Haynesworth is Behaving Selfishly

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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Haynesworth is sitting out because Shanahan said he was the redskins starting NT and he doesnt want to play NT. Yes, he's also made comments that Haynesworth will be moved around, but at the end of the day, he's the NT and thats the last thing in the world he wants to do. He feels "deceived" beacuse his current situation is completely different than what it was a year ago. Well, he needs to get over it. he can play chicken with Shanahan and Allen all he wants, but he's never going to win. If he's traded, it won't be because he's being a punk.

Hopefully, someone close to him will get his mind straight. whatever role he ends up playing for the team, we'll be much better with him than without him. And if Haynesworth really wants out, his best chance at getting traded is to disprove those of us who think he's a selfish diva who only wants money and play hard. Then, and only then, he might be able to show other teams that he's worth giving up whatever it is we'd insist on in a trade. Who knows, he might even find that being a NT isn't that bad.

Both parties involved flat out deny this to be the case. I think there's legitimate reason to believe that Haynesworth would rather play the 4-3 because he's comfortable with it, but there's no evidence to suggest that he's so much as disgruntled with a switch to the 3-4.

I also don't think there's any reason to think he's feeling either deceived or disgruntled. The only person to actually use the word "deceived" was La Canfora. He's trying to summarize the mood of the situation in a word, of course, but I'm not even really sure he has any more access to the situation than I do at this point (which would be: none). His "sources" have yet to be correct.

I think he's been quoted as suggesting that perhaps his talents would be wasted eating up blockers, but there's no reason to necessarily think that the 1st team NT for the Redskins (even if it's Haynesworth) is going to primarily eat space. That's not really what Jay Ratliff does in Dallas, for example. Haynesworth could end up being a one-gap NT. That decision probably hasn't been made yet.

Kris Jenkins is a little bit bigger than Haynesworth, and Shaun Rogers is about his size, they both went from 4-3 DT to 3-4 NT and flourished. The difference with Haynesworth is that instead of coming out of the game on passing downs, he may just slide outside the Guard.