Skins sign Haynesworth to 100 million 7 year deal...

[oldirtyku]

Albert Haynesworth hit the free agent jackpot Friday morning by reaching a seven-year, $100 million deal with the Washington Redskins that could end up maxing out at at $115 million based on his performance, according to sources.




The deal, which was reached early Friday morning, includes $41 million in guarantees. During the first 13 months of the contract, Haynesworth will earn approximately $32 million.
His phone almost exploded with opportunities Friday morning when free agency started. More teams contacted him than expected. During the first hour, Haynesworth had at least six teams willing to give him more than $30 million in guarantees.
He and his agent, Chad Speck,, spent several hours reviewing the opportunities before making a decision. The final choices came down to the Tampa Bay Buccaneeers, the team that had the most cap room in free agency, and the Redskins, the team that was the most aggressive.
A press conference will be scheduled upon his arrival in Washington.
The Titans never came close to signing him. A franchise player whose trip to the Pro Bowl prohibited the Titans from getting the franchise tag in 2009, Haynesworth had hoped the Titans would offer him a deal that would have kept him out of the free agent market. That offer never materialized even though the team kept talking to him until the start of free agency.
Fittingly, Haynesworth ended up being the first player to leave a team in free agency in 2009. His deal is one of the tops in the history of the league.
John Clayton covers the NFL for ESPN.com

 

[chowie]

crazy

 

[bookie]

The Redskins always seem to sign the biggest free agents on the market. My question is, how do they do it with a salary cap?

As for the signing, the only position player worth that kind of money is a QB. A high profile DT will not win you a Super Bowl.

 

[whalewager]

luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[HacheMan]

A lot of money

He was playing in his contract year last season, so hopefully he doesn't lay off any now......

 

[TheWolf]

We will look back on this in 5 years as a big waaste of money.
Snyder just doesnt learn.....deep pockets so throws it around carelessly. AH is good but that moeny couldve been better spent IMO.

and Deangelo Hall??????? This guy just keeps laughing his ass off to the bank.

 

[onemwtheone]

Dear Mr. Snyder,

Two words: Dana Stubblefield

Thanks for your time. Moron.

 

[snowtime]

Did he blew his knee out? thanks to his injury and I'm glad to be a Steeler fan. How dumb is Dan Snyder? :think2:

 

[HiPockets]

My early take was that it was another free agent elephant traveling to Snyder Redskin heaven to rest eternally in a pile of dollars. But I'm not so sure about Haynesworth. Main difference from other Redskin all star disasters is that he is relatively young (though short term injury prone). I mostly respect the home cooking drafted player Raven route but I'm 50/50 on this Yankeesque/ Redskin monopoly money signing.

 

[doomsdaycult9]

Folks the redskins just became superbowl contenders.

the only thing that stops AH is if gets caught doing 150 in his lambo or runs over some one in his f650 super monster truck!

When it comes to defense, AH is a force on his own. Believe it or not, he made the titans defense what it was. You will see it soon enough on the redskins.

(That being said, Fat albert is known for being lazy and having motivational issues. If they dont stay on his case and give him an incentive to show up every game then you will see lazy AH come out flat in a couple of games)

 

[sean1]

Dan Snyder may be the owner NFL owner to go broke in our lifetimes.

Idiot

 

[doomsdaycult9]

Dan Snyder may be the owner NFL owner to go broke in our lifetimes.

Idiot

No he wont go broke..(his team is still one of the top 3 most valuable in the league)

And he definately wont be the first. There was some guy before him that went broke gambling his money away in casinos..(with adult diapers and all at the black jack table)@)

 

[Ladeda]

LMAO got to love the Redskins. Never miss a chance to way way overpay for a player.

 

[ExquisitePix]

I really don't think he'll take his foot off the gas now that he got his contract. He doesn't want the bad publicity that will come with underperforming. He changed alot after that Gurode head stomp - I believe he can keep the pace up. So a great move by Washington...

Where they messed up is in signing DeAngelo Hall. Everyone knows that guy is a joke.

 

[dietrootbeerguy]

per PFT the deal is really $48M over 4 years. Nobody is expecting the latter years to be fulfilled.