"We all called it a low-risk, high-reward move by Bill Belichick. That's what bringing aboard Albert Haynesworth was on the surface back in July.

What it turned out to be was a colossal failure.

Five days before the biggest game of the season against the Jets, the Patriots' archenemies and chief rivals, Belichick bounced Haynesworth, the poster boy for all that has gone wrong and all the doubts about the team going forward."