Rendering verdicts in the Haynesworth, Revis, Johnson (and more) contract disputes
Article By mflorio.tsn on 4th August, 2010
With NFL training camps in full swing, several high-profile campers aren't very happy with their contracts right now. So let's take a look at each situation, rendering a verdict as to whether the team or the player is on the right side of the dispute.
Albert Haynesworth vs. the Redskins. It's easy -- and fair -- to blame Haynesworth for the present mess. He pocketed $21 million on April 1, and then he thumbed his nose at the entire offseason program, including a mandatory minicamp. As a result, he entered camp at a huge disadvantage as the team changes from a 4-3 defense to a 3-4.
Redskins blew a chance to send Albert Haynesworth packing. Compounding matters is his chronic failure to pass a conditioning test that ESPN's Mike Golic, a middle-aged ex-jock who hasn't suited up in years, somehow managed to successfully complete.
But the Redskins bear plenty of blame, too. For starters, they never should have signed the guy to a contract worth more than $40 million guaranteed, and they definitely shouldn't have cut a check for $21 million on April 1. Moreover, coach Mike Shanahan's decision to switch to a 3-4 defense provided Haynesworth with a handy excuse for inserting a stick into a place where sticks usually don't go.
Finally, Shanahan's decision to compel Haynesworth to pass a conditioning test, even though no one else on the team had to do it, comes off as punitive and, with the player now even farther behind in learning the new defense, foolish.
So while it's tempting to lay it all on Haynesworth, the Redskins created the monster, they've kept him fed, and when it was clear he was ready to storm the village, they passed on their chance to run him out of town altogether.
Verdict: Tie.
Darrelle Revis vs. the Jets. Unlike other situations in which the player stood up and asked for more, the Jets sparked this dispute by approaching Revis' agents only two days after losing to th...
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Albert Haynesworth vs. the Redskins. It's easy -- and fair -- to blame Haynesworth for the present mess. He pocketed $21 million on April 1, and then he thumbed his nose at the entire offseason program, including a mandatory minicamp. As a result, he entered camp at a huge disadvantage as the team changes from a 4-3 defense to a 3-4.
Redskins blew a chance to send Albert Haynesworth packing. Compounding matters is his chronic failure to pass a conditioning test that ESPN's Mike Golic, a middle-aged ex-jock who hasn't suited up in years, somehow managed to successfully complete.
But the Redskins bear plenty of blame, too. For starters, they never should have signed the guy to a contract worth more than $40 million guaranteed, and they definitely shouldn't have cut a check for $21 million on April 1. Moreover, coach Mike Shanahan's decision to switch to a 3-4 defense provided Haynesworth with a handy excuse for inserting a stick into a place where sticks usually don't go.
Finally, Shanahan's decision to compel Haynesworth to pass a conditioning test, even though no one else on the team had to do it, comes off as punitive and, with the player now even farther behind in learning the new defense, foolish.
So while it's tempting to lay it all on Haynesworth, the Redskins created the monster, they've kept him fed, and when it was clear he was ready to storm the village, they passed on their chance to run him out of town altogether.
Verdict: Tie.
Darrelle Revis vs. the Jets. Unlike other situations in which the player stood up and asked for more, the Jets sparked this dispute by approaching Revis' agents only two days after losing to th...
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