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WP:Haynesworth questions role, leadership
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Asked whether that leadership needed to come from coaches or players, Haynesworth said, "I'm going to leave that up to you. You can take it however you want to."
He left little doubt, though, that he does not believe the style defensive coordinator Greg Blache has asked him to play in Washington suits him. He said he was allowed to rush upfield more during his seven years as a Tennessee Titan.
"That's what I did in Tennessee," Haynesworth said. "I was successful at it. I just rushed and they let me go and I was winning a bunch of games and things like that, and we was up there in the top two or three in sacks and defense and defensive line, and we did well. You see [defensive coordinator Jim] Schwartz got a head coaching job from it [in Detroit]. Hey, maybe we need to try that here."
Asked if the Commanders' style was holding him back, Haynesworth said: "Maybe a little bit. Yeah. Yeah.
"It's totally different from what I thought. I looked at the film and thought it was somewhat the same, and they needed somebody like me to go in there and rush and open it up and get double teams and stuff like that, which we've done, but if they let us loose, it'd be a whole lot better."
Haynesworth recorded six tackles against the Giants, including a sack of New York quarterback Eli Manning, his fourth sack in 11 games this year; he missed three games with an ankle injury.
Clearly, though, the results from the season have gotten to Haynesworth. He is guaranteed $41 million over the course of his contract -- which, at the time of his signing, was the most money ever guaranteed to one player. But when he was asked whether he was glad he signed with Washington, he paused several seconds.
"Um, yeah," he said. "I mean, yeah. I like the guys here and stuff. Dan's [Snyder] been great and everything, but putting this in this season right now makes it hard to say, 'Oh I really appreciate being here.' But I know this is a great organization; we can always bounce back from it."
I understand what Bmitch was trying to say last night. But after reading what Fat Al said, in context, I may have to side with Al on this one. Though the whole bit about getting Schwartz a coaching job was a bit over the top.
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/red...-lea.html#more
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Asked whether that leadership needed to come from coaches or players, Haynesworth said, "I'm going to leave that up to you. You can take it however you want to."
He left little doubt, though, that he does not believe the style defensive coordinator Greg Blache has asked him to play in Washington suits him. He said he was allowed to rush upfield more during his seven years as a Tennessee Titan.
"That's what I did in Tennessee," Haynesworth said. "I was successful at it. I just rushed and they let me go and I was winning a bunch of games and things like that, and we was up there in the top two or three in sacks and defense and defensive line, and we did well. You see [defensive coordinator Jim] Schwartz got a head coaching job from it [in Detroit]. Hey, maybe we need to try that here."
Asked if the Commanders' style was holding him back, Haynesworth said: "Maybe a little bit. Yeah. Yeah.
"It's totally different from what I thought. I looked at the film and thought it was somewhat the same, and they needed somebody like me to go in there and rush and open it up and get double teams and stuff like that, which we've done, but if they let us loose, it'd be a whole lot better."
Haynesworth recorded six tackles against the Giants, including a sack of New York quarterback Eli Manning, his fourth sack in 11 games this year; he missed three games with an ankle injury.
Clearly, though, the results from the season have gotten to Haynesworth. He is guaranteed $41 million over the course of his contract -- which, at the time of his signing, was the most money ever guaranteed to one player. But when he was asked whether he was glad he signed with Washington, he paused several seconds.
"Um, yeah," he said. "I mean, yeah. I like the guys here and stuff. Dan's [Snyder] been great and everything, but putting this in this season right now makes it hard to say, 'Oh I really appreciate being here.' But I know this is a great organization; we can always bounce back from it."
I understand what Bmitch was trying to say last night. But after reading what Fat Al said, in context, I may have to side with Al on this one. Though the whole bit about getting Schwartz a coaching job was a bit over the top.
