Skins hire Jim Haslett

[Kevin Greene]

Redskins hire Haslett

Posted by Mike Florio on January 12, 2010 9:31 PM ET

After a one-year respite in the UFL, former Saints coach (and Rams interim coach) Jim Haslett is back in the NFL.

A league source tells us that Haslett has been hired by the Redskins to serve as defensive coordinator under Mike Shanahan.

The news was first reported by Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

It's unclear whether Haslett will use a 3-4 or a 4-3 defense in Washington. He once ran the 3-4 while serving as the Steelers' defensive coordinator. With the Saints and Rams (as well as the UFL's Florida Tuskers), Haslett used a base 4-3.

Good hire.

So now with Shanahan and Haslett things are looking up in DC. Maybe now we'll see what Jason Campbell and Albert Haynesworth can do.

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Yeah. I can see him working well under Shanahan.

[Lonestar13]

Campbell is still garbage and Haynesworth is an overpaid over-rated DT that will not prove to be anything but a albatross on their books.

but Haslett will at least have a little talent to work, maybe the Skin's will actually put a good product together that would be bearable to watch getting beat

[El fill de la Reme]

It seems, redskins are doing things right...