tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326101918487760203.post3236936450228279055..comments2023-11-02T08:47:15.106-04:00Comments on Staying Medium: More on McNabb. Because I HAVE to do more on McNabb, right?Dave Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448210239997319388noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326101918487760203.post-6365097424474751872010-04-07T12:47:34.332-04:002010-04-07T12:47:34.332-04:00I am just glad the a personnel move was made by th...I am just glad the a personnel move was made by the Redskins that didn't get leaked to the media by anonymous "employees close to the situation" weeks before it happened. For that reason alone, I am liking the culture change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326101918487760203.post-50051103975717960612010-04-07T09:51:43.655-04:002010-04-07T09:51:43.655-04:00You make good points in all of those posts, and I ...You make good points in all of those posts, and I don't see that as 'excessive' worry at all. It would appear that Jim Haslett, much like Dom Capers in Green Bay last year, will have to get very creative with his personnel in the DL/LB front if he's going to make this hodgepodge of pieces fit a 3-4 defense.<br />The big difference between Green Bay in 2009 and the Redskins roster as it looks for 2010 is that Green Bay has an all-world group of young linebackers. We lack both youth and depth of true LBs at that position, barring a draft-day miracle and productive trades for both Campbell and Carter; I see them as the most likely trade bait, with Campbell a near-certainty now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326101918487760203.post-21734037394651935462010-04-06T16:34:20.147-04:002010-04-06T16:34:20.147-04:00Orakpo was basically playing 3-4 last year. As fo...Orakpo was basically playing 3-4 last year. As for Carter, however, its not actually clear he would be converted to OLB (given that they have transitioned damn near everyone else, even Lorenzo Alexander, to OLB). So I don't know what Carter's job is. <br /><br />I also have concerns about whether our ILBs can hold up against the run. And Maake is coming off major injury and we don't even know if he'll be effective. <br /><br />Here's some previous posts in which I worry excessively about the defensive switch:<br /><br />http://stayingmedium.blogspot.com/2010/02/redskins-and-3-4-defense.html<br /><br />http://stayingmedium.blogspot.com/2010/02/albert-haynewsorth.html<br /><br />http://stayingmedium.blogspot.com/2010/03/2009-defensive-line-review.html<br /><br />http://stayingmedium.blogspot.com/2010/03/2009-linebacker-review.htmlDave Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448210239997319388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326101918487760203.post-46477484275857314672010-04-06T13:57:36.489-04:002010-04-06T13:57:36.489-04:00Immediately after the hiring of the Shanahan/Shana...Immediately after the hiring of the Shanahan/Shanahan/Haslett staff, there was considerable media talk about the combination 3-4/4-2 which Haslett will supposedly run. Several players interviewed testified that Blache had run that sort of scheme last year, but with Andre Carter hand-down as a DE rather than rushing upright as an OLB.<br />That sounds pretty much like the stock variety of 3-4 to me, with blitzes primarily coming from the edges and some 650+ lbs of DT clogging up the middle. Most schemes in the modern NFL are hybrid anyway, with a four-man line in nickel packages and such regardless of 'base' alignment; even Rex Ryan and Dick Lebeau run four-man fronts pretty frequently.<br /><br />My point is this: the transition to Haslett's defense could be pretty smooth, with the notably massive exception of Maake Kemoeatu at NT bringing us to 700+ lbs at the DT/NT positions alone. That could be really good for the defense and the team, assuming that Haslett won't have our CBs play eight yards off the ball on every single down...thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com