The Albert Haynesworth saga is finally over in Washington D.C., as the Redskins have dealt him to the New England Patriots for a fifth-round pick in 2013.
Albert Haynesworth To Earn Nearly $4 Million Less In Guaranteed Salary With Patriots
The first bonus kicks in once Haynesworth plays 20 percent of the available defensive snaps, earning him an additional $1 million. Afterwards, the bonuses start coming in $590,000 increments once he hits 45 percent. From then on he’ll earn an additional $590,000 at 50, 55, 60 and 65 percent. He will earn another $400,000 if he makes the Pro Bowl.
The system should help motivate the notoriously work-adverse defensive tackle to, you know, work. Haynesworth gets a significant pay raise in 2012, up to $6.7 million in base salary, providing him even more incentive to wreck offensive lineman like the defensive MVP of yore.
Read Article >Albert Haynesworth Sounds Excited About Trade To Patriots
Conditioning Test Is Still No Friend To Albert Haynesworth
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↵As it turns out, his first day with the Patriots is turning out to be all too familiar.
Read Article >Albert Haynesworth Will Return To Washington On December 11
Haynesworth will be remembered for a number of things and not many of them good. The two bad years in D.C.. The $100 million contract, which he received $32 million of in the first 13 months. The suspensions. The training camp holdout. The beef with Mike Shanahan. Barely trying to play in a 3-4 defense.
I know a lot of Redskins fans that work for SB Nation. I get it when it comes to Haynesworth. So these fans will have a chance to voice their displeasure for Haynesworth on December 11. That’s when the Patriots travel to Washington D.C. to play the Redskins.
Read Article >Albert Haynesworth Rewarded With Trade To Patriots
The Washington Redskins traded DT Albert Haynesworth to the New England Patriots marking one of the biggest trades yet in this young NFL free agency period.
My first reaction upon hearing the deal is that Haynesworth has been rewarded for acting like a dope. He moves to a team that’s going to be in the Super Bowl talk, and to a team that runs less of the 3-4 defense (just 40 percent of the time last year).
Read Article >Albert Haynesworth Traded To New England Patriots, According To Report
The move is a big gamble for the Patriots, but they must feel he would fit in their 3-4 defensive scheme. For nothing else, it shows that coach Bill Belichick is willing to gamble on pretty much anybody if the price is minimal. Haynesworth can certainly be dominant when he wants to be, which has been few and far between during his Redskins career.
Washington can finally move on from the free-agent disaster of 2009, which had become necessary after a drama-filled first year under Mike Shanahan. Haynesworth was planning on attending the first day of training camp on Monday, so this deal allows them to avoid that problem.
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