how valuable is haynesworth?

But a five game span is a lot less of an average threshold than 11 games with. It's not really a fair analysis..

 

I don't think he played his best ball this year. But even so, you can pick out obscure stats to back up just about any arguement.

There's a lot of "if's" to Al's situation, but he can be the best player on our d-line. And he's probably the hardest to "rate".

 

Hmm... looking at the 5 games in which he didn't play it looked like this:
Colts (33 for 146)
Redskins (23 for 122)
Texans (24 for 135)
Jaguars (28 for 159)
Ravens (19 for 41)
Avg/att 4.7

What immediately jumps out is that an injured Clinton Portis and the horrible Ravens offence skewed this statistic considerably.

Now let's look at the 5 games, in which Haynesworth played after the suspension:
Giants (34 for 136)
Colts (28 for 95)
Texans (26 for 101)
Jaguars (34 for 159)
Bills (24 for 117)
Avg/att 4.2

I've discounted QB scrambles in both sections, because it's rarely Haynesworth job to keep contain on a QB.

 

He really got his act together in 05. He said he wanted to be a Pro Bowler that year, and I believe he was an alternate.

 

He can be a top 5 player at that position, hes young, big, powerful, he just needs to get it togther