Ron Sellers
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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Albert Haynesworth started today for the Bucs and had 4 tackles unassisted and one assist for a total of 5. In 8 games for the Patriots he had only 3, so he had 67% more tackles today than in 8 games as a Patriot.
Doesn't that make you wonder why he couldn't, or wouldn't, do that for us? Was it scheme? Was it the way he was being used? Did he suddenly get healthy in one week?
Discuss.
Probably has more to do with Haynesworth simply being on the field for more snaps. Look at the stat leaders by position and you'll find them dominated by teams with losing records. The reason for that is that those team's defenses are on the field so much, they end up making a ton of tackles. On a smaller scale a guy that is on a team that lost by 28 points is going to have a lot of tackles - because the opposing offense was on the field so much.
I would also say that Haynesworth is a much better fit for a one-gap scheme than a two-gap scheme. It was a relatively low-risk situation for the Pats, so I don't see it being as big a deal as some others do over the Haynesworth experiment not working out.