Wa Post Coverage of D Failings is Getting Better

Yesterday the Wa Post's Jason La Canfora had this article focused on the fact that the D has been pathetic on interceptions and turnovers in general:

Washington's defense is on the verge of becoming the least opportunistic in NFL history, with only five interceptions and five recovered fumbles -- two of them by special teams -- through 13 games. The NFL low for take-aways in a 16-game season is 15, by Green Bay and St. Louis in 2004.

The Redskins also rank last in the NFL this season in sacks per passing play and have just 15 sacks as a team. They have been held to one sack or fewer in eight of 13 games and have played eight games in which they failed to register a turnover.

The inability of the defense to make big plays has forced the offense to produce long drives, since the offense has rarely been provided good field position as the result of a turnover. Washington has scored only 13 points off turnovers, a figure that could be among the worst all-time. The Redskins have been outscored 51-13 in points off turnovers, and outgained 279-25 in return yards off interceptions.

I think this is important as so much attention has focused on our offense, which ranked 11 is and not losing games for us. If we had a decent D we would be a playoff contender.

But Gibbs is pledging to keep ego-maniacal Williams, who keeps trying to justify his outrageous salary on his skills versus the skill of studs we lost like Antonio Pierce. Yet based on Williams's ego we went from 4 to 11 and now to 28. I would call that a destruction of the defense, not a building of it.