Are We Going To Talk About This Clinton Portis vs Lavar Arrington Debacle?
by Sugar on Feb 9, 2010 12:31 PM EST
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PrintI love the fire coming out of Lavar. Anyone who saw him play recognizes that fire. Unfortunately for Clinton Portis, Lavar is both hard to ignore and hard to doubt. It is unsettling to think we will be dealing with this all offseason, but I guess now is better than September.
Check out Dan Steinberg's rundown of the ongoing exchange between CP and Arrington.
What (if anything) does this mean for CP? I worry that he is orchestrating his departure, but I can't quite tell if it is intentional or not anymore. He has dropped some serious bombs in the last month and a half. On the one hand, it would be easy to imagine Drew Rosenhaus (I assume he is still Portis' agent?) helping his client make it real hard for a team to keep him with the prospect of one more contract to sign somewhere else. On the other hand, how many legitimately good players (Portis is legitimately good) would want to live in these kinds of piles of horse crap? It borders on lose-lose, which leads me to believe that this in fact unorchestrated and therefore very sad.
As for Lavar, he has clearly found the path to maximizing this series of events. His show is bound to explode now. His popularity will soar. I hate to see that the root of such a positive result for Lavar is based on such a negative public spat with two long-time players.
Part of what has driven all of us so crazy in recent years is the unnecessary drama that has surrounded this team. I really liked Lavar's response to all of this, and the truth of the matter is that he was kind of called out by CP. Given Lavar's history with this team, as well as his job on the radio, it is next to impossible to think he would have let this one slide. The ball is in CP's court now it would seem. My advice would be to quietly approach Lavar through private avenues and get this thing cleaned up fast. I can't see Portis winning over much public opinion at this point and he needs Lavar to calm down a bit.
Jeez...two days into the NFL offseason. You gotta love it.
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Did Lavar
call CP a fairy when he said he wouldn’t disrespect those who had come before them by dressing as one?
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
you know
CP had no right right to call out Lavar like that out of nowhere mind you. also I loved the fire lavar had yesterday.
I think it's simple
Portis wants out. He’ll get a boat load of money if he’s cut(doesn’t have to play). This is Portis’s motivation. Money Money Money
Trade Porti$ for 3 kicking tee's and
Odds for winning next year’s Superb Owl from bodog:
Indianapolis Colts 13-2
San Diego Chargers 8-1
New England Patriots 10-1
New Orleans Saints 10/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 11-1
Dallas Cowboys 12-1
Green Bay Packers 12-1
Minnesota Vikings 12-1
Philadelphia Eagles 16-1
Baltimore Ravens 20-1
New York Giants 20-1
New York Jets 25-1
Tennessee Titans 25-1
Atlanta Falcons 30-1
Cincinnati Bengals 30-1
Arizona Cardinals 35-1
Chicago Bears 35-1
Houston Texans 35-1
Carolina Panthers 40-1
Miami Dolphins 45-1
San Francisco 49ers 45-1
Seattle Seahawks 45-1
Denver Broncos 50-1
Jacksonville Jaguars 50-1
Washington Redskins 50-1
Buffalo Bills 100-1
Cleveland Browns 100-1
Detroit Lions 100-1
Kansas City Chiefs 100-1
Oakland Raiders 100-1
St. Louis Rams 100-1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 100-1
>my face when Patriots not 18-1*
50-1.....Ouch
Down at the bottom again, only the Bucs, Lions, Rams in NFC are lower. Good company we keep. Cowboys, Eagles, and Giants in order are all near the top.
Twenty Bucks
at 50-1…..a grand? Do they tax that?
Gotta love a war between the 2 biggest "me first" blowhards the Redskins have produced in the last 20 years
by BayAreaBullet on Feb 9, 2010 6:19 PM EST via mobile reply actions
CP and Lavar
Lavar was a terrific player who was mis-used by the coaches, and I’m sympathetic to him. But he is not the smartest guy around (and neither is Clinton), and was dead wrong in his money dispute with the Redskins. He also took some shots at CP. I don’t know why CP would speculate about why and how Lavar left here, especially if he doesn’t know the facts, but it seems to me that Lavar way over-reacted. He should have just ignored it, but maybe he has a lot of air time to fill. Clinton ought to call him and try to explain that he wasn’t criticizing him, and could have been wrong on Lavar’s motivations, etc. Much ado about nothing.
Clinton Portis is our Terrell Owens.
He’s like my ex-girlfriend. The game in the bedroom didn’t mean much when she opened her mouth any other time.
Ken, Portis is becoming a cancer
I know your Portis man-love is strong but he is as bad if not worse than TO ever was at this point. He is taking shots at current teammates, past teammates, and past Redskins heros. There is no one he won’t talk shit about. This makes him a pretty bad dude.
How long before he clls Lavar and claims he was taken out of context. He’s aclown and its getting old. He definitely has to go, but the team should be able to cut him and keep some money for conduct detrimental. There has to be something in his contract that allows them to do that. I know they have been starting to these types of things in contracts.
we don't need a locker room cancer
and CP is running on empty anyway to good bye CP – you got your cash now go away.
Portis
said this for the same reason he argued with B Mitch and Riggo. He can’t take criticism. He expects everyone to cowtow to him, and if you don’t, you’re in the wrong. I was as big a Portis supporter as anyone, but I have grown extremely tired of his act.
And, sorry Sug, but
, how many legitimately good players (Portis is legitimately good)
those day are over as well. I would be hard pressed to say that CP is a top 15 back in this league now. As for his “workout regimen”, I’m not even sure if that will help him anymore. He has grown so accustomed to HIS way of doing things, I don’t see him really changing his stripes. It’s like my dog – we always let her out into the backyard to do her duty, and now she has grown so accustomed to it that when we do take her for a walk, she won’t do what she needs to do. It’s like she just can’t crap under pressure.
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