Walker given OK to seek trade

[Rastak]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2423722

This should allow him to negotiate an extention with another team and allow a trade to actually happen.

[MJZiggy]

The Saints? We're furthest along in talks with the Saints? Really?

[Pack0514]

Let him play with McKenzie. They would get along great.

[Partial]

I'd take that 34th pick.... or the second

but not the second if we have to give up walker and our first. F that.

[RashanGary]

There are some really nice young players early in the second. We could get Davis/Joseph/Ryans just as an example.

[Partial]

I'd rather completely shore up two positions that are terrible. The O-line and the LBs.

In the first three rounds, they could go Hawk, Joseph, Hodge/Jackson, and Eslinger.

They will get 4 immediate starters right there. That would be awesome.

It's very possible that draft would put them in the playoffs. They left their positions which are of strength as is, and built the depth and turned their shitty positions into those of strength. Sounds like the perfect idea to me.

[Tarlam!]

I don't see Eslinger as a starter, sorry. He's a brittle build. Gimme Wells any day, or the other kids we got.

I hate this news. TT should tell Javon to find a nice seat to view the games from. He doesn't need to hold out, cuase he aint allowed to play.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Eslinger will be a good starter in the right system. I watched him dominate at the college level for 4 years, and I see him being a Ben Hamilton caliber player in a zone blocking scheme. He's undersized, but that's okay for the scheme. He's a good athlete, is perfect for the scheme, and he's a high class individual. You can't have enough Aaron Kampman types on the team. Like Kampman, he's got better skills then he's given credit for.

[Tarlam!]

I have a lot of respect for knowledge Harv, so I'll bow on this, but his slight build worries me a lot and I like Wells' motor.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Denver's starting OC = Tom Nalen - 6'3" 286
Atlanta's starting OC = Todd McClue - 6'1" 286

Eslinger - 6'3" 292

I'm betting that Thompson and the brass would love to get Eslinger at some point in this draft. Chris Chester is a hell of an athlete also, so is Nick Mangold. The top 3 OCs, and a guy like Patrick Ross, fit this scheme. Most of the other OC prospects are plodders.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I think the compensation for the PAckers will be conditional picks in 2007. Although maybe not, if deal is being done this week.

The hold-up might be Walker being able to strike a deal. This is all very complicated, a deal this week is hardly a sure thing.

I think this is a postive development. I hope Walker is not able to work out a deal. Maybe Thompson's willingness to let Walker leave will change his opinion about GB. Time is needed.

[MJZiggy]

HOLD THE PRESSES!!! ESPN 0-for-2 today

Packers | Thompson says trade report not accurate
Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:41:41 -0700

Tom Silverstein, of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, reports Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson said an ESPN report that the Packers have given WR Javon Walker permission to seek a trade is inaccurate. The Packers have given teams permission to visit with Walker, but Thompson said it was just a part of the process of fielding offers from other teams. Asked if the odds were that Walker would be traded, Thompson said, "No. I would not think the odds are in favor of that happening. We're just following up on things. I don't necessarily feel this will end in anything. We're going through the process." Thompson did not say that he wouldn't trade Walker, only that it was unlikely it would happen.

[Joemailman]

TT isn't going to say a trade is likely because he doesn't want it to seem that he is desperate to get rid of Walker. He wants teams to think that if their offer isn't to his liking, he'll just hang on to Walker.

[CyclonePackFan]

A trade for Walker is "unlikely" because it's highly unlikely that any team will be willing to give up a 1st rounder for a WR who's coming of major ACL repair. If someone does offer it, though, you can bet TT will take it.

[MJZiggy]

This isn't about whether a trade is likely...I think TT released this information because he wanted it known that Walker does not have permission to shop himself, keeping TT in charge of the situation. Walker can only go where TT says he can, thereby eliminating the possibility that TT makes a deal and Walker wants to sign with someone else. Or that Walker wants to go and TT doesn't feel like it right now etc.