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[/SIZE]Giants | Team does not have an offer to Arrington on the table
Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:03:59 -0700

ESPN.com's John Clayton reports the New York Giants do not have an offer to free agent LB LaVar Arrington (Redskins) on the table. The Giants never came close to his asking price, at least seven years, $54 million. The Miami Dolphins have the best offer for Arrington, but it's not close to $54 million and that's why the visit with the Green Bay Packers could be interesting.


Packers | Team visits with Arrington
Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:03:36 -0700

ESPN.com's John Clayton reports the Green Bay Packers visited with free agent LB LaVar Arrington (Redskins) Monday, April 10. Signing Arrington or free agent CB Charles Woodson (Raiders) may be what QB Brett Favre is looking for before he commits to playing the 2006 season. Arrington left without an offer while the Packers decide what to do. Arrington was excited enough about the visit that he wanted to talk to Favre.


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favre is looking for an interior offensive line. that's still an interesting development though...

thanks for the update.

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wow i almost feel sorry for him now. He seemed so loyal here, talked about wanting to get the team to the playoffs and the skins finally make it and he might end up in green bay??? He should go to Miami, get some money, win some games

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GB certainly has the money to spend, whether they want to spend a large chunk on a LB is yet to be seen.

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Asking price 7 years 54 million! Yeah ok. They should go ahead and ask for all 54 million as a signing bonus.

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For players, the flip side of free agency is that you find out what you are [U]really[/U] worth. The marketplace can be cruel.

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The Postons are comical and Lavar is letting them ruin what is left of his career.

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I like the match him and GreenBay, if he does well there he will be well recieved and treating like a king which he would love to see happen

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I don't think the book on Arrington is completely written yet. He' still pretty young. We needed to get rid of the guy, but he's got the talent and character to still do some good things in this league.

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[quote=SamSneed36]wow i almost feel sorry for him now. He seemed so loyal here, talked about wanting to get the team to the playoffs and the skins finally make it and he might end up in green bay??? He should go to Miami, get some money, win some games[/quote]

Why feel sorry for him?

He has his pick from quite a few teams, and he's had some quality teams show interest in him, Cincy, NY, Miami, etc.

He's looking for a big payday, that's what's keeping him unemployed.

No real need to feel sorry for him, it's not like he couldn't sign tomorrow if he just lowered his asking price to a more reasonable figure.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]Why feel sorry for him?

He has his pick from quite a few teams, and he's had some quality teams show interest in him, Cincy, NY, Miami, etc.

He's looking for a big payday, that's what's keeping him unemployed.

No real need to feel sorry for him, it's not like he couldn't sign tomorrow if he just lowered his asking price to a more reasonable figure.[/QUOTE]


Hard to feel sorry for a player whom the Redskins have already paid more than 33Mil.$

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[QUOTE=Longtimefan]Hard to feel sorry for a player whom the Redskins have already paid more than 33Mil.$[/QUOTE]


True'da. Hard to feel sorry for a player with 56 plasma TVs around his house. I don't know how anyone can say it isn't about the money with LaVar. I mean, come on, the Packers? Cold ass country? No thanks.

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[QUOTE=That Guy]favre is looking for an interior offensive line. that's still an interesting development though...

thanks for the update.[/QUOTE]

Maybe Favre should become in charge of player personnel since he knows so much about what the team needs, starting with his position.

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How interesting would that be if they got him and still took AJ Hawk?

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So since we are talking about Lavar and I did not want to look at another thread I will write here. I know that his asking price is in the range of 54 million 6 years. I really dont see him getting near that. He will be lucky to get half that. I would say when it is all said and done he either A. signs a one year contract at about 2 million or B. signs a deal worth about 20 something million. Man I bet he is kick himself for leaving this team now. It would be nice to see him play with the Packers though.

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This should get Brett to go ahead and make his decision. I can't believe that the Packers are letting Brett jerk them around like he is for the second year in a row. It would be intresting if they just went and cut him. It would realy get the fans going and give the media alot to descuss. Its like he wants to be cut so he can go to another team making it look like the packers fault and not his.

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i think green bay would be great for him....high profile defensive players have excelled there...they have always sid he has game changing ability. He can win OR lose a game for your team ( I hope Farve doesnt blast him when Lavar doesn't contain the weakside because he over pursues and some running back goes for a 60 yard TD during a 1st round playoff game in overtime and Green Bay loses at Lambaeu in Farve's last game)

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[QUOTE=Sheriff Gonna Getcha]I don't think the book on Arrington is completely written yet. He' still pretty young. We needed to get rid of the guy, but he's got the talent and character to still do some good things in this league.[/QUOTE]

The last time I checked the skins were already rid of this guy.

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How much anybody wanna bet that Green Bay pitched the Reggie White story? about how he came to town & made the packers a winner. In fact, Farve mentioned something about that signing in his presser the other day.
I couldn't help but think how much alike Farve & Lavar are in their respecitve games, they both take risks. Farve isn't coming out on top w/his lately w/29 ints. in 05.
Signing Lavar would be mainly a pr coup for GB, but I don't see it as much more for 06. Beyond next year, he can contribute a lot if they can surround him w/decent players, but they're fooling themselves if they pay big $$.

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Packers aren't going to dish out tons of money for anybody. I don't see Arrington getting what he is asking for out of Green Bay.

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at favres press conference it was almost like he was begging the front office to go out and sign anyone

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If the Pack signed arrington, who would they draft? Would they trade up and draft dabrickwall ferguson, vernon davis, darnell bing, michael huff, deangelo williams (trade down), winston justice (trade down). What would be their options? I would think they would like to get some offensive power via the o-line, or if they do trade walker, then maybe a wr or big play TE like Davis. What do you guys think?

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Too bad though he should still be here. it was his choice though. champ should also be here, ohh well no use in crying over petrified milk.

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[quote=irish]The last time I checked the skins were already rid of this guy.[/quote]
Quote:
Originally Posted by [B]Sheriff Gonna Getcha[/B]
[I]I don't think the book on Arrington is completely written yet. He' still pretty young. We needed to get rid of the guy, but he's got the talent and character to still do some good things in this league.[/I]



I think that is why the Sheriff said we NEEDED to get rid of him

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[QUOTE=joel.bailey]Quote:
Originally Posted by [B]Sheriff Gonna Getcha[/B]
[I]I don't think the book on Arrington is completely written yet. He' still pretty young. We needed to get rid of the guy, but he's got the talent and character to still do some good things in this league.[/I]



I think that is why the Sheriff said we NEEDED to get rid of him[/QUOTE]

He did, I mis-read the tense, sorry.

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[quote=dmek25]at favres press conference it was almost like he was begging the front office to go out and sign anyone[/quote]

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

I think he's just looking for any sign that the team wants to seriously compete this year. They have a ton of cap room but they're not really budging on anything.

The team seems to be planning on building via the draft and taking things slow. That's fine, but that's not the win now plan that Favre is looking for.

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[QUOTE=firstdown]This should get Brett to go ahead and make his decision. I can't believe that the Packers are letting Brett jerk them around like he is for the second year in a row. [B]It would be intresting if they just went and cut him. [/B]It would realy get the fans going and give the media alot to descuss. Its like he wants to be cut so he can go to another team making it look like the packers fault and not his.[/QUOTE]

How dare you suggest such a notion about Brett "The Second Coming of Christ" Fav-rey.

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He said that if they feel like he's hurting the team they should cut him

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[QUOTE=jdlea]He said that if they feel like he's hurting the team they should cut him[/QUOTE]

He's daring them to do that. In fact, he may want them to do that so he doesn't have to make the decision for himself.

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[QUOTE=Beemnseven]He's daring them to do that. In fact, he may want them to do that so he doesn't have to make the decision for himself.[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure he's not daring them to do it, but I think you could be right that he might want them to just so he doesn't have to make the decision. And so what if he is? I love how everyone acts like it's an easy decision.

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[QUOTE=jdlea]I'm pretty sure he's not daring them to do it, but I think you could be right that he might want them to just so he doesn't have to make the decision. And so what if he is? I love how everyone acts like it's an easy decision.[/QUOTE]

No, I understand it's not an easy decision. It is a life-altering call he has to make, no one denies that. But the way he's going about it, the pouty attitude, the "I'm going home if you guys don't do it MY way" crap is what irritates me. That, along with his Golden Boy image that somehow allows him to commit to the team only if everything's perfect -- not sticking with his guys through the tough times -- that the media let's their darling get away with without calling him on it.

He's just a man, a football player. Come on, he's not Jesus.

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[quote=Beemnseven]
He's just a man, a football player. Come on, he's not Jesus.[/quote]

No only is he just a man, and just a football player, but he is just not as good as he use to be. I watched him play a game against the Bears last year, and I really questioned his decision making. I am a huge Farve fan, but he was trying to make too much happen on his own and because he is a living legend, his coaches won't stand up to him about it. The Packers would be a better team if he would retire at this point. I say, Go ahead and go with the young Aaron Rodgers and see what you have.

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[QUOTE=Beemnseven]No, I understand it's not an easy decision. It is a life-altering call he has to make, no one denies that. But the way he's going about it, the pouty attitude, the "I'm going home if you guys don't do it MY way" crap is what irritates me. That, along with his Golden Boy image that somehow allows him to commit to the team only if everything's perfect -- not sticking with his guys through the tough times -- that the media let's their darling get away with without calling him on it.

He's just a man, a football player. Come on, he's not Jesus.[/QUOTE]

No one said he was JESUS!! The thing that everyone is misunderstanding is that his time is limited if he does come back. If they're going to suck, there is no reason to come back. Steve Young said it all year last year. He'll only want to come back if he has a chance to win. If he's just gonna come back to lose what's the point? Why keep losing? He's shown that he's committed to that team, they haven't shown a committment to winning.

That D has sucked forever, they never do anything about it. They lowball all the free agents that come through there so they barely ever get any better. They try to build through the draft, I guess, but that hasn't panned out too well. see: Ahmad Carrol, he spends most of the time he's on the field in the toaster.

That team isn't that good. They haven't made a free agent move since Reggie White went there. I don't wanna hear about how Brett Favre is hurting the Packers cause that is false.

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[QUOTE=scowan]No only is he just a man, and just a football player, but he is just not as good as he use to be. I watched him play a game against the Bears last year, and I really questioned his decision making. I am a huge Farve fan, but he was trying to make too much happen on his own and because he is a living legend, his coaches won't stand up to him about it. The Packers would be a better team if he would retire at this point. I say, Go ahead and go with the young Aaron Rodgers and see what you have.[/QUOTE]

I kinda agree with that point, but I don't begrudge a guy for trying to do too much. He did make a lot of bad decisions last year. No one is denying that. However, I don't think they're better off with Rogers. It might be best to see what he can do, but I think if Brett wants to play, you let him play. For the short term, you're better with Brett than you are with Rogers.

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[QUOTE=jdlea]He said that if they feel like he's hurting the team they should cut him[/QUOTE]



Hey man 29 int's is what I call a big hurt. If LaVar was to sign there (which I doubt) GB would have a "prima" on both sides of the ball. What a way to go.

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[quote=jdlea]I kinda agree with that point, but I don't begrudge a guy for trying to do too much. He did make a lot of bad decisions last year. No one is denying that. However, I don't think they're better off with Rogers. It might be best to see what he can do, but I think if Brett wants to play, you let him play. For the short term, you're better with Brett than you are with Rogers.[/quote]

in the short term they'd still be a loser though, so it seems kind of like its a moot point :(

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[QUOTE=Longtimefan]Hey man 29 int's is what I call a big hurt. If LaVar was to sign there (which I doubt) GB would have a "prima" on both sides of the ball. What a way to go.[/QUOTE]

How about the season before that when he threw 30 td's cause he had more than one healthy receiver and a running back people had to respect? I bet he was hurting the team then, too...

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[quote=Beemnseven]How dare you suggest such a notion about Brett "The Second Coming of Christ" Fav-rey.[/quote]

I'm in town to play the Dolphins you dumbass!

I love you Mary, you know I'll always be true to you.

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[QUOTE=jdlea]How about the season before that when he threw 30 td's cause he had more than one healthy receiver and a running back people had to respect? I bet he was hurting the team then, too...[/QUOTE]

Did Favre hurt the team by throwing 1 touchdown and 4 interceptions in the Wild Card game that they lost to the Vikings on January 9, 2005 ?

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[QUOTE=Beemnseven]Did Favre hurt the team by throwing 1 touchdown and 4 interceptions in the Wild Card game that they lost to the Vikings on January 9, 2005 ?[/QUOTE]

I never said the playoff loss wasn't his fault. I don't recall my post including anything about how he played well in the playoffs. And since he hurt the team so bad, who do you recommend they should have started?