2005 Question: Who benched Lavar Arrington and Why?

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

So he would never return to football ever based on what happened here, or are you saying that he physically is not able to play anymore. Because i remember after the motorcycle accident, there were people saying he was still going to recover and attempt to comeback to the NFL, and then it just never happened.

After hearing lavar talk about his appearance on pros v joes, he was saying there is no way in the world he could ever play again. he has said repeatedly that he has no cartilage in one of his knees, that he aches all the time, etc.

lavar walked away from the nfl before he couldnt walk at all.

With lavar, when he was in the goat house and finally brought in slowly. i remember one game in a goal line stand, he jumped up and stopped the runningback from going over the top. great play lavar! (i dont think he was supposed to do that thoo). very next game, goal line stand, i think it was against the bucs, lavar tried to leap or shoot the gap again instead of eating up a blocker and allowing the LB behind him to plug the hole and make the tackle. he missed the runningback (alstott?), bocker he was supposed to eat up made the block on the LB who would have been in position to make the tackle had lavar stuck to his responsibility.

i was a lavar fan but it was clear from that play and coach comments afterwards that he freelanced on that play when he had been in the doghouse all year b/c of freelancing and it cost us. if he had done his assignment, that runningback wasnt going to score on that play.

was that a 4th and goal for the game/lead with lil to no time left against the bucs?

of course, lavar didnt like playing/being assigned to mostly DE that year either.