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There won't be major changes, but the Washington Redskins offense will look differently in Week 2.
"The offense becomes more predictable with Peterson," Hoffman said Friday. "Because some of the runs they save for Chris Thompson, they will run with Derrius, as well."
Hoffman points out to a draw play run with Guice, which likely isn't a run seen with Peterson in the backfield.
"Some of the variances they have in their run game becomes less with Adrian, you kind of let him do the things that he's done well for years," Hoffman said. "They treat him... with more of a simplified run game versus Chris Thompson, who has a lot more outside stuff and a little bit more variance, a little bit more trickery, if you will, in the run game."
With the loss of Guice, the Redskins lost an effective back in the passing game, Hoffman notes, something Peterson has not been effective at doing during his long career.
"It takes out some of the unpredictability because there's a certain set of plays that you know are not gonna be run when Adrian is in the game versus Derrius (when) the entire playbook is open," Hoffman told The Junkies.