Washington Football Team grades for the 2021 offense

The Washington Football Team offense was supposed to be improved in 2021. So how did they hold up in a disappointing season? Let’s grade them.

No one was really expecting an elite offense from the Washington Football Team in 2021. However, there were some decent expectations.

For one thing, Washington added some big names. Ryan Fitzpatrick has his flaws but he was an upgrade at quarterback and would’ve helped them “air it out” with his strong arm and confidence to make throws.

Curtis Samuel joined as another star receiver to make things easier on Terry McLaurin. They also brought Ereck Flowers back to help with the offensive line and Antonio Gibson was entering year two at running back with insane potential.

Flowers lived up to the hype. He was a great addition to the line. Samuel missed most of the year due to injury though and was a non-factor when playing. And Fitzpatrick played one half of football before suffering a season-ending injury. That’s sort of a perfect way to describe Washington’s season on offense.

The potential was there and sometimes they would look great. But overall it was a lot of nothing. Struggling and making things look more difficult than they had to be.

They weren’t good. A few players stood out, absolutely. For the most part, though, it wasn’t exactly “fun” to watch. You were going to get frustrated watching as a combination of poor play, disappointing talent, injuries, and coaching decisions led to the offense doing next-to-nothing for long stretches at a time.

All that being said, it doesn’t sound like the offense will get good grades. We won’t know until we break it all down individually and get those overall grades though. So let’s get into it.