Big Al suspended for the remainder of season

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Originally Posted by NC_Skins

My argument does work. You forget that they redid his contract to front load it this year due to the uncapped year. He was acquired by Vinny/Snyder, but he became Shanny's problem when he inherited the team and had the contract reworked. He wasn't going to rework that contract with such a heavy front load without having assurances from AH that he was going to do his part. They did their part in giving him the money upfront, he is the one that didn't fulfill his. I'm almost certain we'll see the Redskins try to get back money from him.

You are right in a certain sense because it's more about the tone he's setting and the examples he's making for the culture to come. However, had this been some other guy not making hardly any money, he'd been cut day 1. He cut Devin Thomas, and he has LOADS of "potential/talent". Bottom line, it had to do with the money.

I believe they did their contract stuff in April. I'm not sure if it was a reworked contract, or just a check that was due as part of the original agreement. At that time, I'm not sure they had enough evidence about Haynesworth's poor work ethic to justify his release then. Also note that he was already under contract. They didn't give him a contract, they just got stuck with it. Reworking it, because it makes financial sense, is unrelated.

In any case, they didn't release him then because they wanted to try to make it work. Thomas, on the other hand, is unproven. I don't think Shanahan cares about an unproven guy. He's not going to keep around a guy like Thomas, who doesn't work hard, just because he *might* do something one day. Haynesworth has already done something in this league -- he is a proven commodity, and worth fighting for. Thomas is not.

So, they tried, and it might be over, but I'm not convinced of that yet.