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02-18-2005, 04:51 PM
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The Redskins signed today(big news)....
Lemar Marshall...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns
Linebacker Marshall re-signs with Redskins
February 18, 2005
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- Linebacker Lemar Marshall, who started 14 games last season after LaVar Arrington's knee surgery, signed a three-year contract Friday worth about $2 million to remain with the Washington Redskins.
Marshall was primarily a special teams player in his first two seasons before he was thrust into the starting lineup last season by Arrington's injury. Marshall finished with a career-high 82 tackles and had 1.5 sacks.
The sudden burst of playing time made it tempting for Marshall to pursue free agency, but he decided not to test the open market.
``It was a comfortable situation for him,'' agent Richard Katz said. ``On a scale of one to 10, he expressed an excess of five in coming back.''
Marshall entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Tampa Bay from Michigan State in 1999. He had stints on the Denver and Philadelphia practice squads before joining the Redskins.
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02-18-2005, 04:54 PM
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Great news! Let's hope this is one of many re-signing's to come to keep our core players here.
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02-18-2005, 04:54 PM
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This is good news and solid depth at OLB if Marcus Washington or Lavar go down.
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02-18-2005, 04:55 PM
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wow. this is great to have a reliable backup linebacker for the long term, who knows the system from first hand experience. And he is pretty cheap.
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02-18-2005, 04:55 PM
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What a bargain. He'll provide great depth at LB.
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02-18-2005, 04:56 PM
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Smart move by Lemar btw. I wasn't sure he'd get what he wanted via FA, and apparently neither did he. Good choice by him, and good choice by the Redskins.
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02-18-2005, 04:57 PM
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Lemar will be good as OLB on third downs when we line Lavar up on the line and let him annhilate the entire opposing offense. Sounds like a good bargain too, good job guys.
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02-18-2005, 05:01 PM
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I'm really glad to hear this. Hopefully, Pierce is next. Smoot and his mouth can hit the bricks.
BTW, did anybofy else notice this paragraph in the article:
"It was a comfortable situation for him," agent Richard Katz said. "On a scale of one to 10, he expressed an excess of five in coming back."
A five? A five?! That's about a half-step below apathy. Are you kidding me? I'm disappointed in Lemar.
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The one disappointment of the off-season housecleaning that brought Allen and Shanahan here is that they didn't part ways with Larry Michael as well. He is a prominent and unavoidable symbol of the horrible way Snyder and Cerrator ran this team in the past. Moving on to a new era of Redskins football, on and off the field, should have meant severing ties with him as well.
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02-18-2005, 05:02 PM
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I'm really glad to hear this. Hopefully, Pierce is next. Smoot and his mouth can hit the bricks.
BTW, did anybofy else notice this paragraph in the article:
"It was a comfortable situation for him," agent Richard Katz said. "On a scale of one to 10, he expressed an excess of five in coming back."
A five? A five?! That's about a half-step below apathy. Are you kidding me? I'm disappointed in Lemar.
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Yeah I thought that was a little odd as well... I don't know why his agent would say that.
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02-18-2005, 05:11 PM
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This is good news to hear, indeed. I think we got Lemar for a very good deal. I like the idea of him in basic pass coverage while we run our blitzes with Arrington & Washington. Redskin fans really could not ask much more than they got last year from Lemar. So far, the brief offseason is off to a pretty good start. Now, let's work on Smoot, Samuels, & Pierce.
HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!!!!
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02-18-2005, 05:15 PM
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it said an excess of five...does that mean like 5.7 or like 7 8ish
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02-18-2005, 05:15 PM
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i hope pierce is next
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02-18-2005, 05:16 PM
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by the way i really thought we were going to lose marshall this offseason the way he played i thought he would get some decent offers
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02-18-2005, 05:17 PM
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one down....still got a few more
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02-18-2005, 05:34 PM
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Good stuff. Let's hope we get Piece done before next wednesday.
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