Daily Slop: Phillip Daniels Says Haynesworth Improving- 2-3 Weeks Away

It’s ridiculous to be paid that much and not be ready for the season opener.

this was on rotoworld…..

Haynesworth
The Redskins and Titans have revisited trade discussions for DL Albert Haynesworth, according to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen.
Mortensen says there is no deal yet, as the Titans feel the Redskins’ asking price of at least two draft picks is still too high. At this point it would be best for all parties involved for Haynesworth to be shipped out of DC, but it remains to be seen if a deal will get done. Perhaps Haynesworth could resurrect his game in his old stomping grounds. Sep. 7 – 9:18 am et

took full responsibility for drafting DT, MK and Davis, and by extension, the whole draft that year. Pretty classy to admit it. I assumed Snyder was the main push behind Haynesworth because so much money was involved, but that he would logically have relied on Cerrato to do the negotiating – trying to get him at the best possible price, judging the market, etc. By the way, on trading AH – can’t they try to get a player – like an offensive lineman – instead of a draft pick? Whether they should trade him depends on just how valuable Albert is, given his attitude and knowledge of the defense, not just now, but during the season. At this stage, I want a top O-lineman more than I want AH.

as envisioned in “The Peter Principle”. Many people do, which is inevitable in a bureaucracy or other structured meritocracy. You keep getting promoted until you get to a job you can’t handle. Jim Zorn is an example. Snyder is different because he is an idea man/entrepreneur who did not rise through an organization. Obama is similar. Most real giants do not rise through a bureaucracy – they usually grab some opportunity.

Both years the starting five were OK, with the problem being no depth, no quality back-ups. Last year – Samuels, Dock, Rabach, Thomas, Heyer. Subs – BMW, Rinehart. Granting Heyer was weak, Samuels and Thomas were top quality players if they stayed healthy. This year – TW, Dock, Rabach (a year older), Hicks, Brown. Backups – Heyer, Licht, Montgomery. Everybody says the practice squad linemen are very raw. I totally agree with Skins Fan 77 that the starters are alright or average or so-so (remember, TW is a rookie, Brown is coming off a serious injury, and the interior three are all just average), but there is no depth at all. Heyer is by far our best backup!! If anybody goes down – especially Brown – we are screwed. As Skins Fan 77 says, and I second, it’s a real dicey situation – we definitely need at least one quality lineman. It could be a RG, freeing up Hicks to back up other positions, or a tackle. Whatever, the O-line still needs help! Bruce Allen ought to be scouring the wires for good O-linemen!

is a bigmouth, and using his forum to even old scores. And he doesn’t like the Skins, or know anything about them. Just ignore him. He implies Bruce is a figurehead, and I doubt that is true, given his closeness to Snyder. But since Shanahan is in charge, Allen can’t do whatever he wants. But I suspect he, in effect, holds the purse strings. And recent events (failure to acquire top WRs or O-linemen) suggests somebody is pretty tight-fisted – and it’s not likely to be Shanahan. I worried about the same thing (a sudden attack of frugality) in the off-season, when so many top people slipped through our fingers.