LaVar Arrington: From Redskin Has-Been to Washington's Biggest Critic

Former Washington Redskin linebacker LaVar Arrington has made his position known across the Washington, DC Metro Area: He hates Dan Snyder and everything to do with him, including the Washington Redskins. 

As the latest DC sports radio celebrity, LaVar hosts his own sports talk radio show on W-JFK 106.7. On his show he constantly trashes the owner and the franchise that made him a household name and multimillionaire. 

Now it doesn't take much to hate Redskins owner Dan Snyder these days, but to be one of the biggest critics of the team that drafted you second overall in the 2000 NFL Draft and paid you millions of dollars for minimal returns throughout your career is ridiculous.

On top of his outright disrespect for a team whose fans once heralded LaVar as the next great Redskin, LaVar seems delusional with regards to his place in Redskins history.

LaVar never lived up to the hype coming out of Penn State; furthermore, other than knocking Troy Aikman into retirement, Arrington spent more time on the sidelines hurt than out of position on the field.

His most humiliating moment as a Redskin came either when (1) his agent failed to read his contract extension prior to signing it for LaVar (which cost LaVar millions) or (2) he was cut by Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs, who basically saw LaVar for what he was—a defensive liability.

I understand why LaVar Arrington thinks he should be angry with the Washington Redskins organization. His anger results from a perceived disrespect the Redskins showed him by letting him pay his way out of Washington in 2006. 

What LaVar needs to realize is he wasn't as great as he thought he was or would be. That's not the Redskins' fault, and more importantly, it isn't the Redskins' fans' fault either. 

My point: Hey LaVar, if you want to be different, then do what other reporters can't, which is provide some insight from a player's perspective as a former Redskin.  Given this is your current approach, you would gain more respect as a media personality by being subjective rather then driven by your personal issues with Redskins' management. 

What Redskin fans don't want is some disgruntled former employee who hates the organization and teams up with some worthless disc jockey to remind us all of the injustice he received from Washington—along with the million-dollar checks.