Haynesworth fails conditioning test

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Anyone who played high school ball will remember a defense that was common called a 5-3 monster...or variations of it. A nose guard ,2 tackels and 2 stand up DE's with 3 Lber's ,this is very much the same except the tackels are now called ends and the ends are replaced with lber's.Point is AH responsability at times will be outside-in containment and pursuit....by playing RE he'll be doing more running then if in the middle and if he has knee problems with running now it will only get worse.

Yeah, but being a NT means having to hold off 900 lbs of force of mass being shoved into you, which can't be good for the knee either.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Yeah, but being a NT means having to hold off 900 lbs of force of mass being shoved into you, which can't be good for the knee either.

he would have to do that at end also and well.....football in general is hard on the knees.A Good D lineman can split a double team, by playing nose he is the closest lineman to the QB,if he is as fast as he says he should get plenty of sacks.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Giantone

he would have to do that at end also and well.....football in general is hard on the knees.A Good D lineman can split a double team, by playing nose he is the closest lineman to the QB,if he is as fast as he says he should get plenty of sacks.

Well, what matters is what gap he's playing. If he's playing 0 gap, then he's not gonna get much sacks since he has to play the run to both his right and left first and occupy the blockers in front of him. If he plays the 1-gap or something, then he can try to split the linemen; it's what he has been doing these past few years. Besides, in a 3-4 he may be the DE, but the pass rusher is going to be Rak, and depending on how they line up, Al may just have to penetrate the 1-gap.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Well, what matters is what gap he's playing. If he's playing 0 gap, then he's not gonna get much sacks since he has to play the run to both his right and left first and occupy the blockers in front of him. If he plays the 1-gap or something, then he can try to split the linemen; it's what he has been doing these past few years. Besides, in a 3-4 he may be the DE, but the pass rusher is going to be Rak, and depending on how they line up, Al may just have to penetrate the 1-gap.

Very common misnomer,most NG's play the center but yes the scheme will determin what AH does.Also just to clear things up,no one player is the pass rusher......one might do it better then others so he would come in on passing situations but trust me all the D line is rushing the QB.