Warren Sapp Calls Albert Haynesworth A ‘Turd’

The New England Patriots released defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth today, meaning the attempted revival of his once dominant career (once, being quite literal) ended with a puff of smoke in New England.

Many around the league feel Haynesworth is a lazy player who mailed it in once he signed a $100 million contract with the Washington Redskins in free agency. One of those people is former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders defensive tackle, Warren Sapp. Sapp didn't hold back when he spoke to NESN about Haynesworth.

"London Fletcher was sitting [in the Redskins' locker room] one day, and the media was there," Sapp said. "Their lockers were side by side. And the media was talking to [Haynesworth] about this $100 million contract. I was like, 'Wow.' It's one thing to get a $100 million contract. It's another thing to try to collect it. That's the key to any contract is collecting it, not getting it. You've got to collect it in the NFL. They'll come to you after two years in the NFL and tell you they're renegotiating and those things. After the media left, he tapped London and said, 'Man, I just wish it was six years (to get more money per season).' That should show you what the man is. I never saw it in his play, so when I saw the money, I was like, you have an unmotivated guy who stepped on Andre Gurode's head. Stepped on his head in a football game. But now he's the first $100 million man? I was dumbfounded by it. I'm like, who was he in his first five years in Tennessee?"

Seeing Haynesworth twice a year on the Tennessee Titans, covering the Jaguars, it was very odd that he suddenly was a fantastic and dominant player just in time for a new contract after being just a guy in years prior.