The Redskins Truth that Dare Not Be Spoken Is Spoken...by a Player

Actually this has come up a time or two

Monday Curly R wondered if the Redskins were guilty of tampering in the signing of former Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth to a seven year 100 million dollar contract that was, if done according to the rules, entirely created in the first five and a half hours of free agency.

As we are wont to do, Curly R referenced among the reasons the Redskins might be in the market for Albert the notion that Dan Snyder tires of his toys and exhibits a persistent preference for players from the outside at the expense of retaining existing Redskins players in the pursuit of stability.

See also Antonio Pierce, Ryan Clark, Shawn Barber, Greg Jones, Derek Smith, Robert Royal. Feel free to drop others in comments.

The supposed tampering smoking gun was a radio interview with Redskins kick returner Rock Cartwright on the morning free agency began. Going back and listening to that three and a half minute interview, Rock dropped this bomb, check starting at 1:10 into the segment (emphasis mine):

Kevin Sheehan, ESPN 980: [the Redskins] took last year off [the top shelf free agent market], but you've been around here a while and you know this is sometimes the most exciting part of the year for this franchise, do you guys get a kick out of how this team from a senior brass standpoint handles free agency?

Rock Cartwright: uhh, I guess you could say yeah, no at some times, you know, a lot of guys that have been here like myself, Khary Campbell those guys that's been here, worked real hard, we kind of feel that sometimes the guys that's been here don't really get rewarded but the guys that come from another team do so it kind of leaves us in limbo, but at the same time we are appreciative to have a job and you know, be able to do the things we're able to do on the field.

I expect Rock is already at Redskins re education camp and will return in April with shiny happy fun thoughts for harmonious love dear leader Dan Snyder.



Rock Cartwright: Getty Image from here.

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Are the Redskins Guilty of Tampering in the Albert Haynesworth Deal?

Boy you're a regular Colombo

A story I have been following since the NFL combine last month is making some news and we may hear more about it this week: are the Redskins guilty of tampering in the acquisition of free agent score Albert Haynesworth?

Albert's old team the Tennessee Titans seem to think so. In honor of my brother, the author and newly frocked US Marine Lieutenant Colonel, I will give you the BLUF (bottom line up front): Hell yes. And hell no.

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The Redskins were sort of always in the mix for Albert Haynesworth, for at least four reasons, in no particular order:

1. Washington has a genuine need at the defensive tackle spot. And has for so long that overkill is justified.

2. All top drawer free agent representatives float the Redskins as a possible destination. This is because Dan Snyder is wealthy enough that his cash position is never in conflict with his cap position. Cash solves cap.

3. The Redskins are conspicuous for dipping into the market for top drawer talent in more years than not. And they set the market.

4. Dan Snyder prefers outside players to his own. He tires of his toys before they wear out. Perhaps number three is actually a corollary of this one.

So it was no surprise to me that Dan Snyder and Vinny Cerrato were spotted the evening of Sunday 22 February dining at Morton's in Indianapolis with Albert Haynesworth's agent Chad Speck during the NFL combine.

Two days later on 24 February Lance Zeirlein at the Houston Chronicle reported that his well connected and usually accurate source inside the NFL had told him Albert Haynesworth to the Redskins was a done deal, in a contract that would be worth upwards of 100 million dollars. This was still nearly 72 hours before free agency started.

In case you do not know the rules, free agents are not technically free agents until midnight on the last day of the football year, the last Thursday in February. One minute after midnight on that Friday, all expiring contracts are no longer in effect.

But up until that moment, players are still under contract to their old teams and they and their agents and representatives are not permitted to negotiate with other teams. To do so for the player represents breach of contract and for the prospective team represents tampering. Tampering charges are adjudicated by the office of the commissioner and when upheld result in fines and loss of draft picks for the tampering tam, often to be given to the losing team.

So under the rules of the system the free agent is not even free to begin to discuss the contours of a deal, much less the particulars of bonuses and incentives, escalators and weigh ins, until that moment.

Which makes it all that much more interesting that the Redskins were able to get every little thing about Albert's seven year 100 million dollar deal done between midnight Thursday and 5:30 am Friday.

Three days earlier there was already some speculation that the Titans might be interested in pursuing a tampering case. And Tennessee head coach Jeff Fisher is a member of the competition committee. Could the team let this go even if it was business as usual in the NFL?

Ten days later, on 7 March Jim Wyatt at the Tennessean reported that the Titans were interested in pursuing a tampering case against the Redskins, that the scuttlebutt and timing were just too suspect for a deal that size (hat tip to the ubiquitous Michael David Smith at Fanhouse for the link).

At this point most knowledgeable football fans would have to think this is bluster, that this is all sturm und drang over a player Tennessee could never convince to come back for a reasonable amount of money. One more case of a team complaining about the system that it is a part of.

And think about it. Morton's is not exactly a private location. If Chad Speck and Dan Snyder thought that being seen in public five days ahead of the big day would constitute a tampering risk, there are no doubt hundreds of private hotel conference rooms around Indianapolis. It is the quote everybody does it unquote mentality.

But then the Redskins threw some fresh wood on the fire, on their own radio station no less. On Friday morning 27 February, the first day of free agency, Redskins tailback and kick returner Rock Cartwright did an interview with Andy Pollin on WTEM 980, the Washington area sports talk station owned by Dan Snyder's Red Zebra Broadcasting. The same Dan Snyder that owns the Redskins. In the interview Rock appears to admit that he knew, along with at least one other player, that Washington's and Albert's representatives were negotiating before the start of free agency.

The audio is here, the key section is right at the beginning, emphasis mine:

Andy Pollin: At what time did you learn that Albert Haynesworth was going to be a teammate, Rock?

Rock Cartwright: Pretty much this morning when I woke up, put on NFL Network, they had breaking news going across the bottom of the screen, that he had signed for 100 million. But I kind of had an idea they were going to sign him anyway because one of my teammates, they have the same agent and he said they had been talking so...

Note carefully that this interview was conducted in the morning of the first day of free agency, meaning that quote had been talking unquote could reasonably be interpreted to be prior to midnight the night before.

It has also been reported that Redskins receiver Malcolm Kelly is also represented by Chad Speck (op. cit.).

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So what does all this mean? Did the Redskins tamper with Albert Haynesworth in order to ensure he would up with Washington? Yes they did. And it happens all the time. Off the record conversations, plausible deniability and outright lies make it all possible. And the Redskins are not the only team to do it.

But is it tampering practically speaking? No it is not, and that is precisely because every team has access to the same practice and they all would like to reserve the right to deploy it. I also have a larger question and that is, why prevent a player from negotiating with another team if he has no intention of re signing with his current team? A reasonable rules change would allow a player to declare whether he intended to sign with another team and if he did not then he could begin talks with other teams. He would still not be permitted to sign with any team until free agency starts, but it would negate the lie that teams and players do not talk when they should not.

What would I like as a Redskins fan? Not to believe my team breaks the rules, and beyond that not to believe the rules do not matter. If there is tampering, then catch it and punish the team. If the rules do not matter then change them.



Loose lips sink ships from here.

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Newsflash: Jim Zorn to Focus on Quarterbacks

Department of the Obvious

So when the offseason training program starts tomorrow, no longer rookie coach Jim Zorn plans to concentrate on the quarterbacks, Jason Campbell, Todd Collins and Colt Brennan. Just like he did last year.

I say again, former NFL quarterback Jim Zorn, whose highest profile job prior to taking the Redskins head coaching position was seven years coaching quarterbacks for the Seattle Seahawks, a team that likes to throw the ball a lot, will work closely with the quarterbacks during this offseason.


FUCKING DUH



Jim Zorn and Jason Campbell: Paul Sancya / AP photo from here.

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Fat (Contract) Albert - Part Two

Grilled stuft backfield

What? You say the Redskins new 100 million dollar investment has an anger management problem? Well who doesn't these days, Zoloft is practically the national accessory. So setting aside little things like rage on high boil and a capacity to hurt people, what kind of player is this guy? Curly R's two part series on Washington's new franchise player concludes.

Part One: Off the Field
Part Two: On the Field

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Albert Haynesworth got good playing time his first year with the Tennessee Titans, the team that selected him fifteenth overall in the 2002 NFL draft out of the University of Tennessee. He appeared in every game, starting only the last three and the two playoff games, in 2002 Albert totaled 30 tackles and one sack (or more accurately, two half sacks).

By 2003 Albert moved into a starting spot and started eleven games and the two playoff games, missing four games in September and October with a dislocated left elbow and the final game of the season by coach Jeff Fisher for punching Titans offensive tackle teammate Matt Martin. That year Albert totaled 32 tackles and 2.5 sacks. The Titans run defense was ranked number one that year, surrendering 80.9 yards per game on the ground. Not counting his rookie year in 2002 when he was a part time starter, Albert at this point has missed five out of eighteen games, or 28 percent of games.

Albert started the first nine games of the 2004 season, totaled 32 tackles and a sack in that stretch, in game nine against the Bears Albert dislocated his other elbow, the right one, and missed the next six games before coming back for the season finale where he racked up another four tackles for a total of 36 for the season. Tennessee did not make the playoffs and the Titans' run defense fell to number eighteen that year. Albert has now missed eleven of thirty-four games, or 32 percent of games.

In 2005 Albert progressed as an inside force and missed two games with a sprained knee, managed 52 tackles and three sacks in the other fourteen games. Tennessee missed the playoffs again and despite Albert's improved play fell to number twenty-two in run defense. Albert has now missed thirteen of fifty games, or 26 percent of games.

Albert missed more playing time in 2006 though it was not about injury. After raking Cowboys center Andre Gurode's face with his cleats in the fourth game of the season, Albert was suspended five games. His final season tallies were 30 tackles and two sacks. The Titans missed the playoffs for the third straight year and Tennessee's run defense slipped to 30th overall. Albert has now missed eighteen of sixty-six games, or 27 percent of games.

For much of 2007 Albert was having a great year, he missed four games and most of a fifth with a recurring right hamstring injury. The Titans were back in the playoffs in 2007 and Albert was part of a run defense that rebounded from 30th in 2006 to fifth in 2007 (one spot behind Washington) and Albert tallied 40 tackles and five sacks, including a three sack performance against Carolina and was selected to his first Pro Bowl. Albert has now missed twenty-two of eighty-three games, or 27 percent of games.

Tennessee maintained its stout run defense in 2008, finishing sixth (two spots ahead of Washington), Albert had an outstanding season overall tallying 51 tackles and 8.5 sacks and was selected to his second (consecutive) Pro Bowl. However Albert suffered a left MCL sprain in game fourteen against the Texans and missed the final two games of the season before coming back for the playoffs.

Over his career as a full time starter, 2003 through 2008 Albert has missed twenty-four of one hundred games due to injury or suspension, that works out to missing 24 percent of games.

What the Redskins got for their 100 million dollars is a dominant defensive tackle, a guy that can collapse the pocket from the inside and that will draw regular double teams. Partner him with Cornelius Griffin and the Redskins suddenly have tackles that might be hard to run through. Blocking schemes will move inside, giving edge rushers better shots at the quarterback and the play. The defensive backs should benefit as quarterbacks have less time to consider a throw before making it.

What they also got is a guy projected to miss four games in 2009. Let us hope this whole thing works out.



Albert Haynesworth resisting the urge to stomp on Warrick Dunn's face, uncredited image from here.

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Fat (Contract) Albert - Part One

Just don't make him mad. PS he's always mad.

Wow. So the Redskins nabbed Titans massive defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, the jewel of 2009 free agency. And paid him a lot of money. A laaaaaahhhht of money. The deal Albert signed with Washington on the first day of free agency is worth up to 115 million dollars over seven years with 41 million dollars guaranteed.

If this works out like it is supposed to then the Redskins defense, already an elite squad four of the past five years, just became downright dangerous. Of course things sometimes have a way of working out in ways unexpected. Today The Curly R begins a two part series on Washington's new franchise player.

Part One: Off the Field
Part Two: On the Field

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Albert Haynesworth was drafted by the Tennessee Titans with the fifteenth pick overall in the 2002 NFL draft out of the University of Tennessee, the same year defenders Julius Peppers, Dwight Freeney and Ryan Sims were taken. Albert obviously brought talent, he also brought a barely controlled rage, in 2000 as a sophomore at Tennessese Albert got into an altercation with Volunteers offensive tackle Will Ofenheusle, Albert stormed off the practice field and came back with what is described as a pole, apparently looking to strike his teammate again and again until such time or number of blows as his sense of justice was satisfied. Now fired Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer quote suspended unquote Albert for all of one half game, sending an oh so clear signal that individuals of his skill are not above the rules of sportsmanship. That's one.

Three years later in 2003 training camp Albert kicked teammate center Justin Hartwig in the chest (op. cit.). Albert was later suspended for the last game of that season for punching teammate offensive tackle Matt Martin (ibid.). That's two and three.

Three years later in the 2006 offseason Albert was arrested in a road rage altercation, a woman and her son in law claim that Albert tried to run them off the road in his Ford F-650 truck on Interstate 40 in Tennessee. In the complaint the driver said Albert was harrassing them and tried to pass them on the left shoulder and that they felt threatened. If you have not have seen the Ford F-650 have a look here. I am terrified and ready to file charges just looking at it. Pretty close to four but this one went away for Albert.

Some of the charges were dismissed a week later when it became apparent the police did not know where they were, and the rest were dismissed the next day. The arrest was the result of a complaint by the other driver and after a quote investigation unquote the prosecutors declined to press the remaining charges.

Later that year, in October Albert stomped on the helmetless face of Cowboys center Andre Gurode, an injury that required 30 stitches to close. The YouTube of the incident is here, in the scrum at the end of the play Albert kicks Andre once in the head as the man is on the ground then once Andre's helmet is off just rakes his cleats over Andre's face in a very deliberate fashion. Albert is suspended five games by the league, a record for on field bad behavior. The Titans claimed back the five games worth of Albert's signing bonus and talked big about maybe cutting ties with him and in a heroic display of principle and fairness let Albert come back as though nothing happened. That's four.

Two years later in March of 2008 Albert was cited for driving 103 miles per hour in a 70 miles per hour zone (ibid.). Later that month Albert's wife filed for divorce, citing quote inappropriate marital conduct and irreconcilable differences unquote. Nine months later in December of 2008 Albert was fined one thousand dollars and placed on thirty days probation for that moving violation from March (op. cit.). Then it gets weird.

Four days later Albert was charged with careless driving after passing other cars at upwards of 80 miles per hour, causing one car to crash into a concrete median (ibid.), injuring the driver. Although the careless driving charge was eventually dropped (ibid.), Albert was indicted yesterday on reckless driving charges and for violating the probation he had been placed on FOUR DAYS EARLIER. (WaPo Redskins Insider / Friday paper)

Check that again, all Albert had to do was stay in the right lane and drive the speed limit for thirty days and could not do it. Ninety-six hours after being hauled in front of a judge and being yelled at for being a reckless driver he was out in his Ferrari driving like such a complete asshole that he left crashed cars and injuries in his wake. That's what, five, six and seven?

These charges carry possible jail time. Dan Dan the Sports Bog Man wonders aloud on his own platform why the Redskins official site and official blog are silent on the matter.


Great to see character matters in the Redskins' war room.


Fat Contract Albert continues tomorrow with part two, On the Field.



Albert Haynesworth resisting the urge to stomp on Warrick Dunn's face, uncredited image from here.

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Thank You Detroit. Or Is It Thank You Buffalo?

Welcome back big guy

Hard to beat down on the Lions, former Redskin Martin Mayhew is their general manager and before you say another former Redskin, Matt Millen was also Detroit's general manager think about this:

Martin's first deal as the Lions general manager was to trade disappointing receiver Roy Williams and a 2010 seventh round draft pick to Dallas for the Cowboys' first, third and sixth round picks in the upcoming 2009 draft. The Cowboys then gave Roy a five year, 45 million dollar contract with 20 million dollars guaranteed.

What did Roy do for the Cowboys last season? Nine games, seven starts, fourteen catches, 198 yards. That is more than one million dollars guaranteed per catch and nearly one hundred thousand dollars guaranteed per yard receiving.

So as if Redskins fans were not already wallowing like hogs in seeing the Cowboys give up lots for a little as they prepare suffer through the 2009 draft missing two top half picks, all thanks to the Lions, Detroit goes and drops another gift in Washington's lap: Derrick Dockery, returned to the Redskins for a five year 27 million dollar contract featuring 8.5 million guaranteed dollars over the first two years.

Or was it the Bills that gave us back Derrick?

Here is the deal: when I heard on the day free agency started that the Bills had released Derrick, it seemed weird to me. After the 2006 season he left the Redskins to sign with the Bills for seven years and 49 million dollars. Two years later the Bills cut him, I did not follow the Bills closely enough to know if he played well last year, I thought he had a pretty good 2007 in Buffalo.

All this cutting teams do of guys early in big contracts is usually evidence of regret, see also Adam Archuleta in Washington and DeAngelo Hall in Oakland, that the team made such a big mistake that the cap hit from accelerating the guaranteed money and annualized slices of signing bonus is worth it to be done with a guy. Did not seem to me that Derrick in Buffalo was one of those guys. So I thought what the hell, yay for us, Derrick is back.

Then I read this Jason Reid piece last week in the Washington Post, at the end of the story is this:

The Bills and Lions had agreed to a trade last Thursday, with the Lions willing to pick up the remainder of the deal Dockery signed with the Bills and guarantee the 2009 and 2010 portions of that deal. But Buffalo failed to file the necessary paperwork with the NFL Management Council by the 4 p.m. deadline, according to a league source. Rather than pay Dockery $4.5 million for the 2009 season, the Bills released him.

Sounds here like the Bills dropped the ball.

I decided to do some homework and here is what I found. The Bills were going to release Derrick Thursday night 26 February, the night before free agency started. Derrick was due a 1.75 million dollar roster bonus at midnight that night, you see Friday 27 February is the first day of the new football year.

Curly R aside: I think we need to make this a holiday, New Football Year's Day. A day for the football ascetic to ponder the renewal of football and the end of a bottle of whiskey.

The Bills did not want to pay that roster bonus so they were going to cut Derrick. Note that by cutting him the team would have saved that 1.75 million dollars against the cap, BUT the accelerated cap hit from other guaranteed monies and the remaning five slices of his signing bonus amounts to 5.4 million dollars. That is money that cannot be spent in 2009. And I am not quite certain how saving 1.75 million against the cap and losing 5.4 million against the cap somehow nets you out to saving 450 thousand against the cap but hey I am a Redskins fan and we do not deal in pocket change like Bills fans who have to check their wallet before they order at Bennigans.

Apparently in the afternoon on Thursday, as the Bills were preparing the paperwork to cut Derrick, the Lions swooped in and offered a 2010 seventh rounder in trade for Derrick, Detroit was willing to guarantee Derrick's scheduled 2009 and 2010 salaries. God knows Detroit needs help on the offensive line. And everywhere else.

There are some adminstrative details to the story, like in order for the trade to happen Derrick would have to agree to defer the roster bonus for a few days and pass a physical, you would think at this point in the nearly one hundred year history of the NFL teams would have figured out how to do this stuff on deadline but you would be wrong.

The Bills and Lions could not agree on a deal, the 4pm ET deadline for filing extension paperwork passed and the teams were unable to execute the trade. Buffalo released Derrick, who visited the Lions the next day and I am sure had a good laugh in Detroit's little inbred face before coming to Washington to sign a five year 27 million dollar contract with 11.5 million dollars guaranteed.

As an epilogue to the story, Brian Galliford over at SBN blog Buffalo Rumblings wonders if the Lions did not game the Bills by getting Derrick in Detroit for a phyiscal, then stalling up until the 4pm deadline knowing that if the Bills did not agree to their trade demands that Derrick would then be a free agent and already in Detroit, giving the Lions the edge in signing him.

Whatever clumsy nerd sex Detroit and Buffalo were trying to have they blew it and the Redskins upgraded at left guard. That just leaves the matter of Pete Kendall, left guard the past two seasons and now a free agent whose representative just told the Washington Times' David Elfin last night that he wants to find a starting job and does not want to come back to Washington unless he can get one. He is 36 and did not miss a game both seasons with the Redskins.

The left side of the Redskins offensive line was dominant for most of last season, and I thank Pete for being a part of that. As to his desires to find a starting job at 36 with arthritic knees I say good luck, take it if you can get it. You might be able to pull a Ray Brown and extend your career and your paycheck a couple of seasons longer if you agree to stay here and be a depth player. Derrick is our man at left guard.



Derrick Dockery as a Redskin from September 2003: Jamie Squire / Getty Images from here via here.

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Thank You Bubba Tyer

With the Redskins almost as long as I have been alive

In a story that may have been missed by some Redskins fans, long time trainer and head of sports medicine Bubba Tyer retired from the team back on 16 January. He had been with the team for a total of 37 years, including 25 as head athletic trainer.

Bubba joined the Redskins in 1971, joining up with the team the same year as George Allen, after not making the playoffs for twenty-five straight years through 1970 Washington qualified for the playoffs thirteen of Bubba's first twenty-two with the team. Some of the players Bubba treated over his career with the Redskins:

Darrell Green, Ken Houston, Deacon Jones, Terry Metcalf, Eric Metcalf, Sonny Jurgensen, Art Monk, John Riggins, Gerald Riggs and Charley Taylor. Ken Harvey, Stan Humphries, Jay Schroeder, Heath Shuler, Bruce Smith, George Starke, Olanda Truitt, Len Hauss, Andy Heck, Billy Kilmer, Ki-Jana Carter, Sam Wyche and Russ Grimm. Adrian Murrell, Ross Tucker, Andre Reed, Terry Orr, Stephen Alexander, Shawn Barber, Greg Jones, Richie Petitbon, Tony Banks, Shar Pourdanesh, Terry Allen and Fred Smoot. Wilber Marshall. Jeff George, Al Noga, Mike Sellers. LaVar Arrington, Irving Fryar, Todd Husak, Champ Bailey, Antonio Pierce, Rod Gardner, Brad Johnson, Reggie Roby, Dana Stubblefield, Ethan Horton, Flipper Anderson, Kent Graham, Russ Grimm, Ryan Kuehl, Jim Lachey, Tydus Wynans, Kenard Lang, Michael Westbrook, Stephen Davis, Albert Connell, Don Warren, Monte Coleman, Kurt Gouveia, Trent Green, Adam Archuleta, Henry Ellard, Pete Kendall, Randy Thomas, Deion Sanders, Santana Moss, Jamie Asher, Jon Jansen, Jeff Bostic, Desmond Howard, Chris Samuels, Calvin Hill, Ladell Betts, Leonard Marshall, Marco Coleman, Eddie Murray, Leslie Shepherd, Rodney Peete, Tim Johnson and Rob Johnson. Chad Morton, Rich Gannon. Todd Collins, Joe Theismann, Dan Wilkinson, James Thrash, Cary Conklin and Shawn Springs. John Friesz, LaRon Landry, Diron Talbert and London Fletcher. TJ Duckett, Alvoid Mays, Brian Mitchell, Reggie Brooks, Patrick Ramsey, Tre' Johnson, George Rogers. Robert Green, Mark Brunell, Rock Cartwright, Ray Brown, Matt Turk, Brandon Lloyd, Ricky Ervins, Gus Frerotte, Derrick Dockery, Chris Horton, Tom Carter, Carlos Rogers and Robert Royal. Matt Millen, Mark Moseley, Clint Didier. Mel Kaufman, Ryan Clark, Mark Schlereth, Frank Wycheck, William Bell, Andre Collins. Sean Taylor. Chip Lohmiller, AJ Johnson, Greg Manusky, Colt Brennan, Mark Rypien, Clinton Portis, Laveranues Coles and Chris Cooley. Ricky Sanders, Ali Hali-Sheikh, Ed Simmons, Mo Elewonibi, Joe Washington, Carl Banks, Pat Fischer. Earnest Byner, Barry Wilburn, Marvcus Patton, Joe Jacoby, Dexter Manley, Brad Edwards, Jumpy Geathers, Martin Mayhew, Ravin Caldwell, Jess Atkinson, Fred Stokes, Mark Moseley, Larry Brown, Gary Clark, Doug Williams, Mike Nelms, Alvin Walton, Charlie Brown. Mike Tice, Brig Owens, Neal Olkewicz, Mark May, Chris Hanburger, Max Zendejas, Dave Butz, Deacon Jones, Jack Pardee, Mark Murphy, Rick Doc Walker, Charles Mann, Steve Bartkowski, Raleigh McKenzie and Jason Taylor.

Think about that. And think about this: with Bubba retiring, the George Allen era finally comes to an end.


Bubba moved to an administrative position in 2002 then retired in 2003 and was elevated to the Redskins Ring of Fame. Then when Joe Gibbs returned in 2004 he asked his old friend Bubba to come back, and Bubba could not say no.

Now, after five years back with the team and at 67 years old, Bubba has decided to call it a career. He may be gone but will not be forgotten and will not allow himself to be forgotten, he says he will be attending the Redskins first game at the Cowboys new stadium in 2009 (op. cit.).


Here is another metric for you: Bubba's career in Washington spanned 602 regular season games. Bubba was a fixture of the team and recognized by perhaps three generations of Redskins fans.

Thank you Bubba for your service and your contribution to Redskins history. Enjoy yourself in retirement!



Bubba Tyer: uncredited photo from here.

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