As much as I'd like to see an upgrade to my Atlanta Falcons' defense, I'm really very happy that the Falcons didn't land Albert Haynesworth. Let some other, stupider owner give $41 million in guarantees to a guy who hasn't played a full season since 2002, in a league when breaking the bank for a defensive player has NEVER worked. Haynesworth is good. He's really good. But there are starting quarterbacks making less money than he is now. And those quarterbacks aren't known for taking plays off, like he is.
And while that retard owner is at it, why not throw another $22.5 million in guarantees at DeAngelo Hall, probably the most overrated corner in the NFL? I can say that with some certainty, having spent four years watching him get lit up in Atlanta. Not even the sorriest NFL quarterback avoided challenging DeAngelo Hall, let's give him $54 million. Well, I guess you do need someone to fill the position.
In the meantime, the Redskins' offense couldn't even score on teams like the Bengals and the Browns. For a fraction of the money that Haynesworth is getting, they could have signed four brand new offensive linemen so Jason Campbell can finish a game without picking turf out of his teeth. The defense still would have been good without Haynesworth. Yeah, it's a big splashy signing, but it doesn't make them that much better and it doesn't sell tickets, either, unless I missed the part where fans started going to games to see defensive tackles.
It's kind of like the Yankees resigning Alex Rodriguez to a 10-year, $275 million contract when the Yankees had all the leverage because no one else was offering within $100 million of that number. It makes me wonder how Dan Snyder got rich at all negotiating like that, because I assure you no one was even close to paying $100 million to Haynesworth.
It might work out for the Redskins, though. It's not like they gave all that money to Quincy Carter, because then it just becomes coke-and-whore money. But what do I know? I'm just a guy who watches this crap.
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