Ye Gods

1:04 pm EST April 22nd, 2006 | Uncategorized | 8 Comments

LaVar stays in the East

LaVar Arrington got everything he was hoping for — a seven-year contract and a chance to stay in the NFC East.

Arrington reached agreement Saturday on a seven-year, $49 million contract with the New York Giants. Further details of the contract weren’t available, but the Giants came close to the number he was hoping for. The Giants gave Arrington the chance to compete against the Redskins twice a year.

Bring it on, LaVar…

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8 Responses to “Ye Gods”

  1. Thlayli says:
    April 23, 2006 at 10:04 am

    Arrington’s rep is well-established: lots of talent, not so big on the “coordinating with teammates” and “following the gameplan” stuff.

    Better than what we had, certainly. Savior? Doubtful.

  2. Corrado Bustamonte says:
    April 23, 2006 at 5:04 pm

    All of my Skins fan friends laughed at me when I mentioned the NYG picking up La Var. I knew this was coming all last season. Really all we have to do is put La Var on the end like a 5th lineman and let him kill whoever is holding the ball. Nothing better than picking up a big talent that is motivated by revenge.
    Richard Pryor once said of George Foreman that after hearing the bell to start a fight Foreman would ask “Which one’s the referee? Cause I’m knockin the other mother…. out!!”. Thats all I can ask of La Var…wait for hike and then crunch whoever has the ball.

  3. Dana says:
    April 23, 2006 at 9:04 pm

    Y’all had a damned good defense last year, and an offense that couldn’t do squat against another good defense. So, naturally, the plan was to get rid of part of your defense!

    Y’all haven’t fixed the part that was broken, but did fix the part that wasn’t.

  4. Oliver Willis says:
    April 24, 2006 at 12:04 am

    Actually, we upgraded our receiving corps, which was the big reason the offense was bad. Our defense, on the other hand, did just fine with and without LaVar.

  5. Jamey says:
    April 24, 2006 at 9:04 am

    Sour grapes, Ollie. You coulda missed the Super Bowl without Gibbs, too.

    You still have a sub-par QB corps and an aging running game. Deal with it.

  6. Oliver Willis says:
    April 25, 2006 at 12:04 am

    An “aging running game”? If 1,516 yards and #4 in the league is an “aging running game” then I’ll take that “aging running game” any day! I would say the QB corps is simply average, though a case could be made for saying it’s subpar until we see what Jason Campbell has but you are quite seriously the first person I’ve ever seen call Portis old and unable to run. 1,516 yards, for chrissake (And Portis is all of 24! Shaun Alexander, the top back in the league, is a clearly decrepit 29 by your standards).

  7. Corrado Bustamonte says:
    April 25, 2006 at 1:04 am

    Skins have not had a stable QB since L.T. broke Theisman’s leg. The stars aligned perfectly along with the will of Cthulhu to give the Skins Doug Williams for that super bowl season…then again later for Mark Rypien. From Jay Schroeder to Mark Brunell and the almost 20 QBs in between instability at QB has been what has killed them over the years. Dana is right though…Skins D wasn’t/isn’t the problem. Their D has been strong for the last several years and there is no way the Skins are better off without La Var. Worse you lost him to a divisional rival and the best thing is signing him isn’t hurting us cap wise at all.

  8. Dana says:
    April 25, 2006 at 7:04 pm

    Our esteemed host wrote:

    Actually, we upgraded our receiving corps, which was the big reason the offense was bad. Our defense, on the other hand, did just fine with and without LaVar.

    There was nothing wrong with the Redskins receivers last year; y’all just didn’t have anyone who could get them the ball! When the “quarterback battle” (if I can type that without laughing) was between Patrick Ramsey and Mark Brunell, y’all were doomed from the start.