Jim Haslett may be the 1979 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and he may have returned to coach the Steelers defense in his hometown of Pittsburgh and he may have been named NFL Coach of the Year in 2000 after his first year with the Saints.
But at age 60 and in his fifth different decade in the NFL, all that doesn’t prevent him from showing up at his new office at 3:30 a.m. when he can’t sleep. That allows him to put a dent in the grading of video cutups of prospects as the Bengals new linebackers coach gets ready for next week’s NFL scouting combine.