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LaVar Arrington was the second overall pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, selected by the Washington Redskins after a college career at Penn State. He played linebacker for seven seasons in the NFL, also spending time with the New York Giants. Since retiring, Arrington has built a long broadcasting career — he worked Redskins pregame and postgame coverage on Comcast SportsNet starting in 2007, hosted "The LaVar Arrington Show with Chad Dukes" on 106.7 The Fan in Washington, and later joined NFL Network's NFL AM program in 2014. He spent time as a football analyst on FS1's "Speak For Yourself" before teaming up with Brady Quinn and Jonas Knox in September 2021 for "2 Pros and a Cup of Joe," Fox Sports Radio's morning drive show. On the podcast, Arrington regularly makes picks against the spread and offers takes on everything from NFL rosters and divisional races to the Combine and surprise teams.
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Is LaVar Arrington accurate? Across 90 graded calls in 16 articles, LaVar Arrington scores 47.67% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of -7.76, which means their calls were worse than a naive guess on the same claims. That is a limited sample, under thirty graded articles, so treat it with caution.
A limited sample — under 30 graded articles.
100% of their claims were specific enough to check. Most of what they said committed to something.
Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below shows its own arithmetic.
5 of 16 graded articles on this page, newest first — page 2 of 3.
Detroit Lions to beat Baltimore
“I'm gonna money line the Detroit Lions, sticks picks, the lines are gonna win that game out right on the road, outright in Baltimore.”
Miami Dolphins to finish with 4 wins
“I mean, so we're looking at I don't know, man, three. four more. At the most, maybe four more wins.”
Kansas City Chiefs to beat Giants
“what if the Chiefs just come out and obliterate the Giants?... I think they will.”
Baltimore Ravens to beat Dolphins
“You got the Ravens. They gonna win that.”
Denver Broncos to beat Chargers
“the Broncos are headed... Chargers are two and a half point favorites... We don't need to beat around the bush. We go point money line them horses, sticks picks.”
Washington Commanders to beat Raiders
“So they should beat the Raiders, they should beat the Falcons.”
Washington Commanders to beat Bears
“Yeah, I mean, and they should beat the Bears... they should be able to beat them.”
Washington Commanders to beat Falcons
“So they should beat the Raiders, they should beat the Falcons.”
Kansas City Chiefs to beat Eagles
“It's my money line of the week, second one... money line in the Chiefs?”
Dallas Cowboys to beat Giants
“Cowboys will cover.”
New Orleans Saints to beat 49ers
“you have delivered your six picks money line on the Saint... And it's gonna and they're gonna win. Hard to play in New Orleans”
Los Angeles Chargers to beat Chiefs
“I owe money lining the Los Angeles Chargers in this game.”
Buffalo Bills to beat Ravens
“I'm going to money line Buffalo.”
Denver Broncos to beat Titans
“Yeah, I'm taking the Broncos.”
Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Jets
“I think the Steelers will cover, So I'm gonna take the I'm gonna take the Steelers on this one.”
Green Bay Packers to beat Lions
“Yeah, Green bayo cover.”
Cincinnati Bengals to win the division
“I do have Cincinnati a top of the AFC North.”
Los Angeles Chargers to win the division
“I think that the Chargers will be number one and Case will be number two.”
“I got them one, Baltimore two, Pittsburgh rounding it out at three. And yes, the Cleveland Brown's kicking the can at four”
“I have New England at the bottom, all the way at the bottom... the New York Jets won't be far off from them... the runner up are the Fins. Yeah, the Miami Dolphins. I got the mat number two, and that means that Buffalo is going to win the AFC East”
“I got the Texans winning it... I put the Jags at too... But I got Tennessee at three and I got Indy at four.”
Houston Texans to win the division
“So I got the Texans winning it.”
Buffalo Bills to win the division
“that means that Buffalo is going to win the AFC East, and I think it will be by a long shot”
“I think that the Chargers will be number one and Case will be number two... Outside of the lonely number four Las Vegas Raiders”
“I got Philly winning it. I got Washington second... except I have the Giants third, and I have Dallas bringing up the rear”
“In the West, I have Arizona winning the West... I believe Seattle will finish last”
“I have Tampa Bay winning it. I have Atlanta bringing up second. Carolina will add out New Orleans for third, while New Orleans will fit there's fourth.”
“I got Green Bay bringing up second, Detroit falls the third, and the Bears. They will be fourth in the NFC North”
Minnesota Vikings to win the division
“Minnesota will finish number one... I think that they're going to be the one that comes out of the North.”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the division
“In the South, I have Tampa Bay winning it.”
Arizona Cardinals to win the division
“In the West, I have Arizona winning the West.”
Philadelphia Eagles to win the division
“The NFC East, I got Philly winning it.”