Not Haynesworth’s fault that he sucks

Haynesworth has largely been a disappointment since signing that mega deal with the Washington Redskins this offseason. Many predicted this since he’s really only been good when he’s playing for a new contract. Now that he’s paid, he doesn’t really have to play well. But according to him, it’s not his fault.

“If they keep this system the way it is, then they would label Albert Haynesworth a bust who didn’t live up to the contract,” Haynesworth told Jason Reid of the Washington Post. “Everybody would say he just took the money and ran off. And I’m still playing as hard as I possibly can. But you can only do so much within the system that’s put around you. And I’m not talking about the players. The players have been great. I couldn’t ask for any better guys. I’m talking about the system. And [the coaches] can say whatever they want about that [the reason he was sent home Friday]. The main thing it’s coming from is what I said after the game about leadership and about the team.”

He’s referring to comments that he made after the Redskins awful performance against the Giants last Monday night.

“I’ve been around these guys a lot,” Haynesworth said at the time. “I think they know how to play football. I think we’re all just going different directions, and we need somebody to lead us in the right direction.”

“You brought me here to make us better and to create the havoc that I create,” Haynesworth told Reid more recently. “But you’re not letting me do the things that we did [in Tennessee].”

We don’t get it. You are a defensive tackle. Just go maul people. You’ll be fine.