No Long Term Deal for Albert Haynesworth: Now What?

by Jimmy on Jul 17, 2008 11:46 AM CDT in News Comment 6 comments

Sorry I am a little late to the party on this one. I was in New York the last 3 days taking in the Home Run Derby and the All-Star Game (and yes, I did stay until the end). Tuesday's deadline for locking up Fat Albert long-term came and went without a deal, so what are the chances that he will be a Titan past the 2008 season? I would say they rhyme with Nero.

What is the #1 phrase of the Mike Reinfeldt era? "We aren't going to overpay." Here is my letter to Mr. Reinfeldt about that:

Dear Mikey,

I understand that you are considered a salary cap guru, and we really appreciate having a guy in Tennessee that knows how to keep us out of the cap problems that were brought on by Floyd Reese. The problem with your refusal to "overpay" for a player is that every free agent in the NFL gets overpaid these days so as Titans fans can we expect to never ever sign a big-name free agent? That is how it seems.

Using the above logic, can we as fans assume that 2009 will be Albert Haynesworth's last season as a Tennessee Titan? He is going to extremely overpaid when he hits the open market. Did you watch him play last season? Did you watch the games where he wasn't in there? Take a look at the rushing numbers the Titans gave up last season: 75, 81, 34, 99 (49 of that was a fake punt), 30, 39, 92, 78, 166, 166, 148, 119, 148, 89, 68, 46, and 68. Can you guess which of those 3 Fal Albert didn't play in? That's right, the 166, 166, 148 stretch. So to sum up in 14 games (counting the playoffs) with Albert in the middle, the Titans gave up over 100 yards on the ground twice. In three games without him they gave up an average of 160 yards.

I am not sure it is possible to overpay Albert. Sure he will miss some games and take some plays off, but when he is in the game he is the most dominant defensive tackle in the NFL. Do you think guys like him are available for $1 million a year? You have to sign this guy when you have the chance. You missed a golden opportunity to sign him when no one else could give him an offer. Good luck on the open market.

Sincerely,

Music City Miracles

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I'm starting to really hope

that somebody new (mostly J. Jones or A. Johnson) is going to tear it up at DT this year…

by August West on Jul 17, 2008 12:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Completely agree

with your letter, Jimmy. Well put. The last paragraph sums up all my thoughts.

by SuperHorn on Jul 17, 2008 4:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

this is.....

unfortunate. AMEN to your letter, Jimmy!

by 2tonedBLUE on Jul 19, 2008 10:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Wait a second...

Jimmy,

I am like everyone and agree with your thoughts on Haynesworth. Not a good week for the future of the team.

What I want to address is HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU GET ALL STAR TICKETS! I’ve been thinking about it and here are the top 10 reasons how I think our friend Jimmy got to spend time in NYC:

1. Our hard earned blog money paid for his trip (ok, it’s a free site…but you get my point)
2. Dannoe (I think he works in NYC), pulled some strings and got Jimmy there
3. He used to supply Josh Hamilton???
4. He was the old guy throwing to Josh Hamilton in the derby.
5. He is Josh Hamilton
6. Since there was a ridiculous amount of Cubs in the game, they let some of their sorry-a__ fans go too (Go Cardinals)
7. The NL needed someone to pitch the 16th…..Jimmy was ready
8. The Titans paid for his trip so he wouldn’t be around when we fail to re-sign Haynesworth.
9. Belmont University has better perks than anyone knew
10. Stubhub?

Please feel free to add any other reasons why/how he got to go!!

by gotitans27 on Jul 19, 2008 11:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I have a friend that has good connections

Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles

by Jimmy on Jul 21, 2008 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It is certainly possible to overpay Albert.

See also: Alexander, Shawn. Or even Kearse, Jevon.

Big Al should have taken what Tommy Harris got. Anything else is just OUT OF CONTROL. He wants to be paid THIS YEAR as if this year has already happened, and he blew it out of the water.

If we’re gonna have to really break the bank, I think it’ll keep—at least once. Hell, he’s still on the team, right?

DannoE

Go read FRIDAY MAD SCIENCE at www.paperbackreader.com
Go Titans!

by DannoE on Jul 21, 2008 2:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs