The biggest question most people have for the Washington Commanders offense, Craig Hoffman said, is: How can quarterback Sam Howell take fewer hits and fewer sacks? Well, offensive coordinator/assistant head coach Eric Bieniemy addressed that topic during his news conference this week and had a pretty interesting answer.
"Every day you want to make sure that you're taking care of the quarterback," Bieniemy began his answer. "Obviously, some of that is self-inflicted wounds by him, but also, too, I mean, we're a team and collectively we all take our share in the blame. So, we just need to make sure that we're doing a great job of protecting up front. We gotta make sure that we're giving our guys all the answers on how to handle all the different issues.
"But then when it's all said and done, we just need to perform and execute better and you would love to keep the quarterback clean. Obviously, this is the National Football League. Sometimes things happen and I'll say this, sometimes without any bad luck, we wouldn't have any good luck.
"The beauty of it is, I think all of this that has happened is helping us to grow together. The Thing that I'm finding is the communication level between players. Also with coaches, I can see the growth process. One thing that you learn and I've shared this before and I was just telling our players this, communication is the key to any successful relationship. I like where we are because I can see our guys doing a much better job of over-communicating at the line of scrimmage. I can hear them in the background communication, making all the necessary calls.
"So yes, would we like to be better? Yes. Would we like to keep him clean? Yes. Okay. But for whatever reason, that has brought us to this place, and it's making us a much better team."
Hoffman gives his response and he isn't too pleased with Bieniemy's optimistic take on the Commanders' second-year quarterback getting sacked on a record pass. Listen to the full conversation on the audio player above!
