I mean, the problem with the offense is that, right now, they might have to replace literally every single starter on it.
Yep, this feels like it. Even Rhamondre - who was supposed to be the best player on the offense - has looked very MEH. No explosion, no smashing through defenders, no....nothing.
Through 5 games: 68 att, 188 rush yards, 2.8 y/a, with a long of just 12 yards. 12 receptions for 87 yards. Just one total TD. He has no burst, and doesn't power through guys either. He just looks slow and lame. Much of that is the OL - he can't even get a head of steam going. Last year he had 2.9 yards before contact, and this year it's just 1.8. But his yards after contact this year is godawful.
2021: 2.7 yards after contact per attempt
2022: 2.1 yards after contact per attempt
2023: 1.0 yards after contact per attempt
According to pro-football-reference, he's broken a grand total of *THREE* tackles this season. In 2021 he averaged 8.3 rush attempts per broken tackle, and that was 8.8 last year. This year? 22.7 rush attempts per broken tackle.
So again, it's a team sport, right? The OL is getting him buried every time he touches the ball, but he's also not doing anything to help either. He's getting hit and going down instead of shrugging off contact.
It's totally depressing because they aren't doing ANYTHING right on offense. At all. The entire thing is broken.
EDIT: By the way, Elliott hasn't been any better in this regard. He's also averaging 1.0 yards after contact per attempt, and has ZERO broken tackles. So neither guy is "helping" the OL out by being difficult to bring down. That combined with poor OL play means NO rushing game whatsoever. And that makes passing harder. Of course, not passing well makes it harder to run the ball. So again, it's a vicious cycle. If only they could start by doing ONE thing very well, it would really help.