Haynesworth to the Patriots for a 5th rounder.

I think we're going to see a rotation of guys at the nose depending on the situation.

I still believe that the Redskins could and should have gotten an elite player out of an elite player. And my big point was: that the Redskins clearly agreed with you about Haynesworth. That's why they didn't let him got to Philly and come and dominate us twice a year for the next two years.

It's just all very disappointing in the end. I think saying we had nothing in Haynesworth is true in the nominal sense, but the Redskins have no one to blame but themselves from that. Unfortunately, "themselves" starts with Cerrato/Zorn/Sherm Smith, and finished with Shanahan/Allen/Haslett. Lots of people to blame for this trade, every one of them part of the Redskins coaching staff or management.

Haynesworth is responsible for being despised by his Redskin teammates, but that shouldn't have affected his trade value much.

I don't think you'll find much disagreement that this saga ended on a bad note and that it would have been much more preferable that we received an elite player in exchange for Haynesworth. When Haynesworth arrived in Washington D.C. he was an elite player. The player that New England is not an elite player. There's no way you or anyone else can convince me of that.

But...

I lay the blame at the feet of Mike Shanahan. His mismanagement of the situation devalued Haynesworth's worth and caused his stock to plummet around the league. Had we cut ties with AH much earlier, I think we could have possibly gotten a second or third rounder in return. The longer this dragged out, the less we could command in return. That along with the optics of Hayneworth flailing on the ground during the Philly game while Mike Vick made swiss cheese of our defense and getting suspended didn't help matters all.

Under the circumstances, a 5th rounder is the best we could have hoped for. The genius of Belichick is knowing when to buy and knowing when to sell. He's better than a day trader that has perfected market movements.

Cant wait for him to start to bitch and moan about wanting a new contract in NE . . . unless they restructure his contract (probably be incentive heavy).

If $100 million can't wake up the beast in him, I don't see how being on probation in New England motivates him. A place where he'll have to keep his ego in check and work hard everyday.

I think that 100 million dollar contract was part of the problem. When you pay someone before they perform you ussually get disappointed.

Cant wait for him to start to bitch and moan about wanting a new contract in NE . . . unless they restructure his contract (probably be incentive heavy).

He'd be cut or traded to Oakland very quickly.

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Honestly I wouldn't have made this move. I'd have sat him on the bench and carried his $5.4 million number until he came around.

I agree with this, but I'm glad the saga is over at least. The AH era was a lot of fun but I'm ready to move on.

I concur with the majority of the Redskin players who seem to think too much time has already been spent talking about Albert Haynesworth. Time for the positives.

The fact that we could even get any draft pick for AH is reason enough to rejoice. Same with McNabb. We probably would have released them both eventually, so something's better than nothing.

Should be interesting when we play new england this yr!

Now we know why Belichick didn't draft a pass rusher during the draft, he had this planned all along. Haynesworth will probably have a great year like Cory Dillon and Moss did with NE when they were acquired. I'm glad the fat **** is gone and the Redskins can put it behind them and never repeat the blunders they did with McNabb and fat ****.