Ryan Fitzpatrick believes Washington’s offense will difficult to defend in 2021
The Washington Football Team opens training camp in just over two weeks. We’ll finally see if a revamped offense can lead the Football Team to consecutive division titles for the first time since the early 1980s.
One of the major pieces of the retooled offense is veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick recently sat down with JP Finlay and Mitch Tischler of the “Washington Football Talk” podcast and discussed his impressions of Washington’s offense.
Fitzpatrick, who is entering his 17th NFL season on his ninth NFL team, discussed how Scott Turner’s offense is a bit different than the offensive systems he’s played in recently.
“It’s a little bit different than a lot of what I’ve done, especially recently,” Fitzpatrick said, per Julius Long of NBC Sports Washington. “The terminology’s different, but there’s just certain ways that you can really attack defenses, and he seems to really get that and understand that.”
After the 2020 season, it was clear Washington needed to make a move at quarterback and add weapons for the new quarterback. That led to Washington signing Curtis Samuel and Adam Humphries in free agency and drafting Dyami Brown.
When you add those newcomers to an offensive nucleus that already includes Terry McLaurin, Antonio Gibson, Logan Thomas and J.D. McKissic, you can see why Washington should be much better on offense in 2021.
Fitzpatrick believes the WFT could be a problem for opposing defenses.
“The biggest thing with his offense is we’re able to spread the ball around to everybody and get everybody involved. It’s going to be a tough offense to defend just because of all the pieces we have,” Fitzpatrick said.
He’s right. But, of course, what everyone thinks in early July doesn’t matter come September. Fitzpatrick must play well for the Football Team to have a chance. If he does, Washington has a real shot at winning the NFC. Yes, the NFC.
If he doesn’t, head coach Ron Rivera will not hesitate to go to Taylor Heinicke.
