WP: Haynesworth will be at Redskins Park Monday

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Seriously. I hate it when guys get praise for showing up to workout. It's your profession. They make oodles of money and still get a few months off every year. Showing up to throw some weights around in the offseason doesn't deserve any extra kudos whatsoever.

Also, I hope no one gets their hopes over statements like this:

Defensive coordinator Jim Haslett intends to use multiple fronts and envisions Haynesworth moving between the nose and end spots in hybrid alignments. With what Haslett has planned, the Redskins believe Haynesworth will thrive.

What are they supposed to say? We just gave a retarded amount of money to this guy, no we're switching to a scheme where he may not be nearly as effective, and we're pretty concerned about how he'll fit. ??

Hopefully he can still occupy two O-lineman as 3-4 DE and free up Orakpo to wreak havoc a la Demarcus Ware. The article mentions Haslett moving Big Al around. I'd be interested to know what specific situations they'd use him as an end and at nose.

Anyone else a bit concerned with the notion of moving back and forth from a 3-4 to a 4-3 in the middle of the game? Hopefully we have the personnel, intelligence, and coaching to make that happen successfully.

I think we do, or at least we're trying to with the addition of players like Kemo. We have coaches who are experienced in the 3-4 and 4-3. It seems to be a step in the right direction and is a welcome change to the stagnant system we've had in place with Blache. I'm glad AH is showing up. It is voluntary and with all the talk about his dissatisfaction with the way he was used and the possible switch to NT I'm glad he's not acting like an ass as he's sometimes portrayed to be. I do believe this staff will use him more to his abilities than Blache. Hopefully a more aggressive, attacking defense.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

I think we do, or at least we're trying to with the addition of players like Kemo. We have coaches who are experienced in the 3-4 and 4-3. It seems to be a step in the right direction and is a welcome change to the stagnant system we've had in place with Blache. I'm glad AH is showing up. It is voluntary and with all the talk about his dissatisfaction with the way he was used and the possible switch to NT I'm glad he's not acting like an ass as he's sometimes portrayed to be. I do believe this staff will use him more to his abilities than Blache. Hopefully a more aggressive, attacking defense.

I agree 53....And with this coaching staff we will be able to determine if whatever appeared to have gone wrong with Albert's game was all on him, or if the coaches were partly to blame. As far as his gripes about how he was being utilized..I would gladly take 52 others with the same gripe. Further, I doubt very seriously he would have had the same issues had he gone to any other team because most other teams would have known how to take advantage of his skills and used him accordingly. His play this season will help determine whether it was him or Blache.