Arrington Has a Deal.

I like this deal.

If he makes the Pro Bowl a couple times he'll void his huge contract and become a free agent and everyone is happy (especially the Skins). It seems to me like both sides would be happy to part ways after 2007.

Provisions for this contract that happen in four years are all but irrelevant. The contract will either have been reworked by then, or it will be time for Lavar to leave anyway.

If he makes the Pro Bowl a couple times he'll void his huge contract and become a free agent and everyone is happy (especially the Skins). It seems to me like both sides would be happy to part ways after 2007.

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If he is a monster the next two years we will keep him, he will remain one of our highest paid guys

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If he is a monster the next two years we will keep him, he will remain one of our highest paid guys

My feeling is if Lavar does actually make a couple pro bowls and decides to void the contract, we won't pay that extra $3M to keep him. The only way we pay to keep him is if he's played outstanding and we are very close to a super bowl.

And I'm not a Lavar hater, just the way I see it.

My feeling is if Lavar does actually make a couple pro bowls and decides to void the contract, we won't pay that extra $3M to keep him. The only way we pay to keep him is if he's played outstanding and we are very close to a super bowl.

And I'm not a Lavar hater, just the way I see it.

I could see that happening too.

It would definitely take a huge contract off the team's hands. By then he'll be 30 or older and in at least his 8th year in the league.

Could be a convenient time for both sides to move on.

But who knows, if the team is winning and he's playing at a high level...

Canuck--why would they void the deal? Aren't they basically saying, look, if you're playing at pro-bowl level, we'll pay you 3.25 more, because we think you're worth it? Wonder how that 3.25 is spread over the life of the deal?

My guess is Gibbs said give the guy a bone here--he's worth it. BUt if we really don't want him after 2007, we can let him go. But don't they want him? Why give him anything at all? Seemed to me that the skins didn't have to do this.

Wow. Lavar certainly has an incentive to make the pro-bowl now!

I could see that happening too.

It would definitely take a huge contract off the team's hands. By then he'll be 30 or older and in at least his 8th year in the league.

Could be a convenient time for both sides to move on.

But who knows, if the team is winning and he's playing at a high level...

Thanks Matty - you articulated my thoughts better than I did.

I think this is a great deal for both sides and plus we have resolved this matter before the season has started. Lavar makes out in that if he makes the probowl twice in the next 4 years he is guaranted at least 3.25mil. What I mean by that is if he would chose to leave and we let him he would get much more as a signing bonus from another team. the Skins now would have a choice to keep him if he acheived this goal and would want to try free agency. Would we pay him the the 3.25 probably because he is earning it and I think that was what the skins wanted. They did not just want to give up the money for him not to play up to his contract.

Canuck--why would they void the deal? Aren't they basically saying, look, if you're playing at pro-bowl level, we'll pay you 3.25 more, because we think you're worth it?

They could just say "if you make 2 pro bowls we'll give you an extra $3M bonus". But they are also allowing Lavar to void the deal and become a free agent. Why? As a favor to Lavar? I doubt it. The reason is the Skins would probably love to dump his big contract anyways, but this way they can try to milk a couple pro bowl seasons out of him first.

But don't they want him? Why give him anything at all? Seemed to me that the skins didn't have to do this.

Like I said above I don't think the Skins gave him anything here. Instead we gave him motivation to make the pro bowl, while still retaining our option to keep him at that time for $3M. Sounds like a good deal to me.

i wish we didn't give arrington the option to void those last few years of his deal. i wanted him to be a redskin for life, now i'm not sure whether they'll cut him if he wants to or what.