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[quote=calia;1114639]This is a fun read (mostly, there are a few cringe-worthy parts too) -- but it made me nostalgic for the Hogs and the Fun Bunch: [url=http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap3000000498365?module=HP11_photo_gallery]Mind-blowing stats for the Washington Redskins | NFL.com[/url][/quote]

Wouldn't directly say brunell belongs on that list IMO ... but hey it happens he's noteworthy at best I guess

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[url=http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13179382/desean-jackson-says-philadelphia-eagles-used-smear-campaign-release]DeSean Jackson says Philadelphia Eagles used smear campaign after his release[/url]

While I certainly agree with DJax, its time to move on at this point.

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[quote=Chico23231;1114699][url=http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13179382/desean-jackson-says-philadelphia-eagles-used-smear-campaign-release]DeSean Jackson says Philadelphia Eagles used smear campaign after his release[/url]

While I certainly agree with DJax, its time to move on at this point.[/quote]

"I had an awesome year and I'm going to have another awesome year," Jackson told them. "End of the day, I play football at a high level so I don't care too less anything about nothing. Go look up the No. 1 receiver in the NFL. I'm the No. 1 receiver. So I'm not getting caught up. I know what I can do."

-D Jax

Putting aside the awesomeness of the phrase "I don't care too less anything about nothing" .... i like that he views last year as a positive one, i like that a receiver has confidence (required for that position) and it seems like he uses the eagles release as motivation.

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"I don't care too less anything about nothing."

Me too neither.

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[url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/06/albert-haynesworth-washington-cost-him-his-passion-for-football/]Albert Haynesworth: Washington cost him his “passion for football” | ProFootballTalk[/url]

"The piece also mentions the fact that much of that money was gone, blaming an unscrupulous financial advisor"

Alberts nearly broke? shocker

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[quote=Chico23231;1114759][url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/06/albert-haynesworth-washington-cost-him-his-passion-for-football/]Albert Haynesworth: Washington cost him his “passion for football” | ProFootballTalk[/url]

"The piece also mentions the fact that much of that money was gone, blaming an unscrupulous financial advisor"

Alberts nearly broke? shocker[/quote]


More revisionist history! He [U]arrived[/U] in Washington so out of shape that he couldn't pass the minimum physical standards to even practice. So exactly when and where did he lose his passion for football? It certainly wasn't with the Redskins in D.C.

I think it was the instant he signed the huge contract. He was set for life then and he decided that he didn't have to work anymore because he was going to get paid no matter what. Everything he said about proving that he was worth the money, his desire to be in the HOF, etc. was disingenuous.

Also, I have [U]never[/U] in my nearly 60 years of following the Redskins seen another Redskins player give up on a play and lie on the field resting while the play continued. That incident in Philly said far more about him than the baloney he's regurgitating now.

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[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-DGKXptQYY[/url]

Shanahan had his issues, but he pretty much nailed this one.

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[quote=Chico23231;1114759][url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/06/albert-haynesworth-washington-cost-him-his-passion-for-football/]Albert Haynesworth: Washington cost him his “passion for football” | ProFootballTalk[/url]

"The piece also mentions the fact that much of that money was gone, blaming an unscrupulous financial advisor"

Alberts nearly broke? shocker[/quote]

Anybody else want to throw up in their mouth a little? Here's the [URL="http://www.theplayerstribune.com/albert-haynesworth-letter-to-my-younger-self/"]source[/URL].

S/N "The Players' Tribune" is dead to me. Can't get any Washington athletes on there (excluding 1 year rental Paul Pierce) since I started reading and the first one with any connection to this town at all is a fat sack of crap like Haynesworth? Not to mention it was supposed to be "the unfiltered voice of athletes" so they wouldn't have their words misinterpreted by the media and yet all of their pieces read like they wrote from a template.

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His hero was Reggie White, a HOF player who played his ass off, had fire and passion and class. So what happened Albert? You lazy, unmotivated, big fat lazy 300+lb giant PUSSY!!

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;1114768]His hero was Reggie White, a HOF player who played his ass off, had fire and passion and class. So what happened Albert? [B]You lazy, unmotivated, big fat lazy 300+lb giant PUSSY!![/B][/quote]
That could not pass the basic conditioning test that most of the ESPN clerical staff .......passed....>.....<

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Its funny to me how he blames everyone else for his problems. Hate people like that, zero accountability. Glad he is nearly broke, that made my day

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The Redskins really have no one to blame but themselves over the AH ordeal. He lacked character before he came here. It's not like once he got the money he was going to be the first one in last to leave type of player. That's just not who he was. He played football cause he was good at it, not cause he loved the game. This is what happens when you don't have a professional GM running your team.

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Who likes conch chowder?

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my personal and strongly held belief re AH and the reason he signed with us ..

he accepted the skins contract bc it was front loaded w guaranteed money, then it became an avg contract.

i believe AH and his agent took the skins contract w the intent of forcing the skins cut/release/trade him after 2 years so he could sign another big guaranteed contract before riding off into the sunset.

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The package includes $41 million in guarantees -- the highest total in league history -- and [B]Haynesworth is ensured of receiving about $32 million in the first 13 months[/B] of the contract, which was finalized shortly after agent Chad Speck phoned Haynesworth at around 3:45 a.m.

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/02/28/ST2009022800147.html]Redskins Sign Albert Haynesworth to Record Contract - washingtonpost.com[/url]

the mistake was front loading the guaranteed money to a fat lazy guy who had no passion or integrity.

what incentive did AH have to stick around here after 13 months?

he certainly did his best to force his departure.

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That Haynesworth deal, and the subsequent CBA, forever changed the way the Redskins approached contracts. They used to give all the guaranteed money up front in signing bonus fashion. Now they still give a bonus, though smaller, and instead tend to guarantee the first two or three years worth of base salary.

They also used to drop the base salary in the first year down to vet minimum. The CBA dictates that can no longer be done through some rules around base salary escalation. But I have no doubt that after Haynesworth the Redskins were happy to see that change. You can tell they like to stage the payouts in such a way that the player has to fly right to collect, including positioning the contract so that the player is not incentivized to throw a hissy fit.

Desean Jackson, good example. His contract is pretty evenly distributed between the three years. The third year is worth a good chunk of change, so much so that it's in his best interests to play to earn it. The potential gain from holding out is minimized when the salary in the 3rd year is fairly attractive.