Defensive Struggles On Offensive Moves

Remember the beginning of the year? Remember how excited everyone was about the 48 hour period where the Pats signed not one but two big name free agents at once? Remember how we all thought that the Patriots defense and struggles would be back on track? Remember how everyone last year complained that they relied on Brady too much and that it felt like Bill avoided any late game situation where he had to rely on his defense because he didnt trust them? Remember all of that? But we should be fine now right? I mean last year the secondary was really young, a lot of them rookies they just need time. The line backers that were drafted high like Mayo and Spikes would get another year under their belts and adjust. Now we have Haynesworth, and for cheap, man that line is gonna be a beast. Well I know we all remember these things but my question is, what the hell happened?

The Haynesworth thing seemed great because even if it didnt work out it was for cheap so who cares? But my rational behind that is, thats great if youre a team that a move like that helps support what you already have, but they didnt have anything. The big complaint last year was they didnt have a pass rush, therefore the corners looked worse than they really are. So where is the pass rusher? Andre Carter looked like he could have been that at one point, but he hasnt been, and the line backers are doing nothing for you to stop the run or in the flats for coverage so what gives?

Today the Pats cut Haynesworth which is fine because it wasnt working out anyways but what was the point? Lets just see if it works and if not then screw it? Are we constantly making bad judgements about players or are we cheap? It to me doesnt seem like a money issue because they spent a ton of money in 07 and 08 and still have by products of those years on the team, but it almost feels like we have the product that didnt work still on the team. We have almost what we "have to keep" left over.