Fix the offense!

[Paintrain]

How would you fix the Redskins pathetic offense this offseason? My suggestions would be :

1. Install the shotgun.. Today the QB needs those extra seconds to identify the blitz, set up draws and shovel passes.

2. Run more screen plays. There's no better way (other than blocking) to slow the pass rush than some well timed and executed screens. We tried a few times with Brunell, but everyone knew he couldn't throw it 15 yds on the fly so they were all cheating up. I'd like to see Portis in the open field on some screens.

3. Trade Gardner for picks. Hopefully he'd garner a 2nd and 5th to replace what we've lost. If not, at least a 2nd I'd hope. I think with Jacobs and McCants we are in good shape at WR, even if we end up with a top 5 pick based on our record and can draft Mike Williams out of USC.

4. Sign a free agent center and draft a center. That's easily the weak link in the OL. Samuels has played pretty poorly this year so hopefully he'll realize that he needs to take a pay cut because he won't get top dollar on the free agent market.

5. Like I said in an earlier thread, establish an offensive identity. You can't go one week throwing 2 passes in a half to running your feature back 6 times in an entire game, especially when the deficit is less than 2 TD. That above all needs to be done. If we are going to be a running team, let's spend a majority of the time in camp on getting that right. I f we're a passing team, same thing, put the onus on that. We need to figure out who we are before we can get anywhere.