Haynesworth Was Offered More Money From Tampa

by bigrm18 on Jun 25, 2009 11:30 PM EDT

"They offered me a whole lot more, and even with their tax situation, it could have been 20 percent more. But you look at Washington, they've got a lot of the pieces together. They're right there. They're in a huge market. It's one of the largest markets in the world. You've just got a large, huge media outlet and it can be life beyond football. Going to Tampa, I mean, great city. Looking at it from the off-season standpoint, I love the water. I love to be out in the sun. It's just awesome, but it would've been like another Nashville. Tampa doesn't have that big market and they don't have a huge fan base like the Washington Redskins do, so I think it was just a choice just to look at it that way."

It's nice to know (even though it's scary at the same time) that Snyder was actually outbid by another team for a marquee player. Haynesworth seemed to have a better assesment of the Redskins when he was being scouted than the so called "experts" do right now. I'm glad that Haynesworth chose the Redskins and I feel sorry for Romo, McNabb, and Eli this upcoming year.

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thank you

for posting this. this makes me feel a whole lot better for some reason.

I'm to young to Die Danny...don't make me do it tomorrow....

by Rekka on Jun 26, 2009 9:07 AM EDT reply actions

Wait...

Didn’t he sign barely after midnight the first day of free agency? And he weighed his money offers vs. team situations THAT quickly? He’s not doing the Redskins any favors in their tampering case. Bye bye, draft picks.

by JimmyK on Jun 26, 2009 11:08 AM EDT reply actions

Old news

I remember hearing about this back when Big Al was drafted in April. Maybe the 20% more is what was never revealed. Either way, Snyder payed market value for the best DT in the NFL, who’s 28 yrs. old and in his prime.

RAK EM UP!

by VA_Skin on Jun 26, 2009 5:34 PM EDT reply actions

why

do you all humor this poor Iggles fan. He obviously feels so little about his teams chances this year that he gets on this msg board to check in on us. As I’ve said before, the charges are a joke. The Titans are just crying over spilled Milk. And their evidence is laughable. The “Radio Clip” they have is Rock Cartwright talking about the possibility of getting Haynesworth. Good ole’ Cartwright, the ROCK of our personnel department. The newspaper stories mean nothing. If they start using that fluff as evidence, then the apocalypse is coming. Could you imagine Mike Wise or Sally Jenkins being called on to provide “expert” testimony? Or the rumors that papers put out being considered true?

I mean, look at some of the things these sport-writers say. “Dallas is the best team in the league” – HA! “Mark Sanchez will end up a Redskin” – didn’t happen. “Donovan McNabb is washed up” – OK, so they’re right SOME of the time.

by CJHutch on Jun 27, 2009 8:46 AM EDT reply actions