How will you measure success?

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Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

For a $100 million contract, he better come damn close at the very least. And let's be honest, the other stuff I wrote is probably unrealistic also to what is actually going to pan out. JC will improve on last years stats to a certain degree, but I don't think he is going to have a breakout year. Doesn't have much to work with unfortunately.

Haynesworth main job is occupy people as technically the DT is most dangerous position to get sacks from as it's usually just a straight line to the QB. However with the way schemes are as well as the fact that interior lineman have to deal with a lot of traffic thats not the case.

What Haynesworth will do on top of getting a few sacks of his own is that he'll prevent QB 's from stepping up into the pocket, which was a HUGE problem last year as it was pretty much a wide open window for QB's to throw as they didn't have to see over their lineman in these situations. Theres a reason scouts like QB's with height, it's because when guys like Haynesworth disrupt the pocket they want the QB to still be able to see whats going on downfield.

The double teams he'll demand though as a pass rusher will also free up our ends and linebackers so expect more blitzes into the A-Gap this year.

On top of that Fletcher will be virtually untouched this year by blockers.