Another formerly productive Redskins to...

by hempstead on Aug 7, 2011 10:53 PM EDT

Andre Carter to Pats. He can hang out w/ Al. Kudos to the dude who predicted it from Football Outsiders. I think that this will be a good fit for Andre and he will have a very strong season. I always really liked the guy, too bad he became flotsam in the rushed 4-3 to 3-4. Interesting to see Pats working the system to the players vs. vice versa...anyway, good luck Andre! Hope you stub a toe before game with us though.

See it here:

or here

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/6842786/source-new-england-patriots-sign-ex-washington-redskins-dl-andre-carter

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sorry forgot to credit original story that I had read

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/763557-nfl-rumors-latest-trade-rumors-free-agent-buzz-and-lockout-news/entry/112806-nfl-rumors-signing-andre-carter-would-be-another-brilliant-move-by-patriots

Someday I will learn how to post correctly and edit stuff and put in links and whatnot.

In the meantime, I will just focus on not inciting the grammar police.

by hempstead on Aug 7, 2011 11:00 PM EDT reply actions

Great guy... just didn't fit the 3-4.

He’s 32yo, I doubt they gave him a 30MIL contract like we did. Probably one of those 1-year contracts that the Eagles have made so popular this year.

by 1x1an on Aug 8, 2011 12:09 AM EDT reply actions

And in unrelated news....

My wife was watching some food show competition on fox with that Gordon guy….who is in the audience but Andre Carter! I am missing him more already.

by hempstead on Aug 8, 2011 10:40 PM EDT reply actions

Hell's Kitchen

saw that too. Don’t know what he was eating, but apparently it was really tender…Haynesworth’s feelings perhaps.

by Jim America on Aug 8, 2011 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions

I was less excited...

When 10 min later they also had Matt Leinart eating there and described (incorrectly I believe) as an NFL player. I was hoping for Andre C. that he was at least C-list but that is definitely D or F list celebrities that they are calling in.

by hempstead on Aug 9, 2011 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions

EX - F**KIN-ACTLY

Interesting to see Pats working the system to the players vs. vice versa

This is my issue with the Shanahans, they seem to think that there systems are things of such epic genius that the players do not matter as it is the system that is king, whereas supposedly arrogant Bill Belicheck ALWAYS tweeks his systems to suit the individual strengths of his players

Pommylee

by Pommylee on Aug 9, 2011 1:32 AM EDT reply actions

good coaches tailor their system to their talent. period.

Shanahan has obviously done the opposite, from McNabb to the 3-4

Time will show which is more successful.

"By far the worst performers on the (Redskins) are in the front office." – Sally Jenkins

by smutsboy1 on Aug 9, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions

At least on defensive front 7s it appears as though the players with 3-4 experience can move to 4-3 schemes

easier than the other way around. The Pats may have been outside the top ten as a 3-4 team and it looks like they have reversed course to the 4-3 base. Some players are versatile enough to play in either scheme, but guys like Carter are not. Haynesworth was likely chosen by BB so that the Pats could make the switch. BB has not exactly been tailoring “their system to their talent,” but predetermined that he was switching the teams’ scheme and went out and found players that would make it work.

by Jefferson1935 on Aug 9, 2011 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions