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	<title>Comments on: Defending Albert Haynesworth Yet Again: He&#8217;s Playing About 75% of the Snaps</title>
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		<title>By: CallingTheShots</title>
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		<dc:creator>CallingTheShots</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Albert Hayneswerth is the perfect cliche of athletes being paid too much money..and he doesn&#039;t perform. Hey Jamie it&#039;s Zach from those old AOL Hometown blog days. Mine was &#039;Calling the Shots.&#039; Glad I found your blog again, always a good read.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Albert Hayneswerth is the perfect cliche of athletes being paid too much money..and he doesn&#8217;t perform. Hey Jamie it&#8217;s Zach from those old AOL Hometown blog days. Mine was &#8216;Calling the Shots.&#8217; Glad I found your blog again, always a good read.</p>
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		<title>By: SJD</title>
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		<dc:creator>SJD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MM just posted another laughable article about this topic on the NFC East Blog.  Please take him to task on this before my head explodes. 

I&#039;d really appreciate it if he could do us a favor and just omit postings about the Redskins altogether.  He&#039;s made it painfully obvious that he doesn&#039;t care to share an educated opinion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MM just posted another laughable article about this topic on the NFC East Blog.  Please take him to task on this before my head explodes. </p>
<p>I&#8217;d really appreciate it if he could do us a favor and just omit postings about the Redskins altogether.  He&#8217;s made it painfully obvious that he doesn&#8217;t care to share an educated opinion.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Mottram</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Mottram</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Krem: we made the point about Andre Carter (and Orakpo) &lt;a href=http://misterirrelevant.com/index.php/2009/10/21/albert-haynesworth-is-underachieving-according-to-espns-nfc-east-blog/ rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; before ESPN ever put together their fancy graphic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Krem: we made the point about Andre Carter (and Orakpo) <a href=http://misterirrelevant.com/index.php/2009/10/21/albert-haynesworth-is-underachieving-according-to-espns-nfc-east-blog/ rel="nofollow">here</a> before ESPN ever put together their fancy graphic.</p>
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		<title>By: Krem</title>
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		<dc:creator>Krem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great stuff. If the Redskins offense didn&#039;t suck and the team was 5-2 instead of 2-5, Haynesworth would be praised around the league for helping to turn the team around, even though he wouldn&#039;t be doing anything differently. Do any of these analysts actually watch him play during games? 

By the way, it&#039;s funny to hear/read all the criticism about Haynesworth, and then ESPN shows that graphic about how much he helps his fellow defensive linemen get to the quarterback. Do any of the ESPN football people actually talk to each other and, you know, share this kind of information? As many have mentioned before: See Andre Carter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great stuff. If the Redskins offense didn&#8217;t suck and the team was 5-2 instead of 2-5, Haynesworth would be praised around the league for helping to turn the team around, even though he wouldn&#8217;t be doing anything differently. Do any of these analysts actually watch him play during games? </p>
<p>By the way, it&#8217;s funny to hear/read all the criticism about Haynesworth, and then ESPN shows that graphic about how much he helps his fellow defensive linemen get to the quarterback. Do any of the ESPN football people actually talk to each other and, you know, share this kind of information? As many have mentioned before: See Andre Carter.</p>
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		<title>By: frannie825</title>
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		<dc:creator>frannie825</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi,

It occurred to me, after viewing Jay Leno&#039;s sketch report tonight that a Redskins&#039; Fan Loyalty sold for $10,100 on ebay, that since we as Redskins&#039; fans cannot possibly change Daniel Snyder, then perhaps we should re-direct our campaign to Commissioner Goodell and the NFL.  It would be wonderful if all fans could unite behind the Redskins&#039; fans and not only protest the suppression of free speech currently occurring at FedEx Field under Mr. Snyder&#039;s reign by prohibiting posters, but also express their displeasure to the NFL that a huge fan base, that has held a heralded and rich history in the NFL, are helpless against the half-man wrecking crew of Daniel Snyder.  I ask that every NFL fan that attends games in an NFL stadium this season, bring this message on a poster to all of your home games this year that says &quot;D Snyder Wears the Pants in the Goodell Family&quot; or &quot;D Snyder Wears the Pants in the NFL Family&quot;.  Please represent Redskins fans who are being prevented from expressing their free speech, in the stadium that represents the Nation of Democracy&#039;s Capitol.  Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi,</p>
<p>It occurred to me, after viewing Jay Leno&#8217;s sketch report tonight that a Redskins&#8217; Fan Loyalty sold for $10,100 on ebay, that since we as Redskins&#8217; fans cannot possibly change Daniel Snyder, then perhaps we should re-direct our campaign to Commissioner Goodell and the NFL.  It would be wonderful if all fans could unite behind the Redskins&#8217; fans and not only protest the suppression of free speech currently occurring at FedEx Field under Mr. Snyder&#8217;s reign by prohibiting posters, but also express their displeasure to the NFL that a huge fan base, that has held a heralded and rich history in the NFL, are helpless against the half-man wrecking crew of Daniel Snyder.  I ask that every NFL fan that attends games in an NFL stadium this season, bring this message on a poster to all of your home games this year that says &#8220;D Snyder Wears the Pants in the Goodell Family&#8221; or &#8220;D Snyder Wears the Pants in the NFL Family&#8221;.  Please represent Redskins fans who are being prevented from expressing their free speech, in the stadium that represents the Nation of Democracy&#8217;s Capitol.  Thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: Jake</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Preach it Chris. And Terps77, especially about Carter. Regarding Ditka and others, its pretty obvious whats going on here: Bad team + big money free agent signing = cheap, lazy criticism. When you sign a contract that big you make yourself a target, fairly or unfairly. I happen to think Haynesworth has done everything that could be expected of him so far this year. Is he supposed to play RT and slot receiver too?

Slight tangent but this is why I was so disappointed with Jaws on Monday Night. For all his vaunted skills breaking down game tape, Jaws didn&#039;t really seem to offer much other then &quot;Boy Jason Campbell sucks a lot&quot;. 

I guess the reality is that the big national guys don&#039;t really know what they are talking about other then what the conventional wisdom says. Stick with the local coverage for actual insight.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Preach it Chris. And Terps77, especially about Carter. Regarding Ditka and others, its pretty obvious whats going on here: Bad team + big money free agent signing = cheap, lazy criticism. When you sign a contract that big you make yourself a target, fairly or unfairly. I happen to think Haynesworth has done everything that could be expected of him so far this year. Is he supposed to play RT and slot receiver too?</p>
<p>Slight tangent but this is why I was so disappointed with Jaws on Monday Night. For all his vaunted skills breaking down game tape, Jaws didn&#8217;t really seem to offer much other then &#8220;Boy Jason Campbell sucks a lot&#8221;. </p>
<p>I guess the reality is that the big national guys don&#8217;t really know what they are talking about other then what the conventional wisdom says. Stick with the local coverage for actual insight.</p>
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		<title>By: Terps77</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terps77</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ask Andre Carter how good Haynesworth is. 

Football is a team sport and Haynesworth has made the defense better, especially along the line. It doesnt matter the number of plays he plays, what matters is his impact on the game as a whole, weather its making tackles or forcing fumbles or taking on double teams to free up teammates. 

Hes a nose tackle, not a linebacker, he does the dirty work. Youre not going to see him fly into the back field from 5 yards behind the line and blow up a delayed hand off.

Its one thing for an individual player to post great stats, its totally another thing when an individual player can elevate the play of those around them. 

It would be nice if Ditka could give examples of Haynesworth not performing, other than hes not in the game for every play. Is his technique bad? Is he not playing the right gap?

ESPN is a clown show.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ask Andre Carter how good Haynesworth is. </p>
<p>Football is a team sport and Haynesworth has made the defense better, especially along the line. It doesnt matter the number of plays he plays, what matters is his impact on the game as a whole, weather its making tackles or forcing fumbles or taking on double teams to free up teammates. </p>
<p>Hes a nose tackle, not a linebacker, he does the dirty work. Youre not going to see him fly into the back field from 5 yards behind the line and blow up a delayed hand off.</p>
<p>Its one thing for an individual player to post great stats, its totally another thing when an individual player can elevate the play of those around them. </p>
<p>It would be nice if Ditka could give examples of Haynesworth not performing, other than hes not in the game for every play. Is his technique bad? Is he not playing the right gap?</p>
<p>ESPN is a clown show.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt Terl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt Terl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m also skeptical of the assertion that Tennessee would&#039;ve told you that he can&#039;t play, given their current defensive performance.  Other than that, all good points from Ditka.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m also skeptical of the assertion that Tennessee would&#8217;ve told you that he can&#8217;t play, given their current defensive performance.  Other than that, all good points from Ditka.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Mottram</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Mottram</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;How do the breaks have nothing to do with the topic? The topic is: how many snaps he plays. Obviously breaks affect that. So, in other words, I care about how many breaks he takes, just not whether those are him on the sideline or, as you say, laying on the field. Breaks is breaks. And the conclusion is: he doesn&#039;t take too many breaks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also: breaks. And breaks.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How do the breaks have nothing to do with the topic? The topic is: how many snaps he plays. Obviously breaks affect that. So, in other words, I care about how many breaks he takes, just not whether those are him on the sideline or, as you say, laying on the field. Breaks is breaks. And the conclusion is: he doesn&#8217;t take too many breaks.</p>
<p>Also: breaks. And breaks.</p>
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		<title>By: StetSportsBlog</title>
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		<dc:creator>StetSportsBlog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think you do care. That&#039;s why you mentioned the breaks he takes in a post with a topic totally independent of said breaks. And even went so far as to mention how &quot;exhausting&quot; it is for him to do what he does. 

Not saying it&#039;s not exhausting, just pointing out that other people with varying levels of talent at the same position don&#039;t react like he does to the &quot;exhaustion.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you do care. That&#8217;s why you mentioned the breaks he takes in a post with a topic totally independent of said breaks. And even went so far as to mention how &#8220;exhausting&#8221; it is for him to do what he does. </p>
<p>Not saying it&#8217;s not exhausting, just pointing out that other people with varying levels of talent at the same position don&#8217;t react like he does to the &#8220;exhaustion.&#8221;</p>
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