RUMOR: Haynesworth to TB?

[EyePod]

Would Haynesworth look good in pewter and red?

While the Tennessee Titans have said that bringing back Albert Haynesworth is their top offseason priority, there is a chance the two sides will not reach an agreement. One likely destination should this not happen is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFL insiders have told Stephen Holder of the St. Petersburg Times Bucs Beat blog. The fundamental basis of the Haynesworth-to-Tampa rumor is threefold: First, the Bucs had issues with stopping the run in 2008, especially late in the season as their playoff hopes crumbled. Second, the team has over $40 million of cap space to play with, and Haynesworth will likely command one of the biggest contracts in history for a defensive tackle. Third, Haynesworth had previously told the Nashville City Paper that "either way I want to stay by my kids and stay by my house in Knoxville." While Knoxville and Tampa aren't exactly neighboring communities, it would certainly be closer to home than some of the other rumored destinations.
The Buccaneers lost longtime defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin after the 2008 season, and he was replaced by Jim Bates. Bates' defensive philosophy centers on utilizing the defensive tackles to clog the middle of the line and relying on speed around the edges and in the linebacking corps. Haynesworth would clearly fit the bill in that line-clogging role, and he and Bates share a common history as graduates of the University of Tennessee.

Now, the distance from Knoxville to TB is 10 hours and 7 minutes.

The distance from Knoxville to KC is 11 hours and 13 minutes....

I don't think 1 hour is that much of a difference. I think we fit the criteria that ESPN used even more than TB. We were worse at stopping the run than TB, and ours wasn't just at the end of the season. We were bad the whole season. We have about the same amount of cap space. And we aren't that far away either. I know it doesn't seem like Pioli goes after huge FA's, but I wouldn't mind getting Haynesworth.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/features/rumors

[Rooster]

Originally Posted by BigChiefFan

It's not just about sacks. It's about clogging the middle, so everybody else can flow to their spot easier. The Chiefs haven't had a mammoth DT in over a decade and we haven't had a defense that could stop the run either-that isn't just coincedence.

I miss Keith Traylor and Joe Phillips.

[ShortRoundChief]

Originally Posted by Rooster

I miss Keith Traylor and Joe Phillips.

Dude

Dan Salameua

[Rooster]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

Dude

Dan Salameua

I am embarrassed I didn't put him down too. Talk about a brain fart

[MagicHef]

Jim Bates got rid of Gerard Warren in Denver because Warren wanted to do more than just take up blockers. I can't imagine Haynesworth wanting to go somewhere to be just a space-eater.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

I WAS over at nick site warpaint and his so called insider info for today was that chan was 50/50 for staying and he talked about the bucs oline coach coming here so i saw this so called insider info and i wrote nick this is a joke this isnt inside info at all and every chief fan has know this and this assclown banned me look at this email


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From: Nick "Assclown" Athan ([email protected])


Greg, I put in a request to make sure all your accounts were closed including your current one. This is clearly not the place for you to talk Chiefs. We've had issues in the past with your brother but that last post regardless if it was you or your brother again, it has no place at Warpaint. Quite frankly $10.95 per month does not give you free license to attack me on many of your posts. We're hear to talk Chiefs and that's it. I've NEVER said we'd have the inside dirt on anything and being a new member it's clear you're not aware of what we've been doing the last couple of years at the request of the Premium Members. We do the best we can and if that's not good enough then so be it. I will advise you of the refund status when it becomes official. Last I checked your recent attempt to renew had failed so it might be done already. Thanks for trying out Warpaint. Nick

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by haydenchiefs101

I WAS over at nick site warpaint and his so called insider info for today was that chan was 50/50 for staying and he talked about the bucs oline coach coming here so i saw this so called insider info and i wrote nick this is a joke this isnt inside info at all and every chief fan has know this and this assclown banned me look at this email


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From: Nick "Assclown" Athan ([email protected])


Greg, I put in a request to make sure all your accounts were closed including your current one. This is clearly not the place for you to talk Chiefs. We've had issues in the past with your brother but that last post regardless if it was you or your brother again, it has no place at Warpaint. Quite frankly $10.95 per month does not give you free license to attack me on many of your posts. We're hear to talk Chiefs and that's it. I've NEVER said we'd have the inside dirt on anything and being a new member it's clear you're not aware of what we've been doing the last couple of years at the request of the Premium Members. We do the best we can and if that's not good enough then so be it. I will advise you of the refund status when it becomes official. Last I checked your recent attempt to renew had failed so it might be done already. Thanks for trying out Warpaint. Nick

So he's banning people that are pissed because they are paying $10/month for so-called "inside" information that was already public knowledge?

Classy move.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

if you post anything knocking him he bans and removes the post right away

[blueballs]

Originally Posted by haydenchiefs101

I WAS over at nick site warpaint and his so called insider info for today was that chan was 50/50 for staying and he talked about the bucs oline coach coming here so i saw this so called insider info and i wrote nick this is a joke this isnt inside info at all and every chief fan has know this and this assclown banned me look at this email


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From: Nick "Assclown" Athan ([email protected])


Greg, I put in a request to make sure all your accounts were closed including your current one. This is clearly not the place for you to talk Chiefs. We've had issues in the past with your brother but that last post regardless if it was you or your brother again, it has no place at Warpaint. Quite frankly $10.95 per month does not give you free license to attack me on many of your posts. We're hear to talk Chiefs and that's it. I've NEVER said we'd have the inside dirt on anything and being a new member it's clear you're not aware of what we've been doing the last couple of years at the request of the Premium Members. We do the best we can and if that's not good enough then so be it. I will advise you of the refund status when it becomes official. Last I checked your recent attempt to renew had failed so it might be done already. Thanks for trying out Warpaint. Nick

Do you get to deduct the $109
as a charity contribution
if not WTF is the point

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

AM HOPING SOMEONE CAN MAKE this a tread i couldnt nick is a joke

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

i wish i could just post the whole email but i cant need 100 post

[Cormac]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

And even if Haynesworth's effort drops, he's still a mountain of a human being that isn't going to be easy to move. A DE needs to have his motor up or he'll get destroyed. A gigantic beast like AH can just kind of lay there and screw things up.

I'll assume this is TIC.

Otherwise you need to be reminded of other large (and very useless) DTs like Ryan Sims, Terdell Sands, and the true waste of space Junior Siavii.

DT and lazy are 2 words that never should go together. That's why a good DT is so hard to find, IMO. I'd really like Haynesworth, but the contract year bit is a serious ?