Haynesworth Facing Various Assault Charges

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Originally Posted by NC_Skins

I know it was Vinny's shit (more likely Dan's), but it has to be dealt with. Once the contract was redone and he took that 21 million dollar check, and lied to Shanny's face, it became his issue to deal with and he's doing it the right way.

It's a simple message. You take the money and lie to me, and I'm going to end your football career with you watching the game from at home. Didn't Dan threaten L. Coles with the same thing about buying him a TV?

At this point, he has three options.

1) give back some of that signing bonus (fat chance)
2) sit at home on inactive list and have his career rot
3) come in, attend camp/OTAs like others, and play like he's supposed to (fat chance as well on this)


You absolutely do not give him what he wants (to be cut to resign with another team for yet more money). If you do that, what do you think the next idiot comes along is going to do? (aka...shaun rogers)

NC Skins:

You are onto something important here.

Haynesworth is likely content to show up and be on the Redskins' roster next year and the year after that because that means he continues to be paid by the Redskins. He does not have to play - - even at half speed - - to get paid. The guys who are inactive every weekend still get paid.

Shanahan finds himself in a small dilemma. If he releases Haynesworth, then Big Al can go to some other team and get another payday. It won't be $100M or anything close to that and the the contract may have some "character clauses" in it that were not included in the one signed here. But he WILL get another bonus payday. And that means - - to some extent - - that Shanahan will not come out of their "contretemps" as the undisputed winner and the guy who made Big Al do it "The Shanahan Way".

On the other hand, if Shanahan does not release Haynesworth, he lets Big Al stay here and play by Big Al's rules because Big Al has learned quite clearly that he can make a whole lot of money playing under his current contract without following a lot of team rules or without playing real hard on Sundays.

Signing Haynesworth to that kind of a deal was a disaster waiting to happen - - and it happened.

Shanahan had nothing to do with that signing but for some reason felt that creating a stare-down with Haynesworth back in training camp was a good idea - - it was not.

Now comes the point where Shanahan has to figure out how to cut losses here. He cannot win this situation without an incredible string of lucky events so he has to figure out what is the least worst outcome for him and for the team.

Maybe he has already decided that continuing the "stare-down" is the least worst thing he can do for the team - - and for his own ego.