Tom [Giants fan] Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Congrats on a great win for you guys!! The one question I have is, I saw so many posts wanting to get rid of Haslett a lot around here. When did this defense turn things around and what was the catalyst for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poman Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 After the bye week brotha...thanks so much Tom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afkidd Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 been pretty impressed with the 2nd half adjustments these last 7 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncsuFB27 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 All I know is the D stepped up tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Awesome job after the bye - you just can't overestimate the value of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asnpcwiz Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 The bye week and the catalyst were... Having your coach go on public media and say we are just 'evaluating' Naming RG3 captain The team not wanting to let either of them down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Robert Griffin Experience Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Haslett started coaching. That pretty sums it up. Also, he finally realized that some of our personnel groupings were all wrong, such as Wilson rushing the passer on passing downs as opposed to giving Rob Jackson even more snaps. But mostly, we went away from soft zones that exposed our bad safeties and focused on man to man with intense blitzing (taking advantage of our main strength), because our corners are actually half decent when they're not having to cover for our terrible safeties. Also a lot of guys who were playing below average really picked up their game - Riley, Fletcher, Jenkins, Cofield, Wilson chief among them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jservs7 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Haslett fed me crow like I was Homer Simpson in an all you can eat buffet. I wanted him out of here last year, but between his play calling and getting the response he has from his players; He deserves tons of credit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsGuy Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 The Redskins were allowed to have 12 men on the field. Their 11 guys and Tony Romo sits to pee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Paint Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 ;9362747']Congrats on a great win for you guys!! The one question I have is' date=' I saw so many posts wanting to get rid of Haslett a lot around here. When did this defense turn things around and what was the catalyst for it?[/quote'] It seemed to happen after the bye week. I'm not an Xs and Os guy so I can't explain it in football terms, but the defense seemed to be more energetic and showed more effort. Before, back when they were shredded non-stop, they looked uninspired and flat every game. It also looks like we made adjustments after the bye to improve our pass rush, using more smoke and mirrors, because before that, our pass rush was gimped after Orakpo went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Tom, like most things on this board things tend to get overblown a lot. The defense wasn't very good to start the season. Also, like most message boards the loudest voices get heard the most clearly. Haslett has done an incredible job with what he has had to work with this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Honestly, I think it was the game when Griffin went down. Against Cleveland they really stepped up. I think it was like the Michael Jordan effect. The defense so expected Griffin to do it that they lacked a little intensity and the playcalling was designed to be safe because the idea was just to keep things in control because they expected a Griffin miracle. When Griffin had to leave because of his injury the whole team stepped up and became a team and the defense actually began shutting folks down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter_R Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I could swear one of the announcers said Fletcher had authority to override any call Haslett made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afkidd Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I could swear one of the announcers said Fletcher had authority to override any call Haslett made. he did. a lot of defensive captains have this authority, such as ray lewis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kindred Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I could swear one of the announcers said Fletcher had authority to override any call Haslett made. you did. I bet Haslett is letting Fletcher take charge of calling the defensive plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 ;9362747']Congrats on a great win for you guys!! The one question I have is' date=' I saw so many posts wanting to get rid of Haslett a lot around here. When did this defense turn things around and what was the catalyst for it?[/quote'] Half the designated starting backfield was suspended/injured to start the season, and losing a starting DE and the best pass rushing LB to start didn't help. I think what it came down to really was execution. Players were thrust in unfamiliar roles and didn't play their assignments with confidence. As the season wore on hard work and coaching finally put those guys in a position to be successful on the court. Haslett and Morris have done an exceptional job with what they had to work with, and have come up with great gameplans week in and week out since the bye week. This defense is still more break than bend, but I think this group has tremendous faith in each other and they fight to the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symbol Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I honestly don't think it's so much Haslett as Fletcher changing the calls when he sees what he offense is doing. Yes, Hunter, they did mention Fletcher being able to change Haslett's calls. Guess he's our Peyton Manning on defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSO Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Things changed after the bye week. Haslett started using much more exotic blitzes and pretty much kept blitzing throughout the entire game. We would, however, sprinkle this with a fake blitz look and everyone dropping back in coverage here and there to keep offense's honest. This basically made it impossible for offense's to know 100% where our defense is at any given time whereas, previous to that, you could easily call out everything Haslett was doing by the pre-snap look. Raheem Morris added to this by making a change to how we rotate our secondary players, especially at Safety. We started bringing in different guys on almost every play depending on the down and distance since we didn't have players who could do it all back there. Finally, the players stepped up, specifically London Fletcher who was having his worst season ever up until the bye week. He came back a man motivated like no other, and has really shut down some good TEs when before they would convert every single third down against him. Those are, in my humble opinion, the things that changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotfire Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 you did. I bet Haslett is letting Fletcher take charge of calling the defensive plays.I bet that's part of the success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSO Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I could swear one of the announcers said Fletcher had authority to override any call Haslett made. I think Fletcher has always had that authority, even under Gregg Williams and Blache if I'm correct. But he's probably doing it more often now than ever before, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp03 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 ;9362747']Congrats on a great win for you guys!! The one question I have is' date=' I saw so many posts wanting to get rid of Haslett a lot around here. When did this defense turn things around and what was the catalyst for it?[/quote'] Congrats also Redskin fans!!....well deserved. The best team in the division this year without a doubt. .. Well Tom we can't sneak in and win a Supe every year. Also , there is NO reason you guys cant parlay this all the way to the Super Bowl. You are hot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rk3025 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 London has a blank check!!! Kai owed Dallas a favor and settled the debt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 nice words, tom. your owners a cheating piece of **** who got what he deserved tonight, but youve always been a classy representative of your team. as far as haslett, the man (and fletcher) have been outstanding the last 6 or 7 weeks. not sure who gets the credit, but the skins D have done it shorthanded with one hand tied behind our backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedBNG Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 ;9362747']The one question I have is' date=' I saw so many posts wanting to get rid of Haslett a lot around here. When did this defense turn things around and what was the catalyst for it?[/quote']We had 2 defenses this year. One before the bye, and one after the Carolina game (seriously... like night and day). We like the latter one much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangSteve Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I bet Dallas is hating all over Romo sits to pee for that last int lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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