Haynesworth's Debut

I have never really followed Haynesworth's career and have been super anxious to see him play. From what I saw, AH was virtually unblock-able last night!!! He was in the defensive backfield every snap he took against double-teams and was even triple teamed on one occasion when the RB chipped him after he had blown a double team up!!! This dude is one of those special players and I know it's only one preseason game, but I feel a lot better about him getting that big contract. In the first series, he absolutely owned, Max Starks, an All-Pro. I am pumped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yea, he looked good. the d-line, as a whole, looked good. i saw a lot of holding going on by the steelers o-line.

ya and the reason why they didn't really call the holds is for QB protection because who wants to lose their important player in the preseason.

D-Line is so deep this year ... I know we have some old guys ... but as an overall mix, we will be having soo much depth that we'll always be fresh ... Mucho Sackos This Year

I agree with u guys he is a rare player to be so big and physical, but have great speed and athleticism.. He may be our best Defensive player no matter what the position. I was also impressed with Landry and Horton those guys make a good safety tandem.

Out of curiosity -- does anyone know if Haynesworth was in during the second series?? The first series we DOMINATED for 6 plays, and then the second series our defense faltered a little. I'm curious if they took him out for a breather & that's why we gave up the drive..

I have never really followed Haynesworth's career and have been super anxious to see him play. From what I saw, AH was virtually unblock-able last night!!! He was in the defensive backfield every snap he took against double-teams and was even triple teamed on one occasion when the RB chipped him after he had blown a double team up!!! This dude is one of those special players and I know it's only one preseason game, but I feel a lot better about him getting that big contract. In the first series, he absolutely owned, Max Starks, an All-Pro. I am pumped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a counter point to all the things that Haynesworth brought to the game yesterday...did you see how winded he got just after one quarter of play?

One play he had his hands on his knees just sucking wind right until the ball was snapped.

I'm not downing him but all he had was one quarter and he looked like he played four. One of the detracting sides of Haynesworth was that he gets tired and takes plays off. His upside was great yesterday but lets "stay medium" and realize that all that glimmers is not gold.

tenn's loss, our gain

I don't care if you throw the bank at the guy, if he performs he's worth it

I was almost as impressed w/ big Phil as phat Al. If this group stay relatively healthy we're gonna be scary as hell.

And yes the refs better start calling the holds starting game one. Orakpo has had every inch of his jersey clinched in a blockers fist by now...sometimes it's blatantly obvious the blocker doesn't even intend to let go for fear his QB gets sidelined for the season. Anyway we should win the "penalty" battle every single game this year or our offense is big pile of mess.

I was almost as impressed w/ big Phil as phat Al. If this group stay relatively healthy we're gonna be scary as hell.

And yes the refs better start calling the holds starting game one. Orakpo has had every inch of his jersey clinched in a blockers fist by now...sometimes it's blatantly obvious the blocker doesn't even intend to let go for fear his QB gets sidelined for the season. Anyway we should win the "penalty" battle every single game this year or our offense is big pile of mess.

Actually that's a pretty good point. From what I've seen so far, Orakpo with his hand in the dirt seems to make o-linemen.......nervous. Later in the second half Pittsburgh had a RB help the OT block him. With AH in there drawing double teams and special attention having to be paid to Orakpo, there's bound to be some confusion at times on the o-line. That combined with the holding penalties makes us that much better.