ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -The big bad New York Giants’ rushing game? Yawn.
Really, really big running back Brandon Jacobs? So what.
Albert Haynesworth, the Washington Redskins’ new $100 million defensive tackle, was practically dismissive about the prospect of facing the Giants in Sunday’s season opener. In his session with reporters Wednesday, Haynesworth made Washington’s NFC East rivals – who had the top running game in the NFL last year – sound no more exciting than a JV team.
“I really don’t care what they do,” Haynesworth said. “If they’re going to run the ball, that’s fine with me. That’s easier on the pass, so I don’t know, it’s OK with me. I don’t care what they do. I’ve played a lot of teams that ran the ball and ran the ball well and we played against it and we stopped it, so I expect the same thing here.”
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“It doesn’t really matter,” Haynesworth said. “What is he, 250? I weighed 250 when I was in the 10th grade.”
Haynesworth was the centerpiece of the Redskins’ defensive upgrade in the offseason, signing a seven-year contract that includes an NFL-record $41 million in guaranteed money. He’s faced the Giants only twice, in 2002 and 2006, having spent his first seven years in the AFC with the Tennessee Titans.
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