Lavar Gone

[#56fanatic]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I differ from you guys. I'm happy as a pig in sh*t that he is gone. He plays like a chicken with his head cut off. When his knee is healthy and he has speed, he can play like a chicken with his head cut off and still make plays. His speed made up for his tendencies to be out of position.

But if you have balky knees, or if you're starting to age, your speed declines. And all of a sudden playing like the chicken with no head starts to become a liability.

This move should have cleared quite a bit of cap room for us. I will do my best to figure out how much. We're much better off without him. Bravo Gibbs.

You act like he is 35 years old. He is 27!!! not even is his prime. He bulked up because of the knee troubles, he played his ass off the last 5 games, had 12 tackles in two playoff games, int. Its going to be a mistake.

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

You act like he is 35 years old. He is 27!!! not even is his prime. He bulked up because of the knee troubles, he played his ass off the last 5 games, had 12 tackles in two playoff games, int. Its going to be a mistake.

yeah, his game was coming back to him & he was just starting to show some discipline in the system. HIs problem has always been his individuality, on & off the field. He's been a bit self-absorbed & that comes through in his rebellion on the field, freelancing & biting like a gator for every junior varsity play fake that comes his way.
I was thinking at the end of the season & playoffs that he was finally willing to play team ball. Now, he might mature somewhere else at a much lower price.
Oh well, maybe we should consider this the last tie to the era of big Danny signings.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

You act like he is 35 years old. He is 27!!! not even is his prime. He bulked up because of the knee troubles, he played his ass off the last 5 games, had 12 tackles in two playoff games, int. Its going to be a mistake.

But two straight years of knee problems? If I were a gambling man, which I am, I'd put a fair amount of money down that says his knees/legs still won't be right going into next year.

Knee problems don't hang around for 2 years if they're fixable. I think something is chronically wrong with his leg.

[Twilbert07]

Wherever Lavar ends up, I'm sure he'll score at least one defensive TD against the Skins and join the long list of ex-Skins who have hurt us at least once.

But, all in all, the move had to be made.