Quote Originally Posted by Patler View Post
Per Daugherty:
An NFL source with ties to the Packers told me that in the team’s eyes Sitton had become haughty and uncommunicative. That jibes with a report by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Tom Silverstein that the Packers were unwilling to talk contract extension with Sitton and instead placed left tackle David Bakhtiari and center JC Tretter ahead of him on their contract-extension priority list.

Clearly, Thompson thought a problem was festering in his locker room, and Sitton’s age and bad back left him expendable even coming off a second-team All-Pro season.
That's telling. I had to look up haughty just to be sure since it's not used much.

"Arrogantly superior and disdainful"

That kind of me-first act can't be accepted by team leadership. When one of your team leaders pulls that, it spreads like wildfire. I'm sure they tried to work with him on it. The players may not like the move, but they'll respect the consistent demand for team unity.

Someone speculated that this may have been a strategy to get Sitton more money now rather than risking another year of banging in the trenches on an already beat up body. If it was it worked.