Haynesworth fails conditioning test again today

Dallas has the Dez Bryant - Roy Williams shoulder pad standoff. Washington has the daily Haynesworth public humiliation. Come on, Giants... Step up your game. Entertain me.

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From the sound of it, Shanny’s really trying to humiliate that guy.

by DLawrence55 on Jul 30, 2010 2:40 PM EDT reply actions

check the fanpost to see how albert feels about the situation lol …

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by NorthPhillyKid on Jul 30, 2010 2:41 PM EDT reply actions

fanshot *

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by NorthPhillyKid on Jul 30, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Shanny wants to try and let everyone know he’s the big cheese by making Haynesworth run these gassers, yet he hasn’t made any other lineman run the drills. His team is transitioning to the 3-4 — Haynesworth is ready to play, and Shanny is further alienating him. I’m all for it, I just don’t understand it. Instead of the message being about hard work and being in shape, the message is if you eff with Shanny, he’ll try to embarrass you? Not to mention the fact that it’s playing right into the media’s hands to provide a distraction from actually getting ready for a season of pro ball in the most competitive division in the league.

So glad Andy doesn’t handle his business like this.

by Greg M on Jul 30, 2010 2:53 PM EDT reply actions

In the long run

This will dissuade further distractions, Haynesworth was going to be a distraction at camp whether he got along fine and did everything was asked or if he didn’t either way, tons of media attention on him.

Haynesworth fully deserved every bit of this embarrassment, complaining about a system before he’s even had a chance to try it and trying to force the FO to trade him after making him the highest paid defensive player ever. He was an idiot and should have known better and now he’s getting his.

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by Rogue Nine on Jul 30, 2010 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions

He was an idiot and should have known better and now he’s getting his.

Same logic can apply to the Redkin’s front office. He was adamant as a free agent in saying he was not interested in playing for a 3-4 team — his reaction should not have been a suprise. Doing this kind of crap is basically admitting that he should have been cut or traded prior to being paid that $21 million bonus check this past spring.

Just my opinion, but I think it makes Shanahan look foolish.

by Greg M on Jul 30, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

yet he hasn’t made any other lineman run the drills.

All the other linemen attended at least half of the offseason conditioning sessions, as spelled out in the offseason plan.

I think Shanny is totally within his rights, Big Al will fall in line and this will become a non-issue … but as an Eagles fan, obviously I’ll be fine if it blows up in their faces.

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by D3Keith on Jul 30, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

He really isn’t. Do you understand how far a 300yard sprint is? I seriously doubt that 20% of offensive or defensive lineman in the NFL could pass this test. Shanny is being a dick.

by packimop on Jul 30, 2010 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Unfortunately, I do understand it

And it’s not a 300-yard dead sprint. It’s a shuttle run, and the bitch of those things is the up-and-back. I read that Al only had to touch the line with his foot on the turnarounds, but anyone who’s done shuttle runs in high school basketball or small-college football knows if you have to crouch down to touch the line with your hand, the run is even harder.

Whether or not you doubt that 20% of linemen could complete the test, it can be done if you practice it a few times to tighten your turns and get your body familiar with it. I mean, in my wack little career in Division III I’ve seen much less physically gifted lineman than Big Al complete the run, but I agree it’s a bitch … and most linemen struggle with conditioning, period.

But all that said, it’s not like the test was a surprise. You wouldn’t show up to the combine out of shape and having never practiced your starts in the 40. Same deal here. Everyone on every team everywhere knows the first day of football camp is check-in and the conditioning test. You have all summer to prepare for it, and if you can’t pass it, you know you’re going to have to keep running it, so you might as well put in the work so ou can pass it the first time.

Shanny being a dick and being well within his rights as a coach are not mutually exclusive here, IMHO

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by D3Keith on Jul 30, 2010 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions

If he doesn’t do it then the rest of the team will feel like Haynesworth got off easy while they were all working hard in the conditioning program.

by fhqwagads on Jul 30, 2010 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions

True that ...

… This is important for setting the tone in front of the rest of the team. If Al would have passed first day, he would have shown Shanahan up. He definitely had a chance to “win” this thing, which could have been bad for the Redskins. Unfortunately for us, this could end up being good for them.

Not to mention this test is common at all levels of football. I’ve done the 300-yard shuttle run several times (also done 16 timed 110s) and they make it so that you’re only a few seconds of dogging it from failing.

Those tests are hard. You can’t come into camp not having run one all offseason or you’ll fail. Which is exactly what they’re designed to expose.

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by D3Keith on Jul 30, 2010 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions

So then how did he pass last year when he was 20lbs heavier and out of shape?

by packimop on Jul 30, 2010 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions

I've read that coaching staffs let guys slide ...

… if they want them to pass. That sounds very Zorn-era, but I’m not claiming that as fact. That’d be my guess.

I don’t have any problem with Shanny putting his foot down here. If Albert did the work, he’d pass the test. And it looks like he’ll be doing the work until he does. Oh well, sucks for him.

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by D3Keith on Jul 30, 2010 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions

that whale!!!!!

I heard that 80% of the Redskins couldn’t pass that killer test. Good job by coach to make his point. Andy did that to a guy, George (I cant remember his last name, something with an H) an O Lineman, Andy made him push the sled alon all around the field, and cut him a few hours later.

In Kolb we trust

by yophillybro on Jul 30, 2010 3:03 PM EDT reply actions

Hegamin

Formerly Bye, Dawk :(

by JimmyK on Jul 30, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Not nearly as bad as what Shanny’s doing though…

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/97530119.html

Formerly Bye, Dawk :(

by JimmyK on Jul 30, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe Osi gets on the shitlist again and then the Giants can entertain you again JimmyK

by The Legend on Jul 30, 2010 3:41 PM EDT reply actions

I LOVE IT

Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?

by sowhatifitisasportste on Jul 30, 2010 4:35 PM EDT reply actions

How about

the Giants picking up your cast off A Hall on waivers?

Jimmy – I am sure you would have done a write up on this guy when you acquired him from the Browns – so is Reid right that he is a 3-4 and not a 4-3 player or is it because you got Graham, Sapp and Te’o and Hall lost out in the numbers game?

As for Osi he has a hip floxor issue which requires surgery. He will not make it worse by playing but at the same token it must effect his performance.

by G Fan in England on Jul 30, 2010 5:12 PM EDT reply actions

Hall's chances of making the roster

definitely diminished when we drafted three LBs. But I have to believe for him to not even make it to the start of camp to compete for a role as a backup/special teamer that he must have sucked it up big time, in which case, the Giants can have him.

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by D3Keith on Jul 30, 2010 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Nope, no writeup on Hall by me. I actually have no idea about Hall. I know that he played some special teams for Cleveland, but little else. Interesting that the G-Men scooped him up – I hadn’t seen that. Wondering if they’re looking for whatever little tidbit of info they can get on Philly.

Formerly Bye, Dawk :(

by JimmyK on Jul 30, 2010 5:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Normally

you do that for a player cut after camp!

So it woill be interesting to see if he survives camp but my feeling is that he is just another body for camp and will not make the roster.

by G Fan in England on Jul 30, 2010 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Dez Bryant

Is out 4-6 weeks with a twisted ankle

by Johnny G on Jul 30, 2010 8:04 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Don't think the Gints will be "entertaining" you Jimmy

maybe JPP signs his contract and does backflips onto the practice field..other then that, the media ain’t up the Giants ass like they are with Dallas and Washington

Go New York Go!

by FreeBradshaw on Jul 30, 2010 9:44 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah I think Rex and the Jets are bailing you guys out this year.

by The Legend on Jul 30, 2010 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions

The Jets can have the media

all flash and glitz to hide the fact they were 7-7 before the Colts relaxed, and then they played the Bengals who were also taking it easy. They don’t make the playoffs if Manning stays in the game. That team will implode like a dying sun and the Giants will keep quietly chugging along to another playoff game.

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by bigbluethruandthru on Jul 31, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions