TheMalcolmConnection
03-02-2009, 02:57 PM
There is a good article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022702765.html?sub=AR) in the WP about his freelancing style of play vs. the style of rigid play Blache tends to favor from this defensive lineman. His old d-line coach in Tennessee basically gave up on trying to reign him in. In this article Blache indicates that he's not going to try to restrict him:
My concern is shouldn't we have done the same thing with Jason Taylor last year? How can we be sure that Blache has learned his lesson? The only way I can see Haynesworth not working out here is if we try to make him something he's not. We really have to just stick him in the lineup and let him do his thing.
One thing that gives me some hope is that I remember them letting Taylor freelance a little more towards the end of the season. I hope Blache remembers he said he wouldn't restrict Haynesworth once the season rolls around. I mean if anything, let him try it and if the results are good, keep on rollin'.
53Fan
03-02-2009, 02:59 PM
Yeah, I'm concerned that we brought in AH just because he was the most talented free agent without a premeditation of how we are going to implement him in our system.
This freelancing style is concerning too because let's say that it doesn't work with our defense the first half of the season. What would be the fix?...Get AH to play outside of his natural talents?
Also if we switch our defensive scheme to conform to AH's style of play and then he goes down for a while that will bite us in the ass too.
It's almost as if the AH signing gave us more questions than answers to our problems.
Tee you're my bud man but come on. I've never heard so much negativity about bringing in such a good player to a position of need in my life. When the DL coach at Tennesee stopped trying to change the way he played is when he shined. He will do the same here. He will draw double and at times triple teams. He will cause the opposing "O" to be concerned about him on every play. He will make our LB's, DE's, and CB's better. What more out of him do people want? If Blache is dumb enough to try to force him to play his way, then Blache needs to be let go not Haynesworth. It's not like this guy misses a bunch of games. He was in on a higher percentage of plays then anyone on our d-line according to one of the posts in another thread. It seems more time is spent on what can go wrong instead of what can go right. Tennesee had a hell of a defense and AH was a BIG part of that. Seems like with all the talk about how bad our d-line was last year we would be happy to have him. But that's just me I guess. At least we didn't give up a 2nd round pick for him.
firstdown
03-02-2009, 03:28 PM
D & G (dolce and gabbana?)
I'm basing it on Taylor being one of the best defensive players in the NFL over the past decade
Sorry that should have been B & G & B.
Yeah, I'm concerned that we brought in AH just because he was the most talented free agent without a premeditation of how we are going to implement him in our system.
This freelancing style is concerning too because let's say that it doesn't work with our defense the first half of the season. What would be the fix?...Get AH to play outside of his natural talents?
Also if we switch our defensive scheme to conform to AH's style of play and then he goes down for a while that will bite us in the ass too.
It's almost as if the AH signing gave us more questions than answers to our problems.
Personally I doubt they made this move without knowing what it would mean to the defense and the scheme. I'm sure Blache put his stamp of approval on the move and it wasn't just a "Madden move" of going after the best player on the board.
saden1
03-02-2009, 04:14 PM
I like the fact that he asked teams how they were planning to use him. No sense in using him any different than Titans used him.
BigHairedAristocrat
03-02-2009, 04:15 PM
One thing that gives me some hope is that I remember them letting Taylor freelance a little more towards the end of the season. I hope Blache remembers he said he wouldn't restrict Haynesworth once the season rolls around. I mean if anything, let him try it and if the results are good, keep on rollin'.
Blache has also already said Taylor will have more freedom in 2009. In 2008, part of the problem was we had two horribly undersized linebackers. Theres no excuse for ever having London Fletcher and HB Blades on the field at the same time. Combined with an inept defensive line and two smallish DEs, we were asking for trouble. We really couldnt afford to let Taylor free lance that much. We've addressed a huge part of the problem by signing haynesworth, but we really need to find a good, BIG, replacement for Washington if we want to play Taylor at DE and let him have some flexibility.
Dirtbag59
03-02-2009, 04:19 PM
Blache has also already said Taylor will have more freedom in 2009. In 2008, part of the problem was we had two horribly undersized linebackers. Theres no excuse for ever having London Fletcher and HB Blades on the field at the same time. Combined with an inept defensive line and two smallish DEs, we were asking for trouble. We really couldnt afford to let Taylor free lance that much. We've addressed a huge part of the problem by signing haynesworth, but we really need to find a good, BIG, replacement for Washington if we want to play Taylor at DE and let him have some flexibility.
Oh come on it's not that bad. Just think of it as our own football version of small ball. I mean for god sakes the Suns beat the Lakers with Grant Hill at PF. Jason Taylor is now our Grant Hill. Haynesworth on the other hand is going to be Shaq.
BigHairedAristocrat
03-02-2009, 04:24 PM
Oh come on it's not that bad. Just think of it as our own football version of small ball. I mean for god sakes the Suns beat the Lakers with Grant Hill at PF. Jason Taylor is now our Grant Hill. Haynesworth on the other hand is going to be Shaq.
I would argue that OLB is a far greater immediate need than RT.