What Happened To Albert Haynesworth? (He Robbed the NFL for Millions of Dollars!)

albert

haynesworth

is different for different people some people see him as the biggest free agency bus of all time look at

albert

haynesworth

on that yeah i was just worried that you had to pick yourself up off the ground and stay alive and chase this guy some They say he's the most dominant defensive tackle of all time during these brief couple releases. They probably only remember him for failing his conditioning test and everyone knows he's just that dirty player who stumped a guy at one point. . Each of those things is true, but there is a little more to the story so, as we always do, let's start at the beginning Albert Hansworth grew up in a small town in Harrisville, South Carolina, at only eight years old he set out to play one day in the NFL, a dream that was not fulfilled.

It doesn't seem very realistic at the time for a chubby kid of only 14 years old. Albert Hasworth was already dealing with an ailment that most retired NFL players suffer from. He was experiencing terrible pain in his knee. He didn't know it at the time, but these growing pains. They were an early sign of the enormous frame he developed over the next few years and it's funny how life works, this pain that was causing him so much trouble would now one day bring him everything he longed for that summer as Albert prepared to begin. his freshman year of high school he grew five inches adding height to an already wide body at the time the guy drank two gallons of whole milk a week and slept most of the day his strength seemed superhuman no way a man that size should be able to do it .

He moved like he did as a high schooler, racking up 150 tackles and six sacks, but he didn't make a mistake, it was never about racking up stats, it was always about inflicting as much pain as humanly possible, according to Albert once on special teams who hung on the clothes. The guy who returned the punt so hard did a backflip that the crowd went crazy and Albert later admitted that was the day he became addicted to this feeling. A dark feeling of dominating helpless opponents. This was a dangerous and unhealthy obsession and one day he would take away everything he gave. albert and more this is

what

happened

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Shout out to Blinkers once again for sponsoring the video without further ado as Albert, a high school senior, led his team to a state title and quickly became a hot commodity for college football programs, eventually the A boy from South Carolina decided to attend the University of Tennessee. Albert was an only child and the guy never played well with others when he was a sophomore in college, he fought with several teammates. during practice now of course we all know this is not out of the ordinary, fights break out during football practice all the time the thing is they usually don't go beyond that point you get into a little fight in the heat of the moment.

Break it up, practice continues two or three days later, it's like it never

happened

, but when Albert was kicked out of practice, some guys came back with an iron club ready to take things too far like it was just a football fight , brother, this kind of thing is over. The behavior would become a trend for Albert whenever he didn't win a football battle, his ego would get the better of him and the guy would want to turn it into a street fight. Albert admitted to having mental problems during his early days in Tennessee. He thought a lot about quitting football during that period of time, when Albert was introduced to a psychologist by his coach, it seemed like a solid move for a kid who is struggling to adjust to college life, finally someone Albert could talk to for the next few years. years.

Albert would begin to call this psychologist his friend. and then his best friend, okay, they were fishing together and stuff, stop me if this sounds crazy, how old is this cat? clearly he's a grown man if he has a full license in psychology that's your best friend brother he's your therapist this is one of my problems with the ncaa there are so many damn rules and so many things you can't do like how is this okay? and if you feel like this is the kind of thing that won't end well, you're more right about that in a second, Albert finally got on the field, it's hard to really quantify an interior defensive lineman's impact on the game using traditional statistics, but that is

what

we have access to here, so in three seasons as a star, Lymon Albert racked up 66 tackles, five sacks, 31. qb pressures 20 tackles for laws and nine passes deflected at Tennessee's pro day because he measured 6-6 317 pounds, he was incredibly athletic for his size and carrying all that weight, the guy ran a 4-8-2, his 39 bench reps show it. nfl scouts what they already knew that albert hansworth had the potential to be a brutal run blocker in the nfl now, once it became clear that albert was going to be a first round pick in the nfl draft, his psychologist friend He made his move and approached Albert with the proposal: I know I invest a little.

I've been helping other guys for years. You should let me manage your money somehow. Albert was ahead of the game. He knew he wanted to invest. He knew that he didn't want to ruin his life. money on stupid things, so this all seemed like a no-brainer, not only was this guy his best friend who was there for him before he was designated as some kind of first round pick, he also showed him an investment portfolio with

millions

of

dollars

in it. He seemed smart, capable and experienced, Albert said yes, Albert ended his entire career thinking that the guy was taking good care of his money by making smart investments and making sure Albert stayed rich long after leaving the NFL, but the unfortunate truth is one day would come to life according to albert this supposed friend would steal

millions

and millions from albert right under his nose and the worst part was that albert wouldn't realize it until after he retired from the nfl albert was drafted 15th overall by the titans of Tennessee had a bit of a slow start to his career, the guy had the physical tools, but on Sundays he realized that the old Lyman of the NFL always used peculiar techniques that seemed to neutralize him in 2003, in Albert's second year in the league, he once again got into a fight with his teammate during Albert reportedly kicked a guy in the chest like he was a straight smell meter and yeah, I know I shouldn't be constantly fighting in practice, but You gotta be impressed by a 320 pound man kicking someone in the chest like that, it's not easy, you feel me? and if people were up in arms about this they had no idea what was coming a few years later this was just the tip of the iceberg in 2006 albert's own field fights had completely disappeared the joy he derived from dominating his opponents had awakened a beast deep within him and began to adopt a dangerous mentality.

He quotes: "My opponent is trying to take food out of my mouth and I want to embarrass him in front of his family. It makes me sick to be in the same feeling as this guy. The problem with this." The mindset is destructive and defeats you. Letting out may bring you success in the short term, but if you don't master it, it will eventually consume you and take away everything it gave you. More Albert began to approach games like real war and, for him, the line between doing his job. and the direct assault began to blur in 2006, things came to a head when the albert titans were taking an l against the dallas cowboys running back julius jones scores a touchdown on the play should have ended the guy assigned to block albert is on the ground but albert wanted more, he crouches down and snatches his opponent's helmet before slamming this guy's face with screwed soccer cleats that are 300 pounds of destruction right into his fucking face.

The guy ended up needing 30 stitches and probably glued his helmet to his head every game after that. Albert would apologize the same day, but would later insist that the guy tried to hurt him on a few plays before saying he felt like the guy was trying to hurt him. taking away everything he had worked for, resulting in the stump on his face, but anyway. to what did or did not happen before Albert Hansworth was never seen the same way again. People in the league thought the guy was a monster. The offensive lineman feared him. Albert didn't really faze the guy's face to send a message.

He just did it. out of blind rage, but he really enjoyed these unintended consequences and once again the power he felt from that perceived fear really fueled something within him and made him lose control even more in the short term, this saw him quickly get up from a standstill. solid defense. Tackler made consecutive pro bowls in 7/8, but soon the physical dominance was no longer enough so the old man set his sights on a different way to show off his power, now it was time to look for something bigger. Albert wanted to be the highest paid defender. player in the game, this would prove that no one on that side of the ball was more valuable or more dominant than him and if we are honest he was definitely right, the time was right for King Albert to make another chess move in the last year . of his contract, a motivated albert had the best season of his entire nfl career in 2008, albert hansworth wreaked havoc on the nfl and eight games into the season and interior d lyman was being considered most valuable player, the guy was the most dominant player in an a-no Tennessee The Titans team at the midway point of the matchup had seven sacks and the anchoring defense only gave up 13 points per game, this was despite being double-teamed on almost every play.

The guy was getting praise that made him sound like a completely different player than he would be. continues to play for Washington look at this quote look at this 350 pound guy running there are a lot of guys back here that aren't running so he's running so fast our strong safety doesn't give up until the play is over. I know some of you are in disbelief right now, but a motivated Albert Haynesworth was honestly a Hall of Fame caliber player. The problem was that his motivations were superficial and not deeply rooted in anything substantial, so it was never going to last.

Albert declared his intentions, friend. He wanted to get paid and the following year he started the bidding. Now Albert is a smart guy. His choice was not based on who would give him the highest number. He knew full well that NFL contracts are not guaranteed and he told the Titans the only way he would do it. Even considering taking a local discount would be if they made his contract fully guaranteed. This was not an unreasonable request, but the titans refused, perhaps they simply did not want one player to have so much power, it would have established a dangerous president for the other players. he would soon want the same deal and it's funny because after they turned down the nfl's first fully guaranteed contract it didn't happen until nine years later when quarterback kirk primos signed his historic deal with the minnesota vikings here's another consideration: the titans drafted albert who has spent his entire career there, I remember Ryan Clark saying during his time with the Steelers that he knew Antonio Brown was going to be a problem after they paid him, maybe the Titans felt the same way about Albert Haynesworth , regardless of whether Albert became the highest-paid defender. player when he signed a $100 million contract with the Redskins, but that actually wasn't the biggest offer he received.

The Temple Bay Bucks offered a contract worth up to 135 million,So why would Albert reject that offer? The articles say it was something to do with the fan base, but I really don't think the difference I see in the deals is that the deal with the Redskins offered him a lot more guaranteed money. 41 of the $100 million were fully guaranteed, not just $34 million of the guaranteed money. he was to be paid in the first 13 months and unfortunately 13 months was all the Redskins got from Albert Haynesworth. The guy prepared him and signed his contract in February 2009. That season he played 12 games and had a pretty good production comparable to his. 2007 season with the Titans when he played about the same amount of games and remember the 07 season was a Pro Bowl year.

Now look at this. Things didn't come together until April of the following year, so April 2010, exactly 14 months after Albert signed his contract. The contract means that the guy was biting his time for them 13 months and after collecting the first 34 million, that's when all Al would hit cruise control. If you think I'm assuming the worst and need more proof, check out this statement from Albert's ex. His teammate Chris Cooley said: There's no doubt that Haynesworth's contract was worse because he was trying to be released by the team. His goal was to come here and earn a big signing bonus and then be released and not have to do any of the work that he did.

He didn't care about the end of that contract. He didn't care about making all that money. His idea was for you to pay me for what I did in the past, and my goal is to be released as soon as possible and basically take 33 million from you for absolutely nothing. His objective from the beginning was to take that money. He also indicated to many players on the team that his new goal was to be released. as soon as possible, sign another contract of maybe 10 or 12 million

dollars

that is verbatim, go somewhere, play for a year and they will probably release you and keep that money too.

I mean, if I were a player on this team today, I wouldn't discuss this on air, but being the player that I was and the god that I was around here, it's common knowledge among many players in the locker room that their goal was basically to make money. The soap opera began when Albert refused to participate in off-season training veteran player then When it comes to off-season training, big man, I get it, it makes sense to let him have his free time, but this is what Washington was changing from a 4-3 to a 3-4 and they basically asked Albert to play. a new position in nosetown, so I understand wanting to bring him in early and I also understand that, from Albert's point of view, the problem is that when he showed up, he showed up out of shape, Albert had the organization right where he wanted them to already be .

He invested a lot and still had like five years on his contract, so he used that influence to try to bend the organization to his will, much like he did with the offensive linemen, which led to Mike Shanahan compensating in excess and wanting to make Albert an example. He didn't want to look bad in front of the team, so he thought, you know, I'm not going to let the 100 million dollar man do whatever he wants. He will have to pass a conditioning test. This is what the test consisted of. a 300 yard move 25 yard increments in 70 seconds or less take a three and a half minute break don't do it again completing it in 73 seconds or less the second time albert felt the test three different times and this was a great espn story like Every day when I got home and turned on ESPN, all I saw was Albert Hanswer wrestling in shorts trying to hit this time on this damn conditioning test and, in retrospect, it probably just brought more unwanted attention to the entire community. situation and probably created an irreparable problem.

Crack in the relationship between Albert Haynesworth and the Redskins coaching staff. The funny thing is that he almost passed it the first time, like when he hit the first 70 seconds, but he took a super long bathroom break when he was only supposed to be three and a half. minutes, it took too long to recover and then you know it was a failure, so at this point Albert has been humiliated in front of the entire sports world on ESPN for four days in a row and now he is being asked to play nose tackle in a position that I hated it and it was at that moment that I really wished I had never left Tennessee.

Now, in case you're wondering why switching from a 4-3 to a 3-4 was so important to Albert, here's the conversation he had with Mike Shanahan about his new role, listen, this is according to Albert. Mike Shanahan refused to talk about the situation, so he only had his side of the story, so you have to take it with a grain of salt, but this is how Albert says the conversation went. down then mike shanahan calls him into his office and says albert we just want you to eat up space all we want you to do is grab the center and let the linebackers run free albert says you want to pay me 100 million dollars to grab the center, Couldn't you just pay someone three hundred thousand dollars to do that?

Then Mike Shanahan says with a straight face, Albert, if you have more than one sack this season, I'll be mad, so in Tennessee Albert was allowed to roam freely and honestly. That's when he was at his prime, he had an eight-sack season, a six-sack season, just one year planning a three-four, he finished with two and a half sacks. Mike Shanahan said he'd be mad if he had more than one, so I guess. He was angry and although I suppose he planned the 3-4 with his only real job being to man the center, I suppose that would affect his numbers.

Albert was also unmotivated and woefully out of shape, as if he had really been in shape and really gone as hard as he could, he probably could have been much more effective than this, but he had already decided that he couldn't perform in this defense. Albert's defeated mentality led to some unthinkable incidents and I don't think I saw anything. so at the nfl level for example this man once while under his 100 million dollar contract decided to rest mid game his third and goal as michael vick backs up for the eagles albert falls to the ground and then it sits there, chilling, like Five Seconds, Brother Vic is just waiting and waiting and waiting and finally throws a touchdown because the cat that could have applied some pressure to speed it up a little is lying on the ground hanging now, so As wild as that incident was, there is another incident that is just as wild, if not more so, and some of Albert's colleagues have spoken about this.

Here's a short clip of D'Angelo Hall about the time he saw a big owl faking an injury mid-game. Hey, let me tell the story, let me tell. the story now, you might have been here too, you had to be here uh, when albert haynesworth came out in detroit, they took the car out and we like, oh man, big isle is out, he's out and the tenth play, I'm talking to everyone. all ah and then 10 plays later he's coming right now like willis reed in the outfield I'm like bro we're here for you saying prayers and you're here fake in case it's not obvious by now albert had completely lost his mind.

The passion for the game, the dark side that he embraced, had eroded her mind and his mentality. Albert went back to his college habits of missing practices and making excuses, faking an illness, faking an injury, whatever he had to do to avoid going on the field, he couldn't anymore. dominating opponents, they weren't afraid of him, he had actually become something of a joke and without that, his motivation to go out and get the job done disappeared as Albert's production and effort continued to plummet, signing He was called the worst free agent. signing of the last 10 years other experts took it even further and called albert the biggest free agent bus in league history in his two years in washington the 100 million dollar man produced 53 tackles six and a half sacks 78 headaches countless missed practices three failed conditioning tests and the ultimate disappointment was that he was finally traded to the patriots but that only lasted three or four months.

Tampa, which had offered him a $135 million contract just a couple of years earlier, snagged him on waivers, but didn't keep him for more than a few. months, the next thing you know he's just a few years after signing the richest defensive contract in league history. Albert Haynesworth lost the lead. Soon Albert's entire world fell apart. Football was over and his life was a disaster. Albert claims that a psychologist became his best friend. Becoming a financial advisor he wasted most of the money he earned in his career and the guy would soon be under investigation for financial fraud.

Everything Albert had touched seemed to just rot and wither, although he maintained some financial stability by flipping houses, a hobby he had picked up during his playing days, so that's a good thing in 2018, Albert was kicked out of his high school basketball game. of his son for having an altercation with his son and then in 2019, albert revealed that he needed a kidney transplant and was looking for a problem with a donor. He was a bit of a jerk to almost everyone he met and thought finding someone to donate a kidney to him would be quite difficult.

Albert was actually surprised that the rest of the world wasn't as selfish and petty as him. Many people came forward to try to be kidney donors for him. You have to pass a series of tests to make sure you are compatible to this day. Albert Hansworth is still waiting. The guy has suffered three near-death experiences, including two. brain aneurysms as his health continues to deteriorate and that sucks bro unsurprisingly a lot of people are making the connection between a possible cte and some of the issues he's facing but even with his current health issues Albert Haynesworth continues burning bridges and getting into trouble.

Not long ago, a guy was discharged while still waiting for a kidney donor, shortly after he was charged with domestic battery for threatening his ex and his new boyfriend. Albert Haynesworth Law cited the most important things in his life in his never-ending quest to feel powerful, ironically. In the end it was Albert himself who was overcome and dominated by his own inner demons. The key is to embrace your dark side, yes, but bend that energy to your own will, so, simply put, you must control it, never let it control you.