff, and Morgan Moses were absolutely superb.  Wes Schweitzer and Cornelius Lucas were adequate and quite frankly, that was good enough.  Moses struggled in the second half with a nagging injury, but he soldiered on like a true warrior.  Yes, the offensive line was a huge positive versus the Cowboys.

Negative No. 2

This is a difficult negative to talk about.  It feels like nit-picking, but it needs to be mentioned.  The opening series for Washington was incredible – until it ended with a poor play execution.  It was fourth and a few inches.  All Kyle Allen had to do was dive low between the center and right guard.  That would’ve been an easy touchdown on the game’s opening drive.

Rather than dive forward, Allen stood straight up and tried to run through the right guard.  Huge mistake.  More often than not, the defensive line will hold and meet the runner head-on if he is standing up straight.  That is what happened and Washington did not score.  Ultimately, it did not affect the outcome of the game, but it was a poor decision from Allen.  It had the potential to be a huge negative.