thought I should give an update on skinskins’ D line. Maake Kemoeatu has progressed in his recovery from an achilles injury that sidelined him for all of 2009. He is expected to be ready to start in week 1.
Haynesworth has reported to camp and apparently is in good shape and in a relatively cooperative mood. Every offseason, DC-area sports journos invent a controversy, or play one up, to try to get hits on their blogs during the offseason at times when there is no news. This season the journos have relied mainly on Haynesworth and his purported bad mood about the 3-4 defense and possibility of playing nose tackle. It’s worked well and gotten a lot of people pissed off, because for some reason if someone signs a 80 million dollar contract no one cares but if you sign a 100 million dollar contract everyone gets pissed off.
The defense should be good with Landry moving from free safety to strong safety, where he plays better; a good line with Maake, Albert and friends; good linebackers and above-average corners.
The switch from 4-3 to 3-4 means that some players will play positions to which they’re not fully accustomed, but it should be no problem as there are a lot of versatile players and pretty good depth at all defensive positions. Corner depth is not outstanding but the backups would not be terrible if they have to play at some point.
The safeties are good, though they are all best suited for strong safety. Doughty will probably start at free safety, where he is at least average.
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“Earlier today, we pointed out that Ravens defensive tackle Terrence Cody had passed a conditioning test. One of the wiseguys in the crowd responded by pointing out that he didn’t realize Cody had eaten a conditioning test.
For dinner tonight, Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth possibly is eating a slow-roasted conditioning test of his own. Because Jay Glazer of FOX reports that coach Mike Shanahan will require Haynesworth to pass a conditioning test before he will be permitted to practice with the team.” (Pro football Talk)
Thought that was funny.
I guess nature imitates art. Reportedly Haynesworth has flunked his conditioning test because he had to take a dump between two sets of sprints, and took too long in the bathroom. I’m not making this up. He was ordered to do a third set of sprints to compensate for the long bathroom break, but his numbers in the third set were not good enough to pass.