The WaPo and JLC are the ones that put this out there, reportedly by un-name sources and filled the piece with phrases like "it's unlikely Haynesworth would be named a starter for the opener" and "The Redskins could assign Haynesworth to the inactive list".
Is there anything new in that? Is there anyone on this site that didn't say or think "it's unlikely Haynesworth would be named a starter for the opener" after what he pulled this off-season? He didn't show up for OTAs or mini camp, He hurt himself by falling behind in the process of learning a new scheme and terminology. If I had the time I could go back and find quote's from a lot of THN members that has said all of this. For all I know a few of you could be the "three people familiar with the situation" that Jason Reid and JLC are referring to. A few of you take more time looking into what you hear or read than either of them.
We go crazy over reports.... TtiT read this and they think "it's WaPo, there's nothing to it" and they go about their day.
Not playing AH on game day would be stupid, unless he wasn't able to go due to injury or just not up to speed with the rest of the D. Why did they play him a whole game against a gang of guys that are now looking for work?.... Because it was the only game left and he needed the work, plus the new staff only had film from last year
Not playing him in week one and telling the media a week in advance is way beyond stupid, throw in TtiT and you have to make sure it not the first day of the fourth month of the year.
Any article that you read or report that you hear about this will be based on what JLC put out on Saturday and JReid has ran with ever since.
You can believe what you want, here's a few things to think about....
1. JLC talked about AH being inactive week 1 BEFORE the Card's game, JReid ran with it on Saturday morning although the team didn't hold practice until after it's scheduled 1PM start time and the press was locked out.
2. From start to finish there hasn't been a name attached to any source's statement unless the statement was "no comment..." or "we have to wait until we see the film"
3. Guys like CanesSkins26, Deadskins, Scottskins and KSF can get into debates about articles from WaPo and JLC (after he moved on to NFLN) and the debates are more factual and better researched.
this situation has to change.
As fans we don't get the whole story, we read what is printed, hear was on the radio, and see what's on tube. In fact it should all be disregarded....
The printed story is someone else's opinion, tainted with whatever bias that they may have against the team, the organization, or players. Some writers are just too lazy to earn a full day's wages and make it up on the fly.
Talk Radio has airtime to fill, so a lot of what is said there is pulled from the printed media and the internet. In this day and age many of those on the radio are actually beat writers moonlighting
What we see can't be debated... can't take much from it either as it is the pre-season.
As far as Fat Albert goes, it goes all the way back to before he was signed by the Redskins.
The media king in DC is WaPo... the big gun is JLC (cause he got a NFLN gig) although Sally is more brutal she rarely is picked up nationally (JLC with the Redskins Insider tag worked wonders with "google" and "Bing" search enginges). Now whenever Jason reports on the Skins it is presented as "NFL network reporter AND former Redskins beat reporter". Fans hear this as a guy that is on the inside of the Skins organization.
JLC as a Redskins Insider stated that it was no way the Redskins could sign Fat Albert, because they needed to retain Hall, get a OL in free agency and resign the other players that were getting ready to hit the market. When he was proven completely wrong, he wrote that the NFL was looking at tampering charges against the Skins. Fact of the matter was the Titans would have had to bring that to the NFL (they didn't). That didn't happen and JLC continued putting it in his blog until the league and the Titans started wondering if it had any wieght to it. It was later shown that not only was there no tampering but the Skins weren't even the 1st team to contact his agent, nor did they offer him the most money. There has been no explanation on JLC FALSE reports to this day, however Jason has never had anything positive to say about AH since he's been in Washington. He points out every chance that he gets that AH missed 4 games last year while getting paid $100 mil. To this day this so called insider has stated the real facts. I pointed out the $100 Mil was really just $48 mil over 4 years before the deal was even signed. Here's another fact that we don't see much of.... Big Al missed 4 games but only one Redskins DL played more snaps than he did last year, Orakpo played more downs but some where at LB.
BERNIE'S BOTTOM LINE: "Hey, Hey, Hey, Fat Albert Plays on opening Day (night)" according to someone familiar with the situation, speaking on the condition that his name not be used
