Lavar, a DE?

[celts32]

Lavar had to be convinced to play DE on passing downs. Try and make him an everdown DE and he will demand a trade instantly.

[hurrykaine]

Originally Posted by celts32

Lavar had to be convinced to play DE on passing downs. Try and make him an everdown DE and he will demand a trade instantly.

Which is why we also fit him in at linebacker in certain packages. You may have a point - maybe he despices playing DE.

IMHO, the problem he had with Marvin Lewis was that Marv forced/coerced him to play DE without giving him the choice....Williams/Blache/Lindsey don't have the same curt manner as Marv..Lavar said so himself in the beginning of the season..

[joecrisp]

LaVar has softened his stance in regards to playing DE, and was rather contrite about his attitude towards Marvin Lewis when he was the defensive coordinator.

LaVar has matured a bit over the past couple of years, and he sees that embracing the philosophy of his coaches is what's best for both himself and the team. I'd imagine that he will commit himself to doing whatever Gregg Williams asks him to do, and I imagine that Gregg Williams will be very creative with how he uses LaVar. Lemar Marshall's development gives Williams a lot of freedom to do different things with LaVar and keep offenses guessing. I don't think we'll ever see LaVar play exclusively as a DE or a LB in Williams' scheme in the future. He's too versatile for Williams to not take advantage of all his talents.

[sportscurmudgeon]

reesk1:

There cannot be any debate about physical talents. Arrington is significantly superior to Marshall. But aserting that LaVar is all about winning and will sacrifice in order to win is simply not supported by facts.

LaVar was very difficult to coach at Penn State because he frequently decided not to do what his assignment was in order to try to make a spectactular play. Sometimes he did and that is much of what got him his reputation as a "difference maker".

Here in Washington he "feuded" with Marvin Lewis about how he was being used on defense and went whining to Danny Boy about his unhappiness. Problem was that Lewis would not let him "freelance" meaning that he would get fewer chances to be in the SportsCenter highlight plays.

Arrington is a hell of a physical specimen who talks a great game when it comes to team camaraderie. But there's a huge streak of "Me First!" in there too...