Awesome Quote!!

Shame his father didn't think like that before insisting on a switch to the 3-4.

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I wish we could get over this issue. There has been no lying about M.Shanahan liking the 3-4. It was even reported that he went to the Steeler's and Patriots camp last yr to see how they ran it.

I honestly don't see how this will be a huge concern. Meaning we have players with talent. Teams pick players out of college all the time not knowing if they will work out or not. But for some reason we are up in arms about players who we already know have talent to play not being able to play in our 3-4? I don't have a problem with the 3-4 and am happy they are finally changing to it. The scheme is harder to disect and figure out where the rush is coming from vs. the 4-3 which is a more stringent defense and teams can deteremine where the rush is coming from.

My only concern is Haslett. Will he be good enough to put together a decent 3-4 defensive scheme?

Ok, so Mike Shannahan said that they were going to pencil Trent Williams in at LT but OC Kyle Shannahan has stated that a 2 time Pro Bowler like Cooley has to earn his playing time.

What's wrong with that picture or have I taken the quote out of context?

All I read is there's going to be competition, he didn't say "Cooley needs to earn time".

Penciling someone in isn't exactly a ringing endorsement either. TW is going to have to earn his time too.

They aren't completely switching Haslett has said that multiple times, he will adjust to the personnel too! They will use multiple 4 man fronts.

I really don't understand why this isn't more clear for some people. I will complain about transitioning to a 3-4 when I see us lining up in it the whole game. I expect we will see a lot more shifts, and aggressive packages then what we have seen recently. Green Bay made a successful shift in one season, even though they were saying the same thing last off-season. I don't know that I necessarily trust Haslett to pull it off, but I am fairly confident we have the players to run a succesful (top 10) defense.

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Ok, so Mike Shannahan said that they were going to pencil Trent Williams in at LT but OC Kyle Shannahan has stated that a 2 time Pro Bowler like Cooley has to earn his playing time.

What's wrong with that picture or have I taken the quote out of context?

I think it's more that the TW quote is out of context. Yes he is penciled in (to a position where we are desperately lacking), but MS quickly followed up saying that HOPEFULLY he earns it. That seems like all they are saying to the players, earn your spot. I am good with that.

I'd really like to see one of them standing up in the slot occasionally, use them kinda like Indy uses Dallas Clark

I will revolt if we don't do that.

Hhmmm Get your best players on the field.... What a concept.

Its just crazy enough to work

davis, thomas, and kelly they have never had a professional NFL head coach, offensive coordinator, or receivers coach in their entire NFL career. Now, they have two proven geniuses filling those first two roles. the ade jimoh of wr coaches, stan "bad penny" hixon has finally been kicked out of redskins park. i'm not sure mccardell will be a great WR coach, but he's an upgrade over his predecessor by default. i am very exicted about what our 2nd round trio from 2008 can accomplish now that they have qualified men coaching them and calling plays. I fully expect Devin Thomas to become a stud in 2010. While we can count on Moss to be a #2 guy this year, i hope Kelly can surplant him by 2011. If not, i'm sure we could bring in Eddie Royal in the offseason (i think his contract will be up and i doubt Denver tries hard to keep him).