Haynesworth announces plan to attend training camp PFT

[cowboyjoe]

Haynesworth announces plan to attend training camp
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on June 23, 2010 11:28 AM ET
Albert Haynesworth won't make it easy for the Commanders to go after his money.

In a statement released Wednesday, the Commanders nose defensive tackle announced his plan to attend training camp.

"Despite my differences w/ Commanders, I have always planned to attend training camp and honor my contract. As I have said, I am continuing to prepare for the season individually and will report on time, in shape andready to play football," Haynesworth said.

(Well, he didn't honor his contract by skipping minicamp. But there's not much money at stake there.)

The statement is the first sign Haynesworth could play nice in August, although it remains to be seen how his teammates and coaching staff react when he finally shows up for work.

 

[Direwolf63]

Haynesworth announces plan to attend training camp
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on June 23, 2010 11:28 AM ET
Albert Haynesworth won't make it easy for the Commanders to go after his money.

In a statement released Wednesday, the Commanders nose defensive tackle announced his plan to attend training camp.

"Despite my differences w/ Commanders, I have always planned to attend training camp and honor my contract. As I have said, I am continuing to prepare for the season individually and will report on time, in shape andready to play football," Haynesworth said.

(Well, he didn't honor his contract by skipping minicamp. But there's not much money at stake there.)

The statement is the first sign Haynesworth could play nice in August, although it remains to be seen how his teammates and coaching staff react when he finally shows up for work.

Of course he will.

Despite all his bluster and whining, at the end of the day, it's all about the money.

 

[Longboysfan]

What are the odds he has some mystery injury during training camp that holds him to half day work outs.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

What are the odds he has some mystery injury during training camp that holds him to half day work outs.

My thoughts as well...get some mystery injury or just be a complete jerk to the point of the coaches getting rid of him or benching him so he still makes his money.

 

[Doomsay]

I hope that this lingers all season.

 

[Stash]

My thoughts as well...get some mystery injury or just be a complete jerk to the point of the coaches getting rid of him or benching him so he still makes his money.

Put me on this list.

One way or another, I don't see him playing for the Commanders again.

He'll go through whatever 'motions' he has to in order to keep the money.

I'm all for collusion at this point.

Let the Commanders admit their mistake and just cut him.

And let the rest of the league stick together and get wise to his act and freeze him out of the NFL for good.

A well deserved reward for a lousy human being.

 

[cowboyjoe]

I hope that this lingers all season.

me too,and divides the Commanders lockerroom, and tears them apart from really playing good

 

[big dog cowboy]

What are the odds he has some mystery injury during training camp that holds him to half day work outs.

I completely expect that to happen.

 

[UnoDallas]

me too,and divides the Commanders lockerroom, and tears them apart from really playing good

I expect this to happen

 

[Yeagermeister]

Congrats to Albert for actually showing up to work.

 

[SkinsHokieFan]

My thoughts as well...get some mystery injury or just be a complete jerk to the point of the coaches getting rid of him or benching him so he still makes his money.

This I agree with. I expect by day 2 he'll be flopping around and have some lingering "ankle" injury and simply will watch the rest of TC and preseason

me too,and divides the Commanders lockerroom, and tears them apart from really playing good

This I do not agree with. He hasn't been around. He is basically persona non grata

Who is going to take his side? London Fletcher has spoken out and called him selfish. Philip Daniels has said he "turned his back on the team." Lorenzo Alexander lashed out against him on the radio.

Even other players in the NFL have spoken out. Ray Lewis, Darnell Dockett and NFLPA player President Keven Mawae have.

So who would take Albert's side on the Commanders in a "divided" locker room? I guess the only one who has somewhat taken Albert's side is DeAngelo Hall. And D'Lo is an idiot, and has been an idiot since he was a freshman at Virginia Tech (I have followed his career since then and went to school with him) He isn't a bad guy, and doesn't get in trouble off the field, but he is a bad teammate and always has been.

Which is why Bruce Allen re-negotiated both D Hall and Haynesworth's contracts so they can pay back part of their bonuses and be free agents after next year. There is no way an Allen/Shanahan office brings in guys like Haynesworth or D'Hall and signs them to the contracts they signed.

So yes, I expect Haynesworth to be a bum and lazy, but I don't expect a McNabb vs TO, or a TO vs Romo/Garret,/Witten soap opera in DC. And I expect Haynesworth and Hall to be gone after this season.

 

[1fisher]

me too,and divides the Commanders lockerroom, and tears them apart from really playing good

Put the needle on the record, Joe.....

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Which is why Bruce Allen re-negotiated both D Hall and Haynesworth's contracts so they can pay back part of their bonuses and be free agents after next year. There is no way an Allen/Shanahan office brings in guys like Haynesworth or D'Hall and signs them to the contracts they signed.

So yes, I expect Haynesworth to be a bum and lazy, but I don't expect a McNabb vs TO, or a TO vs Romo/Garret,/Witten soap opera in DC. And I expect Haynesworth and Hall to be gone after this season.

The reason they reworked those contracts is to clear cap room from the idiotic negotiations Danny boy approved. He got one get out of jail free card in the uncapped year and raped it for everything he could.

Never underestimate the ability for a cancer to divide a locker room. He'll find friends, and he's already got plenty of people against him. Everytime he pulls out of practice, the animosity builds in the room and there isn't anything the other players can do about it. The locker room is toxic, and for the rest of the NFL laughing at the Commanders that's enough.

 

[casmith07]

me too,and divides the Commanders lockerroom, and tears them apart from really playing good

As if they really need any help

 

[SkinsHokieFan]

The reason they reworked those contracts is to clear cap room from the idiotic negotiations Danny boy approved. He got one get out of jail free card in the uncapped year and raped it for everything he could.

Never underestimate the ability for a cancer to divide a locker room. He'll find friends, and he's already got plenty of people against him. Everytime he pulls out of practice, the animosity builds in the room and there isn't anything the other players can do about it. The locker room is toxic, and for the rest of the NFL laughing at the Commanders that's enough.

I suppose with your TO/Pac Man experience that ruined your 2008 Superbowl season; you'd know better then I do.

Never underestimate the cohesiveness formed by a team during the offseason. In particular this offseason for Washington when only 1 player wasn't around.

Think anyone has his back at all? Most of the guys don't know him and those that do don't want anything to do with him. London Fletcher, Phillip Daniels, Lorenzo Alexander, 3 character guys have already said what they need to say. And unlike most other situations like this, guys in his own players association are speaking out against him. Ray Lewis and Keven Mawae, the frickin President, thats pretty telling on how most NFL players feel about Albert.

Is he a potential cancer? Of course he is, the guy is a bum out for his money, and not his team. Right now the team has taken the correct stand and we'll see how it shakes out. You can't allow guys to "take the money and run" and set the terrible precedent. You either figure out a way to make it work, which until last week the team seemed to think it had, you get that bonus money back and get rid of him, or you let him rot.

And when the CBA negotiations happen, you hold this over the NFLPA's head like an anvil.

As for the "get out of jail card" well the cap is gone. Get that through your head, there is no salary cap, there is no cap, and at this point it'll take some serious hell to get it back. The cap is gone. Bruce Allen did the smart thing and gave the 2 biggest idiot contracts an out at the end of the 2010 season.

 

[Stash]

I suppose with your TO/Pac Man experience that ruined your 2008 Superbowl season; you'd know better then I do.

More like that season when Snyder played fantasy football and brought in Bruce Smith, Deion, and Jeff George.

Never underestimate the cohesiveness formed by a team during the offseason. In particular this offseason for Washington when only 1 player wasn't around.

Never overstimate the cohesiveness of me-first guys like McNabb, Portis, Larry Johnson, and DeAngelo Hall either.

Think anyone has his back at all? Most of the guys don't know him and those that do don't want anything to do with him. London Fletcher, Phillip Daniels, Lorenzo Alexander, 3 character guys have already said what they need to say. And unlike most other situations like this, guys in his own players association are speaking out against him. Ray Lewis and Keven Mawae, the frickin President, thats pretty telling on how most NFL players feel about Albert.

I know DeAngelo Hall does. He's publicly sided with Haynesworth already and you're stuck with him for at least this season.

Is he a potential cancer? Of course he is, the guy is a bum out for his money, and not his team. Right now the team has taken the correct stand and we'll see how it shakes out. You can't allow guys to "take the money and run" and set the terrible precedent. You either figure out a way to make it work, which until last week the team seemed to think it had, you get that bonus money back and get rid of him, or you let him rot.

I Agree with you here. The Commanders are handling it as best they can at this point. But the smarter move would have been cutting him in April before they gave him $21 million.

And when the CBA negotiations happen, you hold this over the NFLPA's head like an anvil.

As for the "get out of jail card" well the cap is gone. Get that through your head, there is no salary cap, there is no cap, and at this point it'll take some serious hell to get it back. The cap is gone. Bruce Allen did the smart thing and gave the 2 biggest idiot contracts an out at the end of the 2010 season.

The cap is coming back in whatever new CBA they have. That's why nobody is spending like crazy this season. The owners know they want the salary cap back - and it will be.

Heck, even lil' Danny isn't spending like crazy, what does that tell you?

 

[SkinsHokieFan]

More like that season when Snyder played fantasy football and brought in Bruce Smith, Deion, and Jeff George.

That was a decade ago. George Bush wasn't president yet. :laugh1:

Norv was coach and the team wasn't that good. 2008 Dallas is a much more apt example

Never overstimate the cohesiveness of me-first guys like McNabb, Portis, Larry Johnson, and DeAngelo Hall either.

McNabb has quickly won the team over in the last 3 months. Have you even heard a peep from Portis this offseason? His mouth has been shut. Larry Johnson has a very cuttable contract, if he acts up he can be shipped out tomorrow. On your list D'Lo is the only real problem child, in terms of team chemistry. Something we gotta live with.

I know DeAngelo Hall does. He's publicly sided with Haynesworth already and you're stuck with him for at least this season.

And right now is the only one. I have known D'Lo for a long time and guys simply don't take him seriously. They didn't in the locker room at Virginia Tech. However he is a locker room issue, although he has been a good boy since coming to DC

I Agree with you here. The Commanders are handling it as best they can at this point. But the smarter move would have been cutting him in April before they gave him $21 million.

Money was guranteed. I.E they would have still had to have paid him unless he AGREED NOT TO ACCEPT IT. Shanahan offered him this option, we'll let you go as long as you don't take the 21 million. He took it and the team expected him to keep his end of the bargain.

The cap is coming back in whatever new CBA they have. That's why nobody is spending like crazy this season. The owners know they want the salary cap back - and it will be.

Heck, even lil' Danny isn't spending like crazy, what does that tell you?

With a salary cap comes back a salary floor. Right now teams such as the Bucs, Vikings and Packers won't have to spend a minimum. In "this economy" there will be plenty of owners who like not having a floor.

As for Snyder not spending money, he really hasn't since 2006 besides the 2009 Haynesworth debacle. Nobody real big in 2007, save for London, and 2008 was as boring as this offseason.

Besides, who in the hell was out there to sign?

 

[Stash]

That was a decade ago. George Bush wasn't president yet. :laugh1:

Norv was coach and the team wasn't that good. 2008 Dallas is a much more apt example

Same example of failure.

McNabb has quickly won the team over in the last 3 months.

Yeah, and he was "Mr Nice Guy" while he was in Philly too and that tune changed as soon as he left. Quite a few guys there not too sorry to see him go.

Have you even heard a peep from Portis this offseason? His mouth has been shut.

Sure it has. As it should be with someone in his position hoping to stick around. But saying nothing isn't necessarily great for comraderie either. Face it, Portis never will be a leader.

Larry Johnson has a very cuttable contract, if he acts up he can be shipped out tomorrow.

That's entirely different from the 'team bonding' exercise you were alluding to.

On your list D'Lo is the only real problem child, in terms of team chemistry. Something we gotta live with.

It doesn't take more than one to create dissention. Just ask us about TO.

And right now is the only one. I have known D'Lo for a long time and guys simply don't take him seriously. They didn't in the locker room at Virginia Tech. However he is a locker room issue, although he has been a good boy since coming to DC.

Again, it doesn't take too many...

Money was guranteed. I.E they would have still had to have paid him unless he AGREED NOT TO ACCEPT IT. Shanahan offered him this option, we'll let you go as long as you don't take the 21 million. He took it and the team expected him to keep his end of the bargain.

$21 million at his option? Doesn't sound right to me, but with Danny Snyder, who knows? And if they were stupid enough to give him that option, they deserve what they get.

With a salary cap comes back a salary floor. Right now teams such as the Bucs, Vikings and Packers won't have to spend a minimum. In "this economy" there will be plenty of owners who like not having a floor.

I can see your example with the Bucs, but the Vikings and Packers are spending money. Does it not say something when not one team has spent big money without a salary cap? Even Crazy Al and the Raiders didn't!

As for Snyder not spending money, he really hasn't since 2006 besides the 2009 Haynesworth debacle. Nobody real big in 2007, save for London, and 2008 was as boring as this offseason.

Besides, who in the hell was out there to sign?

As a Commanders fan, you should hope that he's learned his lesson, overspending has gotten him and his team nowhere.

 

[Mansta54]

Foreskins STINK!!!

 

[bbgun]

He'll be a pariah. Fletcher all but publicly called him a bum.