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All the NFL.com analysts vote Mark Brunell as the "new" QB of the year. The question is how long he can maintain his impressive performance. Closely tied to Brunell's fortunes are those of Santana Moss. He is on a tear, on pace to break the team record for receiving yardage. Clearly, the revamped offense has worked wonders in the first half of the year.

What will happen, though, is that opposing defensive coordinators will get more footage of the opened-up Redskins' offense with each successive game. They will then be able to game-plan better to contain Moss. The Brunell to Moss combo will be far less potent in the second half of the year. Meanwhile, the running game will open up as defenses back off to prevent the big play. Defensive coordinators will also be more than willing to give up the underneath stuff. Gibbs then has to be ready to adjust his receivers' routes to hitches, curls, and slants.

An exciting play to see unfold was the double screen to Cooley in the San Francisco game. As John Madden always notes, defenses have become much better at sniffing out and defending screen than offenses have been at executing them. However, the double screen is often very effective because the defense gets spread out.