Wooohooo ... How 'bout them Redskins!
madurofan
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Albert Haynesworth and DeAngelo Hall. Hall was our best playmaker on defense last year, sad considered he wasn't with us the beginning of the season. And Haynesworth, I just had a feeling we'd go after him! Glad to see Shawn Springs get cut as well. Anyone else here happy about FA so far?
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Yea but thats all we ever do is re-sign our own but hey it works
You can't argue with the success the Colts have had signing their own guys and using the draft
If you follow the Colts it really wasn't that big a shock. Everyone (coaches,players) were saying how they wanted him back and he had not lost a step yadda yadda yadda. But everyone knows its a business....they were all playing nice in case he decided to take the pay cut he was offered and stay. In reality, he did not seem in sync with Manning at all last year,maybe due to Manning missing training camp maybe not. Truth is ( and I am a huge Harrison fan) you can't afford that kind of money for a number 2 receiver and thats what he was on the Colts...Manning had moved on to Reggie Wayne as his go-to guy. I hate to see him in another uniform but I would have hated to see that kinda money with the salary cap and all spent on Marvin (sorry Marv) the results just did not justify it. He is a Hall of Famer no doubt...We Colts fans will miss ya Marv...thanks for the memories ....It sucks but its a business...getting old in any sports takes a toll even on a physical beast like Marv ...
It will be weird not seeing him out there. "Bino you guys looking at anybody on FA ?
Other than that, we re-signed a couple of our own guys. That's it. We were interested in Jason Brown, but when the Rams offered him waaaaaaay too much money, we took a pass (and signed Berger).
Sounds like their on the move...should be fun to watch this season
For many years, the Dolphins went for the quick fix every off-season. It worked just well enough to get them a winning season most years, but they were never actually good, and they never really got any better. Drove me nuckin' futs. I'm tickled to death to see them finally go back to doing it the right way -- the way that made them a powerhouse throughout the '70s and well into the '80s.
Is Haynesworth worth it? IDK, if he plays like he did in Tennessee then he's worth every penny. There are VERY few dominant DT's like him and we needed one bad. My only concern is the only two years the Haynesworth was trully dominant was when he was playing for a contract. Prior to that he was a trouble maker and just barely above average.
De Angelo Hall is odd to me, I'm not a huge fan of his as I don't think he is great but he was definetly an upgrade over 36 year old Springs who was scheduled to make more money than Hall will under his new contract.
So he may be a great d-lineman, but they just gave him franchise qb money. Them there's different things.
No big man plays more than 70% of the time. In the modern NFL DTs are rotated in and out. The Titans did this less than most teams and caused the big guys to wear out quicker. THe Skins are much deeper at DT than the Titans and Haynesworth will be spelled more here than he was there. You also have to take into that 12 game average he was once suspended for 5 games. I'm not saying he's not a risk but I think his talent is worth the risk. I'm good with the Skins moves so far.
Signing Dockery back was one helluva deal too. He's a big upgrade over Pete Kendall particularly in age.
Peter King ain't that bad. He usually knows what the dealio is.
And I agree with you, Luko, about the franchise money. Even assuming Fat Albert is available for every down of the season (even if he doesn't play every down), that's an awful lot of money to tie up in a DT. Especially with so much of it guaranteed. That's gonna be biting you guys on the salary cap for years to come.
Maybe it'll work out great and he'll be worth every penny. But your franchise is gonna have that contract tied around its neck for an awfully long time.
It is a ton of money but one thing the Redskins never seem to have is salary cap issues. Our cap guy is AMAZING.
P.S. the deal is really only a 4 year 48 million dollar deal, the other 3 years and 52 mill are fluff.
Well damn, I would hate it Maddy, but jeezzz , GUESS 48 million over 4 years would be ok , I mean what with a recession and all I guess I could sacrafice ....lol