This guy is a loser. He is such a cry baby. The guy got paid millions of dollars to play football and now he doesn't want to play. So it's not the scheme you like or you have an issue with the coach. Last time I checked, he was an employee and is supposed to do what his bosses tell him to do. He sat out of all voluntary OTAs and cried like a wuss and now he is going to sit out of the mandatory OTAs and is demanding a trade.
I don't mind trading him if we got decent value for him but given the fact that teams know he wants out and that the Skins might be anxious to dump him as he could potentially cause locker room problems and become a bigger distraction than he already is, not sure we would get good value for him. If we can't find a good trade, I say keep him and play him. If he doesn't play and cries, bench him and send him home and fine him as much as possible within the rules. I don't want him at the Park if he is going to be a batch!
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I agree with you JKSD. I believe they are able to fine him for each mandatory team function that he doesn't attend. The problem is, I don't think anyone would give up a draft pick for him at this point unless there is a star DL that gets hurt in the preseason and some team is very desperate. I wonder if Haynesworth would be willing to terminate his contract to gain his clear release from the team. The problem is that he may not command a similar amount of guaranteed money. I would rather not have him around anymore.
Haynesworth is a low down dirty DICK!!!
From ESPN, Coach Mike Shanahan revealed that the Redskins told Haynesworth in February that they would agree to release him and let him go to another team -- in exchange for not paying him a $21 million bonus due April 1.
"Obviously, he took the check," Shanahan said, "so I was surprised he wasn't here today. ... Don't take our check and then say that, hey, you don't want to be part of our organization."
The Redskins are now pursuing the return of that $21 million payment, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
The Redskins can fine Haynesworth up to $9,442 for missing the minicamp practice, hardly a dent in the money he's received from the team for one season's worth of work. He been paid $32 million of the $41 million guaranteed in the seven-year, $100 million contract he signed as a free agent last year.
Shanahan did not say what the Redskins will do next. They could release Haynesworth, try to trade him or keep him on the roster and force another showdown when training camp opens July 29.
"We'll make some decisions here shortly," the coach said.
Having pocketed his money, Haynesworth simply wants out of Washington. Unhappy that the Redskins are switching to a 3-4 defense, he prefers a scheme that would allow him the type of freedom he had during his seven seasons with the Tennessee Titans. He has not participated in any team's offseason conditioning program and skipped two voluntary minicamps.
"After many years in the NFL, I know what it takes for me to perform at my highest level," he said in a statement released Tuesday night.
His teammates, including several respected veterans, were scathing in their comments Wednesday. If Haynesworth does show up for training camp, there will be some fences to mend.
Defensive end Phillip Daniels: "I think I speak for every guy on this team: We all feel like he turned his back on us."
Center Casey Rabach: "It's getting to be selfish. He's hurting the team. It doesn't sit well with the players. ... You can't really count on him right now."
Fletcher: "There's ways he cannot be a Redskin: Give the money back. We'll move on without him. I want teammates who I can depend on, who I can count on, who in the fourth quarter I know is going to be there to make a play or do his job that the defense calls [for]. We need people that we can depend on. And at the end of the day, right now, he's showing that he can't be depended upon. ... Last year we had a lot of selfishness that took place, and we got 4-12 out of that. This year, we can't have that."
I'm glad the players are speaking out against him. He's just a fat ass.
According to Adam Schefter, the fact that he "took the check" actually kicked in a performance clause that would allow the team to take some or all of that bonus money back for not showing up.
I love that Fletcher said what he said. That's a leader. Comments like that build unity among players who are there working to get better. If Fat Albert comes back, he's going to have a locker room full of dudes who don't want him around. Good. Get him out of here. I hate losing that type of talent, but talent at the expense of being trustworthy is not worth the trouble.
Best option right now for me is to kick Fat Albert in the sack and then to the street and recover $20+M he should give back to us. Then kick him in the sack again.
I almost bought my son a Fat Albert jersey last year when we signed him, thinking he'd be a part of the team for a long time. He said all the right things when he joined the team...talking about wanting to be remembered as one of the best ever. I think I'll have to find an Orakpo jersey instead.
Had a Champ Bailey jersey when he signed and then ripped off the Bailey and made it a Shawn Springs jersey.
Had to buy a new one last year and was wondering who to get given that there wasn't anyone on the team that I really felt strongly about and thought would be there for a long time. Ended up going Sean Taylor as he was a great and classic Redskin despite his limited number of years on the team because of his sad and unfortunate death.
Probably pretty safe getting an Osakpo jersey.
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