Analyzing Mike Shanahan at the Midway Point

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It all starts with the O-line. Rabach is god awful, Hicks is out of position, Lichtenstiger gets beat like a drum, Jamaal Brown looks like he's 50 years old, Heyer will never be more than a back-up, and Trent Williams is solid but making rookie mistakes. You can't tell me Lichtenstiger is better than Dockery.

Re-signing Rabach, bringing in Brown, Hicks, and Lichtenstiger, and repeatedly keeping Dockery inactive are all Shanny's decisions. I give him an A on drafting Williams, and a D- for the rest of the O-line mess. Not that he had much to work with when he took over as HC, but this unit is downright awful.

I agree with article in that the Haynesworth drama was dragged out way too long, and IMO this McNabb situation was a total coaching meltdown, especially Shanny's attempts to explain his decision. Fail fail fail.

Overall he's got us going in the right direction, but he's had more than a few head-scratchers thus far.

I'll give him a C. The jury is still out, though.