I’ve been wanting to write this piece for a year or two now, but the opportunity never really presented itself in a way that seemed relevant to what was going on with Washington’s football team at the time. On the heels of a nine sack game - as many as the Redskins gave up in the entire 1991 season - it seems like the appropriate time to broach it.
The conventional wisdom is that the primary responsibility for sacks falls on a team’s offensive line. After all, these hogmollies are paid big bucks to keep opponent’s pass rushers at bay, and to protect the most valuable player on teams across the league, right?