Jay Gruden hired as head coach of the Redskins

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The notion that Haslett was bad isn't accurate or fair. The Redskins let up an insane amount of yards and points in the first three games of the year, which of course you can't let Haslett completely off the hook for. But the Eagles put up all that yardage partly because the Skins couldn't get out of their own way on offense, turning it over tons of times. And they started Rambo at safety, who clearly wasn't remotely ready. Bad decision by Haslett, but to be fair if they didn't have the cap penalty he would have had better talent to work with there.

Just like you can't let Haslett completely off the hook, you have to acknowledge the improvement over the last 13 games. After the first 3 we were last in the league in yards allowed. We finished 18th, despite having zero talent in the secondary.

So Haslett isn't worthless. Give him some $ invested in defensive talent and he can field a decent defense.