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Redskins Clearly Trying to Cover Up Haynesworth’s Knee Injection
By Chris Mottram | August 3, 2009
Albert Haynesworth did not participate in the second practice at camp yesterday. He received an injection in his knee and sat out. Jim Zorn called the procedure “normal.” There was absolutely no cause for concern. Then Florio posted this at 8 a.m. today, in an attempt to drum up some sort of CONSPIRACY at Redskins Park:
Per the Associated Press, Haynesworth received an injection on Sunday to cushion a knee that he sprained late in the 2008 season. He did not particpate [sic] in the second practice of the day.
Coach Jim Zorn reportedly described the procedure as “normal.”
What isn’t entirely “normal” is that Zorn’s comments regarding Haynesworth were omitted from the collection of quotes from Zorn that was distributed by the team on Sunday.
So keep an eye on the situation. We sure will be.
No updates have been made to the story on PFT, so presumably Florio’s eyes are elsewhere. Allow us to do him a favor and update the “situation.”
The Redskins PR department hand picks several questions and their subsequent answers from certain — not all – press conferences to release to the public. Go through any of their press releases from media sessions and this becomes clear. But it can’t be that simple. Obviously the SNYDER SPIN MACHINE was in full effect yesterday and the PR staff was specifically instructed not to include Zorn’s comments about Haynesworth’s injection in their p.m. press release.
Actually, they didn’t select any quotes from the p.m. Zorn presser to release, instead only highlighting answers from the a.m. session. WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO HIDE?!
Nothing, as it turns out. Jim Zorn’s entire p.m. media session is available on Redskins.com. Just so Florio doesn’t have to turn one of his suspicious eyes to the video tape, we’ll transcribe Zorn’s comments for him:
Reporter: And nothing with Albert?
Zorn: No. We’re just holding him out. He’s getting another Synvisc injection to, uh, kinda cushion his knee a little bit. That’s just a normal thing that a lot of guys are, you know, doing.
FOOLS! In their elaborate effort to hide the transcripts from the public they forgot to cut Zorn’s comments about Albert from the video!
They were probably too busy strategizing about how to cover up their pursuit of Mick Vick/Brett Favre, or Portis and Zorn’s latest locker room slap fight. Not to mention figuring out what to do with LaRon Landry, who so desperately wants out of Washington.
Topics: Albert Haynesworth, Media Bird Doggin', Redskins | 4 Comments »
August 3rd, 2009 at 10:12 AM
The most unseemly thing about Pro Football Talk? It makes us defend those we loathe (i.e. Danny).
August 3rd, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Hey guys,
so I guess this is your daily agenda now.
Florio had a new story about Haynesworth’s knee:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/08/03/zorn-not-concerned-about-haynesworths-knee/
and his comments that I would assume refer to Mr. I:
“Here’s my concern, for the benefit of those whose daily agenda now includes trying to exaggerate anything I write about the team into some sort of anti-Redskins bias. I’ve been following the NFL pretty damn closely, every single day, for more than nine years now. Having something shot into a knee to provide artificial cushion so that a guy can get through practice in the first week of training camp doesn’t sound like the kind of thing that should be inducing a head coach to shrug his shoulders.”
So Haynesworth is crippled now I suppose?
I never expected Big Al to play all 16 games this year anyway (based on his track record) I was hoping 12-14 full games and maybe 1-2 limited.
August 3rd, 2009 at 7:44 PM
This post wasn’t about being concerned over the knee, it was about the absurd suspicions Florio attempted to raise over the lack of transcripts.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:58 PM
[...] We’ve taken issue with Florio before, but this was misinformation bordering on comedy, and you’ve got to love Steinz’ takedown. Labeling someone a “dork” is about as cold as he gets. [...]