forbeskin Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 http://profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm NO NEW DEAL FOR TAYLOR A year ago, the Redskins passed on Miami tight end Kellen Winslow due in part to their history of bad experiences with his agents, Carl and Kevin Poston. Several months before the 2004 draft, the Postons claimed that the 'Skins deftly had removed a $6.5 million roster bonus from the final draft of linebacker LaVar Arrington's contract extension, which for reasons we'll never quite comprehend the agents didn't read. So the 'Skins instead selected Miami safety Sean Taylor with the fifth overall pick. Winslow was drafted by the Browns with the sixth selection. Taylor had hired agent Drew Rosenhaus before the draft, but then oddly fired him in the days thereafter. Taylor then signed with Eugene Mato and Jeff Moorard, who negotiated a contract with the 'Skins before Kellen Winslow had signed his deal with the Browns. But when Winslow's deal ended up being comparable to if not better than Taylor's, Sean sacked Moorad and Mato and returned to Rosenhaus, who since then has been hoping to land Taylor a contract that reflects more favorably Taylor's self-perceived value. Even though Taylor is now staying away from the Redskins' involuntary voluntary workouts in an effort to display his displeasure with his deal, we're hearing that the Redskins simply will not renegotiate the contract. Period. In hindsight, by the way, Taylor ended up doing a lot better than Winslow, since the Postons' failed to drop that huge minimum play-time incentive bonus into years other than 2005, when a broken leg kept Winslow from bagging the money. Regardless of the value of Winslow's deal, Taylor really doesn't have much leverage here, given that he'll only jeopardize his signing bonus if he at some point extends his boycott of involuntary voluntary workouts into the realm of the truly involuntary sessions. LAVAR LOOKING TO GET OUT? Although the cap consequences of a trade or release of linebacker LaVar Arrington would likely force the Redskins to carry only 36 guys on the roster this season, Arrington could be thinking about making a move out of D.C. Last week, Arrington sounded off on the team for the manner in which his knee injury has been handled, suggesting that the organization rushed him back to the field too quickly in 2004, and that the team didn't properly publicize his recent setback, which resulted in arthroscopic surgery. And we've heard that Arrington recently was in Cincinnati visiting with some Bengals players. The Bengals head coach, by the way, is former Redskins defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis. So what does this mean? Likely nothing. But maybe something. Arrington has been with the Redskins since 2000, and he has seen a revolving door of head coaches and a constant steam of unfulfilled expectations. At some point, he's sure to conclude that enough is enough. Even if Arrington would love to leave the 'Skins and rejoin Lewis in the Queen City, the cap simply won't let it happen. Of course, the Redskins should have thought about that before they gave receiver Laveranues Coles a ticket out of town simply because he was unhappy (hey, Laveranues, plenty of people aren't happy with their jobs, but they still drag their asses out of bed every day and go to work). By giving in to Coles, the 'Skins established a potentially dangerous precedent that might cause a guy like Arrington to pout and cry and piss and moan until he gets a ticket out of town, too. Either way, it's bad news for a team whose head coach is trying desperately to put a happy face on a continuously deteriorating situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Money Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 :blahblah: :blahblah: :stfu: and play (period) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonMagicJuan Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 what morons...these guys need to get the shi* beaten out of them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorPickSix Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 hahahahaha if arrington wants to go to the bungles, let him. once he realizes how tougher the AFC is than the NFC he'll want to come back. but this is PFT. Don't buy everything they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkelch Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 pout and cry and piss and moan until he gets a ticket out of town, too remember when TO was a 49'er??? then a Raven?? then an Eagle? I blame TO, he was the first big name to publicly wet his diaper when he didn't like his situation. Now everyone is doing it effin Brunell, err TO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Originally posted by forbeskin http://profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm And we've heard that Arrington recently was in Cincinnati visiting with some Bengals players. The Bengals head coach, by the way, is former Redskins defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis. yeah, arrington just LOVED playing in marvin lewis' disciplined system. i used to defend PFT, and i still will read it just because i like a good rumor in the offseason, but he's been stooping to levels below unsubstantiated rumors lately. first, the way he read into gibbs' quotes to make it say he wouldn't have drafted taylor if he"knew then what he knows now," and now this. an idiot, and let's not even TOUCH his pacman dirty pee rumor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 So what does this mean? Likely nothing. But maybe something. what a way to take a stand! enough with this dirt rag website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalSkins Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Cincy would be the last team LaVar would want to play for. He would probably pick San Diego if he had to leave the skins. He loves Marty for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Stop posting stuff from that website. It's the National Enquirer of the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbeskin Posted April 17, 2005 Author Share Posted April 17, 2005 Originally posted by redman Stop posting stuff from that website. It's the National Enquirer of the NFL. It's better than nothing and as I recall some rumors they actually came through with. So if you don't like it, dont read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Money Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 Originally posted by redman Stop posting stuff from that website. It's the National Enquirer of the NFL. Here's something from today... Our buddy John Tayman is back at it with another hilarious Bang! cartoon on ExtremeSkins.com. Bang is getting pimped by PFT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 Well hell they got something right. Wonders never cease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 Originally posted by forbeskin It's better than nothing and as I recall some rumors they actually came through with. So if you don't like it, dont read it. "It's better than nothing" ain't exactly a Pulitzer nomination. The Enquirer will occasionally scoop a story too. As the saying goes, "Even a blind squirrel will find an acorn every once in a while." And BTW, I don't read it. What I do read, however, are the incessant threads on this board debating the truth of articles written by that rag. It's a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1 Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 The agents in the NFL are suffering from the hangover of Snyder spending in Pre-Gibbs years. Rosenhaus has been promising every disgruntled player a contract re-negotiation...he's got nothing to lose - he gets a new client whether or not a renegotiation happens...and he can always blame the team. As for Taylor, Gibbs has publicly said that stunts like his voluntary workout bouycott have career implications (remember, though, JG said it wasn't a threat.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgunner Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 Arrington finally has stability at the coaching position for years to come. This is what he needs to reach his potential, which he has not done yet. Stay the course and wreak havoc on the field not off. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Adama Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 It's all Brunell's fault! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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