Arrington's last stand?

Its an old interview it really is. My friend broke from discussion to tell me how good of an atmosphere it was on the John thompson show and in the Post TODAY

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/27/AR2005122700960.html

"I just think that everybody believes now," linebacker LaVar Arrington said. "And when you get a situation where everybody believes in the same thing, and you get the momentum going in one direction, I've said it all along: We've got a special group of guys. This is a special mix we have, and to not take advantage of that is a crime. And I think guys really focused in that we were letting the season slip away."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/27/AR2005122700915_pf.html

Arrington Is Confident About Where Team Ranks



By Howard Bryant
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 28, 2005; E04


For an indication of how far the Washington Redskins have come, at least in attitude, consider the words of linebacker LaVar Arrington, who believes the team has earned the right to start thinking big.

Arrington makes a case for the Redskins in a fairly wide-open NFC race, pointing out that they've beaten the conference's top two seeds, Seattle and Chicago, at FedEx Field.

"When you think about all the other things we've had to endure through and accomplish, you realize this is a special group," he said. "It is a group that believes in itself, believes in the mission."

The Redskins beat Chicago, 9-7, in the season opener and Seattle, 20-17 in overtime, on Oct. 2 to start the season 3-0. Seattle has since won 11 straight games, while the Bears have the NFL's best defense. The two are 20-2 in the NFC this season, with the only losses being to the Redskins.

"You're talking about one of the best teams, maybe the best team playing right now in Seattle, and we played very well against them," he said. "You're talking about the Chicago Bears, who are arguably challenging them for that role, and we played pretty well against them. I don't even think we were playing our best football then. I wasn't even on the field then. And I think it'd be even more different if we were. That being said, we've got guys in fairly good health, which we haven't had in past years."

Baby on the Way

While Arrington is excited about the chance to play in the postseason for the first time, he could have a scheduling conflict because his wife is due to give birth to their daughter, Marlee, on Jan. 15. That is the second Sunday of the playoffs and Arrington said doctors may opt to induce labor. The baby's name is the product of compromise, Arrington said. He's a big fan of Bob Marley, the late singer, and his wife's middle name is Lee.

There is a reason the washington times is bush league...
Bringing this up now does nothing for Lavar or the team. I'd like to see Lavar as a Redskin for the rest of his career, but since Gibbs is back our organization realizes the word TEAM and not PLAYER is more important. Sure Arrington and Smoot and Bailey can bitch, but it's not all about 1 player. In the past 5 years we've had Deion, Bailey, Bruce Smith, Smoot, Davis, Carrier, Arrington, Coles, Morton and Spurrier, Turner and that DT that got injured in a Mickie D's parking lot in Denver. We are winning now with Portis, Moss, Cooley, Brunell, Taylor, Springs, Jansen, Samuels, etc. Team effort, teams win superbowls. TO and McNabb couldn't do it, but the Patriots know what team means, so did the Ravens when they won it. I love Arrington and I hope he stays, but I was a Redskins and Gibbs fan before Arrington was in high school!

Shhhhh........

It's starting

they said something on 980 already. hold on to your computer chairs.

I think thats an old interview. I really think that things are going better at this point than how the writer of that article tries to portray it. I also read a quote from arrington saying that he expected to be alot better next season once he had a healthy offseason to rehab...and was excited about playing here.

With his cap number i really dont think we'll cut him. I do think he will restructure to help the team now that he is playing.

I think what this writer did...is take old quotes from arrington...that were gathered during the time he wasn't playing...then throw in a couple of current facts about how we were on the verge of making playoffs to make it seem like he had a story to tell...when really he is talking out of his ass.

I expect and hope arrington will be back next season...(hopefully with gregg williams) and a few select upgrades on the d-line...and that our defense will hopefully be at or very near the top of the league next year!!!

As for this year...we are already good...so lets stay healthy...make the playoffs...and make a hell of a lot of noise once we get there!!!!!!!!!!

It makes more sense to keep him cap wise, unless we can afford to take another monster cap hit like we did with Coles, which I doubt is going to happen.

I can't see him retiring, he's too young and has too much $$ to make.

If it comes to a move, what are our financial options with Lavar? I realize it has been posted before, but the massive loss of brain cells in my youth precludes any long term memory of a Lavar Arrington nature.

THe washington times is the worst newspaper ever. This is definetly old stuff. Are they trying to derail the team???????

I don't get this right now coming from Arrington, this has to be something old with some more recent material mixed in with the rest of the garbage. Even so Lavar saying the crap about management is mad about him and football is not that important to him. I remember just two or three years ago him going off on players for not taking losses serious and the joking around after games. If this is true, Arrington really is a cry baby, and can't handle not being an individual standout on what we have a team environment with no me, me, me, mentality.

It makes more sense to keep him cap wise, unless we can afford to take another monster cap hit like we did with Coles, which I doubt is going to happen.

I can't see him retiring, he's too young and has too much $$ to make.

Yeah this is clearly true...there is no way we can afford to release him with how tight the cap is gonna be next year. We are gonna have to work a little magic with the cap numbers (nothing that Im not confident we can do with ease) but there is no way we could take a $13m hit by releasing or trading him. I just dont see how it could possibly work...

Unfortunately, LaVar doesn't seem to have learned anything about who Joe Gibbs wants on the team. He says he watched attitudes change towards Bailey, Smoot and others but attitudes changed when these players decided to "negotiate" performing at their high levels for financial rewards not included in their contracts. LaVar began doing the same thing with the Brothers Postons and then complaining about their capabilities when he didn't even read the contract himself. This is the same approach TO used and we see how that turned out. If you are going to have a high paying job, you had better convince your boss every day that that is the only thing that matters in your life and do it the best you can all of the time. Does he think Martyball can be played part time too? Send him back to State College to get more degrees and learn about management of organizations and incentives.