Haynesworth Missing From Redskins Offseason Workouts

Lets see.... Haynesworth decided to use the same trainer he used during his pro bowl years of 2007-2008. He made the decision after not using him last year and not going to the pro bowl AND catching flak from the fans and media about being out of shape. He notified team officials of this, but still showed up for the first day of orientation and conditioning as the coach had asked. So in a nutshell, instead of putting his conditioning into the hands of a bunch of new guys he's not familiar with, something I guess he did last year, he decided to go back to the trainer he used that helped get him to the pro bowl, notified team officials of this back in January, and showed up the first day of orientation. Yep...we ought to can his ass. Didn't Fletch miss some time a year or 2 ago? We should have gotten rid of that sorry slacker too. :yeahright

Shahanan and Allen knew about this long before going into last week so they weren't blindsided.

None of the Redskins should be blindsided by this, they knew what they were getting when they signed AH last year. This is how he operates. They're kidding themselves if they thought they were going to change him

I don't have a problem w/ guys working out on their own. Sean Taylor did this too. But Haynesworth doesn't get the benefit of the doubt cause he was so badly out of shape last year. He got his money and then didn't take on the responsibility that comes with that contract. I'd try and trade him but who wants to eat his massive contract and bad attitude??

I don't have a problem w/ guys working out on their own. Sean Taylor did this too. But Haynesworth doesn't get the benefit of the doubt cause he was so badly out of shape last year. He got his money and then didn't take on the responsibility that comes with that contract. I'd try and trade him but who wants to eat his massive contract and bad attitude??

So this year he is taking steps to correct him being out of shape last year and taking responsibility, what's the big deal about this?

.... I just don't get why he's making such a big deal of this worst case scenario things don't work he still gets 40 mill and moves to a team that plays the 4-3 where he's good and gets another 30 mill

im not worried about AH leaving after the first day. i thought his impact on games when he was in there was something we havent had in a long time at the DT spot. i got an AH jersey, etc so im a fan of the man...

but this 22 milion dollar signing bonus due to him in 2 weeks really has me interested, has me interested since teh day it was announced. ive never heard anything like this. i understand it was done to greatly lessen the cap ramifications of his contract but . .

i am worried that the skins may have set themselves up to be played by AH and his agent. after the bulk of this guaranteed money is given in 2 weeks, what is going to happen? what is going to happen after this season? what if this season is a losing one and AH doesnt like the 3-4?

AH holds all the cards and leverage.

A one time payment of a 22 million dollar signing bonus is unprecendented in this league.

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AH, while a great player, seems to be your protypical modern athlete.

= potential big problems.

this is much to do about nothing right now, but it could be the beginning of the end.

with all that said, its just a week of voluntary work outs. for the moment.

Rather than focusing on the negative I'm focusing on the fact guys at least showed for the first day and gave Shanahan that level of respect. What they did after that is between them and the team.

A 4-12 season has a way of causing a hair-trigger effect on the negativity.

Andre Carter and Phillip Daniels to name a couple

Thank you. That helps to put things into perspective.

Where are all of the people calling out Philip Daniels for missing?

I guess because Daniels doesn't make as much money and even at age 37 he's still probably in better shape than anyone else on the team

Andre Carter and Phillip Daniels to name a couple

Chirp. Chirp.
What? Not a sound form the angry mob?

It is clear this is more about the axe to grind against Haynesworth and Landry and very little to do about the facts.

This just in....Chris Cooley was late returning from lunch break. Hang him!

Wouldn't it be more fun for us to guess who else left early? Let's see... probably overpaid, over-hyped guys with big egos who think they're better than they really are. H-m-m-m-m. Ok, I'll go with Carlos Rogers and LaRon Landry.


Sounds like you guessed wrong.

Again, Landry hatred for no reason... unbelievable.

Andre Carter and Phillip Daniels to name a couple


Both of these guys would bruise your hand if you patted them on the back. It seems like training away from the park isn't the end of the world, is it? Where are the "they are locker room cancers" "Cut them immdiately" responses?

Neither one of them could hold Godzilla's jockstrap, btw.