To put it in simple terms, Haynesworth is a piece of shit. I normally don't have a problem with people getting paid whatever they are due. People who come to the games watch the players play. They don't watch the owners sit and eat caviar in the owner's box. That's why players are deserving of the money they get. However when players don't play that's when things bother me. Especially when Haynesworth accepts a $21 mil check in April and still demands a trade. The team themselves let Haynesworth seek a trade but if he couldn't then he would be given the option of taking the check and playing with the Redskins. He took the check but hasn't been practicing at all. Even if this is all smoke and mirrors this is complete and utter bullshit tactics by Haynesworth.
The Skins has given Haynesworth the option of playing as an end on the 3-4 which operates like a DT in a 4-3, a position he seems to want to play. The Skins have given him all the room in the world but he hasn't given an inch. To think he took $21 mil just like that from the organization almost makes me not want to go to another game in FedEx Field for the next 10 years knowing that this man has taken some of that ticket revenue in his pocket and presumably will show us nothing this upcoming season.
In other Skins news, they have reportedly traded either their third or fourth round pick for Jammal Brown. Either way we won't have a third or fourth rounder because the trade is somehow linked to McNabb. You can read the details of it here because it's a little complicated.
Ensuring that we give up at least our 3rd round pick next year is pretty foolish but we don't have much choice when it comes to tackle. The nice thing is that Brown did go to the Pro Bowl however he is coming off an injury laden season. To be honest it seems like the same old, same old and it never changes. Another veteran with a history of injuries. And because we haven't been smart about our draft picks we have to continue our never ending cycle of giving up our future in cheap young talent for more expensive high priced, unmotivated free agents because the cupboard is empty except for the two or three marquee signings we get. The cycle never ends and what's worse is that Shanahan is forced to do this trade or else the offense will continue to be a joke with that swiss cheese offensive line we have now.
Clearly hoping for the best but anticipating for the worst. In fact this is the least hyped I've been for the start of a Redskins season in a long time and that's saying a lot. Maybe it's because I've seen the same sweeping changes happen again every 3 to 4 years and now I'm just immune to it.
