$100 million man
He wasn’t a recipient at Thursday night’s NFL Players Gala featuring the JB Awards, and he hasn’t played a game yet for the Redskins, but Albert Haynesworth was all anyone could talk about Wednesday night at a pre-event reception at BLT Steak.
Perhaps his record-breaking contract has something to do with it.
“We got the $100 million man, I mean, come on,” teammate Rock Cartwright told Yeas & Nays when asked how he thinks the ’Skins will do next season.
Although Cartwright really should have basked in his own glory of being chosen by his team to receive the JB Award for Community Service, he kept turning his attention to Haynesworth saying, “We’re going to get things accomplished now that we have this man.”
Indianapolis Colts linebacker Gary Brackett — another one of the 12 NFL players receiving awards — also is happy we have Haynesworth.
“I’m glad he’s here and no longer in the AFC South,” Brackett joked.
Even CBS Sports commentator James Brown, who founded the awards, chimed in on the 27-year-old millionaire.
“We’re all worked up about the stimulus, so maybe Haynesworth should share a portion of his new $100 million contract.”
And those weren’t his only fans: The Baltimore Ravens’ Daniel Wilcox, Detroit Lions’ Mike Furrey and St. Louis Rams’ Chris Draft all were spotted attempting to chat with Haynesworth, who had a group of people surrounding him all night.
Not sure why. When we chatted with him all he had to say were the generic “this is our year,” “great fit,” and that he “likes” Washington.
