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skinsguy · 12-27-2011, 08:39 AM

A little bit of a knee jerk reaction this thread is. I wasn't high on Hasslett coming in and I don't think he was Shanahan's first choice. I wasn't high on switching from a 4-3 to a 3-4. However, with that said, you have to look at the body of work throughout the season. The defense has improved greatly from last season. I will say this though, I was a little taken back from the fact that the Redskins were not able to stop Webb. Knowing that they watched film on the Viking's offense, you would assume they would be prepared for the trickery of putting Webb in there from time to time, but they didn't seem prepared for him at all. Seems like the 'skins were highly prepared for Ponder and A.P., and they did a heck of a job on them, but as soon as both were knocked out of the game, it was like "OK, what do we do now?"

You give Jim Hasslett at least one more year. I think the Redskins must address the secondary in the off season, which might be the answer.

12-27-2011, 08:39 AM	#5
skinsguy Pro Bowl Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Greensboro, North Carolina Posts: 6,766	Re: Jim Haslett's inconsist defense A little bit of a knee jerk reaction this thread is. I wasn't high on Hasslett coming in and I don't think he was Shanahan's first choice. I wasn't high on switching from a 4-3 to a 3-4. However, with that said, you have to look at the body of work throughout the season. The defense has improved greatly from last season. I will say this though, I was a little taken back from the fact that the Redskins were not able to stop Webb. Knowing that they watched film on the Viking's offense, you would assume they would be prepared for the trickery of putting Webb in there from time to time, but they didn't seem prepared for him at all. Seems like the 'skins were highly prepared for Ponder and A.P., and they did a heck of a job on them, but as soon as both were knocked out of the game, it was like "OK, what do we do now?" You give Jim Hasslett at least one more year. I think the Redskins must address the secondary in the off season, which might be the answer. __________________ "Fire Up That Diesel!"