Leaving no stone unturned, I immersed myself into the world of the rookies and finally came out with an answer I didn't expect.

A whole lotta escapin'.

Mike Shanahan's name now embodies that potent combination of Bill Walsh's West Coast passing and Alex Gibbs' deep commitment to zone running, with the mesh point of those two concepts as the play-action pass.

Prior to the season, I put together my view of how stats guide or correlate to the success of an NFL team.

A look back at the last ten years of the playoffs.

I've spent the past few days, both looking at tape and digging through statistics, to get a closer look at why the Redskins have been so successful on offense, as well as how to exploit them on defense.

I'll dish 'em out first before Football Outsiders joins us for a chat.