TT will get haynesworth

[bobblehead]

I'll just say this.

I would much rather pay Haynesworth 10 million per annum than CWilliams 6 million per annum.

[RashanGary]

Hopefully that incident drives his price down. I can understand how the emotions get carried away in a game. He's a smart, hard working dude though. I think he's more than a manimal. He's a smart football player that happens to be a manimal and plays with a nasty streak that got carried away a couple times but hasn't since.

I would love to have him and I do think we'll be in that conversation. I really do.

[Patler]

But if today's game doesn't make you salivate at the thought of AH shoring up the middle of the line, then I question your love of this team. And of this country.

I'm not sure if I would like to have him on the Packers or not. Certainly I would like to have a player of his ability on the Packers, but whether or not I would want Haynesworth himself is not a question I can answer because I do not know him. He will take a huge investment to sign. Based on his documented past, I would want to understand his personality a lot better before deciding if I would want to make the huge, long term investment in HIM that it will take.

P.S. You should know by now that I do not love the Packers, or any other sports franchise. I simply watch for entertainment, and cheer for the team I follow the closest, but the ultimate outcome doesn't mean a whole lot to me. I got over that about the time I reached puberty, I think!

[Patler]

This is the statement Haynesworth released 5 days after the incident:

NASHVILLE, TN—Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, suspended five games by the NFL for stomping on the head and kicking the face of Cowboys center Andre Gurode last Sunday, issued a statement this morning saying he "just wanted to make absolutely sure [Gurode] was dead for good." "The Titans pay me to do one thing out there—kill anyone who gets in my way," said Haynesworth, who is serving the longest suspension for on-field actions in league history for his attempted murder. "Doing a thorough job is just good fundamentals… On your first day of high-school ball, they tell you football's no more than blocking, tackling, and bodily assault with the intent to commit homicide."

So, after thinking for five days about what he had done to earn one of the longest suspensions ever for on-field actions, that is the explanation he came up with.

I would have a good, long interview with him before offering him 10s of millions guaranteed, and would have a lot of "clauses" in the contract.

[3irty1]

Isn't Julius Peppers also a FA at the end of the season?

[Noodle]

And since that incident, and his statement, how many times has he been involved in a similar incident. Zero.

The guy has walked it. He wouldn't be a contender for league MVP (no defensive player has won it since LT) if he were still a mess. So the interview will be nice and all, but I'm more impressed by what he's done since the stomping.

And if that attitude of his doesn't make you drool just a little bit then you just don't love . . . oh yeah, I forgot. Never mind.

[RashanGary]

Isn't Julius Peppers also a FA at the end of the season?

Yes. I think there are SEVERAL good ones this year. Some teams are finally getting tight against the new, increased cap so free agency might be much more friendly this year.

[Noodle]

Isn't Julius Peppers also a FA at the end of the season?

He is, and he'd be someone to consider.

Though some may not want him after he blasted A-Rod at the end of the game.

[Patler]

And since that incident, and his statement, how many times has he been involved in a similar incident. Zero.

The guy has walked it. He wouldn't be a contender for league MVP (no defensive player has won it since LT) if he were still a mess. So the interview will be nice and all, but I'm more impressed by what he's done since the stomping.

And if that attitude of his doesn't make you drool just a little bit then you just don't love . . . oh yeah, I forgot. Never mind.

But his previous incidents were all separated in time by a couple years too. Coming after a team mate with a pole in college, thenkicking a team mate in the head in practice a few years later in TN, then a year and a half after that, the incident with the Cowboys. You could have assumed he learned from the previous ones, too, because of the time that passed before another incident ocurred. But apparently he did not.

[Patler]

Isn't Julius Peppers also a FA at the end of the season?

He is, and he'd be someone to consider.

Though some may not want him after he blasted A-Rod at the end of the game.

I wonder what that will cost him? Petty much every late hit is assessed a few thousand, anyway.

[Noodle]

I didn't see the game, but the Rock said it was pretty blatant. Probably in the low 5 figures, I'm guessing.

[DonHutson]

I wonder what that will cost him? Petty much every late hit is assessed a few thousand, anyway.

Like every other cheap shot this year, the answer is not enough to get the players' attention and therefore not enough to address the problem.

[wist43]

Peppers??? Even if Carolina allows him to hit the open market, no way TT even makes a phone call.

Same thing with Haynesworth...

TT isn't going to pony up the first nickel for a big $$$ FA. He'll bottom feed and try to find someone along the lines of Pickett and Woodson, i.e. guys that maybe can still play, but nobody is bidding for them.

Expect another 847 trade downs and draft day, and another 6,786,982 draft picks.

[Partial]

Why does everyone think these two are hitting the market? IMO, neither does. Peppers is far too good and would be the highest paid player in the league. Haynesworth is right behind him and would be up there.

Both of their teams will lock them up.

[The Leaper]

TT isn't going to pony up the first nickel for a big $$$ FA.

Expect another 847 trade downs and draft day, and another 6,786,982 draft picks.

Damn, Wist...you say that like you've seen it happen before...

Um...

Oh yeah.