Was Shanahan Wrong Deactivating Haynesworth vs. Indy

[SBXVII]

Ok, with out reading my psychic abilities tell me the coaching staff is being slammed for not playing AH and if we had we would have gotten better pressure up the middle and won the game.

I too feel the same way, but how much do they tweek the defense each week? I wonder if like the offense there is set plays and players have to line up specific ways but depending on how they tweek it might mean which way the DL blocks?

Offensively I guess the team looks at film and looks for weaknesses and game plans around those weaknesses. Instead of Moss running a slant maybe this week it's Armstrong or Cooley. Maybe the team see's a weakness on the right side so they practice all week blocking to the right more so then the left. I presume the defense does the same thing, and if AH is not around to learn the play calls and what he's supposed to do on each play then all he's going to do is get in someone elses way or screw up.

I guess it would be better to have him on the bench until he can be there from Mon. when they start going over game film and game planning for the next opponant vs. having him show up mid week when the game plan is already set and they are doing a walk through and he has no clue as to what his responsibilities are.