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Well, my Season Tickets are starting to seem worthwhile, again. But only barely. This offseason hasn't been very pleasant, with few remarkable pickups, and highlightd by one completely ignominous, loutish, boneheaded stooooge (named PacMan Jones) who's cost the team respect and talent. What an idiot. He'll hopefully never suit up again for Tennessee.

So, today, the first hint of NFL interest I've had in quite a while came over me, and I checked out my main NFL read, Mike Florio of Profootballtalk.com. Mike's got a flair for writing, I respect that, and for a lawyer he's pretty savvy (that's a surprise, given I view lawyers from the ocean bottom/good start vantage point ;D)

Immediately, Florio starts in on Big Al Haynesworth, jawing up memories of Haynesworth's face-lacerating episode from last year (Al stomped Andre Gurode, when Dallas was in town....Gurode took a heaping helping of Al's cleats after Al pulled off his helment...Heinous stuff.) From Florio's link, to N B C sportsblogger Tom Curran:

During this morning's Titans practice - which was carried out in shorts and shoulder pads - the combustible Haynesworth went off a couple of times.

A few minor details of various contacts, all OK, no one was hurt. But this note...

After that practice, Haynesworth told me in the locker room, "That's just how we are here on this defense. The Tennessee Tyrants. That's what we're bringing back. The first few years we were good when I came in and we were the Tennessee Tyrants. We were playing hard, didn't care what anyone thought and that's what we're going to get back to. We can't apologize for going hard."

Asked what set him off, Haynesworth said, "Well, we're playing football. I'm a contact person I just don't like to be snatched down. That's all I've got to say about that."

Haynesworth has gone the demonic route with his eyes. He has on red-tinted contacts from Nike which work as sunglasses.

Oh, boy, red-tinted contacts, and the 'demonic' route. Haynesworth had better keep his nose clean, there's a lot of angst left from last year. The Refs are especially observant when it comes to Big Al.

And those Red, demonic eyes can't do much for his 'pleasant' attitude, or in the perception of said attitude by those who are out to get him. And I doubt that the offense of an opposing team will bat an eye when/if he wears the things on the field.

Stay sharp, Al, we don't need another idiotic episode from the defense this year.