Report: Shanahan to DC done deal

[rbanerjee23]

I may have missed this but does anyone have any thoughts as to whether Zimmer, if hired, would run the 3-4 or the 4-3. I know he has run both in the past and was just wondering as to what people on here think...

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by rbanerjee23

I may have missed this but does anyone have any thoughts as to whether Zimmer, if hired, would run the 3-4 or the 4-3. I know he has run both in the past and was just wondering as to what people on here think...

From what I've read he only ran the 3-4 because that's what Parcells wanted. He'd never ran it before that.

[MTK]

I don't see where we have the personnel for a switch to the 3-4 right off the bat.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I don't see where we have the personnel for a switch to the 3-4 right off the bat.

Not if we keep Orakpo where he's most valuable, on the D-line.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Buster

Not if we keep Orakpo where he's most valuable, on the D-line.

Yeah no doubt Rak needs to be on the line full time. Maybe put on a little more weight and he'll be fine.

[diehardskin2982]

Rak and Jarmon in rotation on one side, Carter on the other and Merriman at the olb sounds good to me. It was interesting to see Shawne interview on comcast postgame.

[MTK]

Does Merriman have much left?

[Nomad]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Does Merriman have much left?

Yea he do Matty, he is only what... 26, I think he still has alot of juice in the tank, can you imagine him, fletch and rak...... WOW....

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by Nomad

Yea he do Matty, he is only what... 26, I think he still has alot of juice in the tank, can you imagine him, fletch and rak...... WOW....

I can imagine him smacking around his drunk hootchie wife.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

I can imagine him smacking around his drunk hootchie wife.

Or Clinton Portis.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by Buster

Or Clinton Portis.

Someone should.

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by Buster

Or Clinton Portis.

I'd pay good money to see that.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Nomad

Yea he do Matty, he is only what... 26, I think he still has alot of juice in the tank, can you imagine him, fletch and rak...... WOW....

Actually if you want to talk about juice then you have to understand that thats the one thing Merriman doesn't have left. He hasn't been the same player since getting caught for using steroids. Right now he's the football equivalent of Sammy Sosa.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

Actually if you want to talk about juice then you have to understand that thats the one thing Merriman doesn't have left. He hasn't been the same player since getting caught for using steroids. Right now he's the football equivalent of Sammy Sosa.

His skin changed colors?

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Buster

His skin changed colors?

That will come with time. For now his big number (sacks) is starting to take a nosedive. 17 in 2007 with a 4 game suspension and 4 in 2008 with a full 16 game season. Maybe he's still reeling from the ACL injury but that seems like to much of a dropoff.