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The Washington Redskins and LaVar Arrington have worked out their differences.
One day before their final game of the season, the Redskins signed the star linebacker to an eight-year contract extension Friday that is expected to make him one of the highest paid defensive players in NFL history.
The team did not release financial teams of the deal but the Washington Pot reported it to be worth $60 million, including a $20 million signing bonus.
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"LaVar Arrington is a Redskin through and through," owner Daniel Snyder
said. "His passion for the game, his punishing style and his determination
to win are what make him a great linebacker and a great Redskin. We are happy
he'll be wearing burgundy and gold for a very long time."
The four-year veteran was named to his fourth Pro Bowl last week after leading all NFC linebackers in fan voting for most of the season.
One of the Redskins' two first-round picks in the 2000 draft, Arrington, 25, has registered a career-high 112 tackles this season, along with six sacks, seven forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, 20 passes defensed and 13 quarterback pressures.
As a senior at Penn State in 1999, he won the Chuck Bednarik Award, which is presented to the nation's top defensive player, and the Dick Butkus Award, which goes to the best linebacker.
Arrington was set to earn
a base salary of $6.36 million next season, $10.869 million in 2005 and $12.013
million in 2006.