Well, that didn’t take long.
Patriots fans and media alike have pounced on Albert Haynesworth already. Given his history, it was bound to happen. But, people, can we at least wait until he does something wrong while employed by the New England Patriots before we give up on any chance of rehabilitation?
Haynesworth was expected (by fans and media) to be on the practice field Saturday. He wasn’t. We don’t know why. We don’t even know whether he was even supposed to be on the field. We just assumed, since the trade was made official, he’d be out there.
But he wasn’t.
Nobody from the Patriots has said anything about why he didn’t practice, or if he was even supposed to be practicing in the first place. Belichick, in his normal Belichickian way, refused to give any reason for Haynesworth’s absence.
“He’s not quite ready,” Belichick said. “When he’s ready, he’ll be out there.”
The belief is that he's not hurt because he passed his physical prior to the trade being completed There's no reason to believe it’s a salary thing, since as far as we know his contract was not modified after the trade.
So we’ll just start speculating that he failed the conditioning run.
Of course, were I a betting man, I’d have bet that Haynesworth would have failed the conditioning run. But, frankly, we don’t even know if he’s attempted it yet.
Like I said yesterday, I’m OK with people being negative about this guy. He’s a class A jerk. He’s been a problem everywhere he’s ever been. I get it.
But until Belichick says Haynesworth is a problem, or he releases him, there’s no reason to believe he’s done anything wrong while a member of the New England Patriots.
Happy thoughts, people. Until the Haynesworth experiment is a complete and utter failure, it’s significantly healthier to assume it’s working.Why stress yourself out? Training camp just started...
Like Belichick said, when he’s ready, he’ll be out there.
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