Not only do the Tennessee Titans have their eyes on Haynesworth, as in trying to re-sign him to an extension before the free agency period begins on Feb. 27, but there have been blogs and reports that other teams around the league -- specifically the Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- are already coveting Haynesworth. A report on the St. Petersburg Times' website said as much.

For his part, Haynesworth and his agent Chad Speck have found the going slow with the Titans thus far in negotiations. An initial offer from the club was far below what the Haynesworth camp felt was fair market value.

There has been educated speculation all over that Haynesworth is seeking to become the NFL's highest-paid defensive player. Minnesota's Jared Allen struck a deal last year that gave him $32 million guaranteed, and it is believed that Haynesworth is looking for a contract that would guarantee him somewhere in the neighborhood of $35 million or so.

"My agent said that, but it would be nice to get paid. I did what I had to do playing under the franchise tag," Haynesworth said in a sideline interview at the Pro Bowl in Hawaii.

Haynesworth reiterated that he would like to be in Tennessee, but the Titans will have to compensate him with a fair-market deal.

"Hopefully, I'm in Tennessee," Haynesworth said. "I'd love to be in Tennessee, 'cause that's where my kids were born at, that's where I played college ball. I played my seven years there. So, hopefully it works out. But if it doesn't, I'll go elsewhere."

That said, Haynesworth is coming off a career-high 8.5 sacks, and there is the belief that if he gets to the open market before the Titans can re-sign him to an extension that some team will overwhelm him with an offer and he will not return to the Titans.

Haynesworth had issues of a different sort arise Thursday as it was reported that he had been involved in a Dec. 13 automobile accident, just four days after receiving probation for driving at a high rate of speed from an incident in March 2008.

The Nashville City Paper first reported that the crash had left a 25-year-old Tennessee man having to have hip replacement surgery as a result of injuries in the collision.

The Williamson County District Attorney's office is looking into perhaps reinstating the original charge where Haynesworth was charged with going 103 mph in a 70 mph zone.

"As Haynesworth is negotiating his next multimillion dollar contract, Mr. Edmondson can't work and can't pay his household bills. He can only move by wheelchair or walker," said attorney John Perry, who represents victim Corey Edmonson.

Speck issued a written response to the accident and comments made by Perry and Edmondson: "Albert was involved in an automobile accident in December (that) occurred the morning after it had snowed over half an inch the night before in Brentwood and the temperature that morning was in the low 30s. There were slick spots on the road and when the accident occurred Albert immediately pulled over and called the police. He was not cited by officers at the time and did not leave the scene until instructed to do so by a police officer."