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Culture wins football: Although this was the first week we’ve seen the whole team do it, we know Chip Kelly likes his players to play a complete game. He want his special teams to return and block, needs his defense to cover and penetrate, and — in a system where you constantly see O-linemen sprinting downfield to block for backs and receivers — he’d like his receivers and backs to be able to block. Or, at least be willing to do so. DeSean Jaccson doesn’t fit that mold.

It’s something we saw often when DeSean was here, but Redskins fans are just beginning to get a taste of it. Not only can DeSean not block, but he’d rather not even try. And now, it’s pissed of Chris Cooley.

Cooley said on his show on ESPN 980 in D.C.:

“Do not allow number 11 to ever be involved in blocking for screens, blocking for bubbles, picking for players in the pass game, [or] run plays to his side of the line of scrimmage. He WILL NOT TRY on them. Do not put him in in those situations.

Find another way to break that tendency, but don’t risk losing a play just because you think 11 might try. Unless he’s going to say ‘I’ll make a legitimate commitment,’ do not put him in on those plays. It was costly in four or five different situations where plays could have been better.”

Cooley specifically mentioned the play seen above, where DeSean lackadaisically placed his hands in the general vicinity of a cornerback and got swiftly pushed aside. Compare that to a clip that Eliot Shorr-Parks pointed out, of our own number 11, Josh Huff, holding a strong and steady block as Darren Sproles cuts around the outside for a touchdown run. That is what the Redskins probably want DeSean to do. That is what DeSean will not do.