Sexy Rexy is going to start Week 1 for the Redskins.
But what kind of NFL offensive scheme can't make use of a guy like Olsen?
Mike Martz's. Martz is still tied to the scheme he used with the Rams more than a decade ago: The tight end is a blocker. The receivers are speedsters with great hands. The running back has breakaway speed and agility. The offensive line gives the quarterback enough time for a seven-step drop to hit those speedsters, or, alternatively, the running back.
Unfortunately, he has steadfastly refused to adjust his system ever since coming to Chicago, where Olsen was the best receiver, the receiving corps by and large has bricks for hands (and outside of Hester, doesn't have that much speed), and most importantly, the offensive line has the consistency of wet tissue paper.
So, what did they do? Did Martz alter his scheme? Did the team try to improve its personnel? No, just like the Todd Collins move last year that Martz demanded, they grabbed a broken Roy Williams, traded Olsen and basically left everything else the way it was, and are now expecting everything to work better.
Short story: Jerry Angelo, Lovie Smith and especially Mike Martz are pants-on-head retarded.
Edit: The Meriweather signing? Great, just what the Bears needed -- another D-back who can't cover, but will hit dudes really,
really hard.
At least we now know who's going to put Jermichael Finley (or some other skill player) out for the season.
Seriously: Name a player that Belichick has run out of New England and has had a better career afterwards. Meriweather was never even put on the trading block -- Belichick wanted him
gone, and there's a reason for it.
