Will Arrington take a pay cut? (MERGED)

Look--if it's 7 mil to keep him and 12 mil to cut him, then the math is clear--he's back. I agree with D'boyz that a trade is unlikely. And I agree with the sentiment that Gibbs wants to keep the squad intact--Lavar, for all his foibles, is a leader with the players, IMO. (Plus, I like Lavar, even if he is underacheiving--though see that recently linked Doc Walker column where Doc argued that Lavar is still recovering from injury, and next year he'll look much better.)

I posted this in the Salary Cap thread, but it's relevant here too: Here's the story on Lavar:

He's going to count $12 million against the cap if he stays on the team next year and his contract is not modified.

How a player leaves your team, whether by getting cut or by getting traded, it does not change the cap situation. The date on which he leaves the team does change things.

If he is cut or traded before June 1, we will carry $12.8 million in Dead Money in 2006. Meaning his cap hit for 2006 would go up $0.8 million from it's current position. And he wouldn't even be on the team. So there's no way this would happen.

If he is cut or traded after June 1, we will carry about $5 million in Dead Money in 2006, saving us about $7 million from his current cap number of $12 million. The negative side of that is we'd carry $7 million in dead money in 2007.

It's very possible Lavar could stay and change his $6.5 million roster bonus into a signing bonus. This would save us about $5 million or so in 2006. But it will be interesting to see if GW wants him around, or if he elects to trade him and get something in return.

Trade Arrington for TO and a bag of potato chips


No Seriously if they trade 4 Owens, eventhough he has no character, then we couldn't be stopped on Offense. You got the deep threat with Moss and the big, strong receiver with TO.

I would get him to sign a contract that says " Cause any trouble then your gone" and you don't get any $$$$.

JUST REPORTED BY COMCAST MY BOY LAVAR IS OPEN TO RESTRUCTURE!!

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I Hope things work out.

JUST REPORTED BY COMCAST MY BOY LAVAR IS OPEN TO RESTRUCTURE!!

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I Hope things work out.


I LOVE LAVAR!!!!! Thanks BigSkinBauer, you just made my day! Check that, you made my offseason!

Teams know that they will be doing us a favor and we will probably get little or nothing in return. So, they will either throw a low pick at us or just wait until we release him, which is highly possible.

I love Lavar and appreciate everything that he has done for us, I wish him the best.

JUST REPORTED BY COMCAST MY BOY LAVAR IS OPEN TO RESTRUCTURE!!

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I Hope things work out.

hearing him talk after the game I had a feeling this might happen, but it is still awesome to hear. While he can make mistakes occasionally, it's really kewl to see an extremely talented guy willing to work through past problems and give up some money to stick with a team that's building upon something very positive. :biggthump :point:

i really think that lavar will be here for years to come. He is willing to work through his past problems. Also, i think what helped him in terms of agreeing to restructure is what happened this past season. Had we had another losing season, i believe that Lavar wouldn't want to restructure. But this winning season, and showing what we can do, making the playoffs for the first time in his career, I believe it showed him that we are doing something positive here, and he wants to be a part of it.

JUST REPORTED BY COMCAST MY BOY LAVAR IS OPEN TO RESTRUCTURE!!

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I Hope things work out.
great news

I'm sorry but neither randy or Porter are going anywhere they have huge signing bonus last year the cap hit its really high Raiders can' afford it.

I don't know what would be the cap hit for Lavar but if he doesn't restructure his contract I see him getting cut no team will make a trade if they know they're going to cut him or you will get an average player for taht trade

randy was traded with his contract from what i heard, and its a good contract for his talent. That means no hit for them, though tossing R Moss for anyone would be pretty dumb.

Gibbs had a shot at Moss when the vikes offered him up and he turned it down immediately without regrets or second thoughts. R Moss plays half-assed and Gibbs won't bother. They also passed up P Price, and you have to believe that williams gave them a reason to say no thanks. TO is more likely than either of those two (cause he helps other WRs and plays hard), but you know he also has zero chance of coming here, but thats much more likely than the others.

quick caution, lavar may be willing to rework the deal, but that doesn't mean the two sides are going to be able to meet on a figure small enough to keep a sane cap number in place...