Javon Walker vs. James Jones

[Patler]

Walker is 30 years old. He's at that age were health becomes a concern.

Javon is 30 already? Jeez, I thought he was around 28.

According to NFL.com he turns 29 tomorrow, October 14.
He was a bit older coming out of college because he played a couple years of minor league baseball before going to college. But really no different than others who start late or redshirt a couple seasons.

Daryn Colledge, for example turned 25 already last February.

[RashanGary]

Walker is 30 years old. He's at that age were health becomes a concern.

Javon is 30 already? Jeez, I thought he was around 28.

I thought he turned 30 this year, apparently it's 29. Still, the guy is at the end of his prime. One year does make a difference in the NFL though.

[Patler]

Walker is 30 years old. He's at that age were health becomes a concern.

Javon is 30 already? Jeez, I thought he was around 28.

I thought he turned 30 this year, apparently it's 29. Still, the guy is at the end of his prime. One year does make a difference in the NFL though.

Here's another one hard to believe. Walker turns 29 tomorrow. Randy Moss is 30. It seems like Moss has bee around forever.

[GBRulz]

Walker is 30 years old. He's at that age were health becomes a concern.

he's at an age where he will likely start to decline.

He's barely 29 years old! Try telling some of the top WR's in the league who are 29+.... Chad Johnson, Steve Smith, Driver, Moss, Wayne, Harrison, Burress, TO, TJ Whoseyourmomma, etc that they are on the decline!!

Health can be a concern at any age. See our younger guys health vs the older ones.

[RashanGary]

Walker is 30 years old. He's at that age were health becomes a concern.

he's at an age where he will likely start to decline.

He's barely 29 years old! Try telling some of the top WR's in the league who are 29+.... Chad Johnson, Steve Smith, Driver, Moss, Wayne, Harrison, Burress, TO, TJ Whoseyourmomma, etc that they are on the decline!!

Health can be a concern at any age. See our younger guys health vs the older ones.

Guys tend to go down after 30 in the NFL. There are exceptions, but the rule is that it's a young mans game.

[GBRulz]

I wish Brett would hear that comment and kick your ass

[MJZiggy]

Brett IS the exception.

[Bretsky]

Walker is 30 years old. He's at that age were health becomes a concern.

he's at an age where he will likely start to decline.

He's barely 29 years old! Try telling some of the top WR's in the league who are 29+.... Chad Johnson, Steve Smith, Driver, Moss, Wayne, Harrison, Burress, TO, TJ Whoseyourmomma, etc that they are on the decline!!

Health can be a concern at any age. See our younger guys health vs the older ones.

Guys tend to go down after 30 in the NFL. There are exceptions, but the rule is that it's a young mans game.

I wonder if WR tends to be more of an exception to that rule. I know with RB's I've heard this over and over. But there are a lot of WR's who have had success well well into the 30's...aka...Jerry Rice, Marvin Harrison..etc

[Joemailman]

Walker is 30 years old. He's at that age were health becomes a concern.

he's at an age where he will likely start to decline.

He's barely 29 years old! Try telling some of the top WR's in the league who are 29+.... Chad Johnson, Steve Smith, Driver, Moss, Wayne, Harrison, Burress, TO, TJ Whoseyourmomma, etc that they are on the decline!!

Health can be a concern at any age. See our younger guys health vs the older ones.

Guys tend to go down after 30 in the NFL. There are exceptions, but the rule is that it's a young mans game.

I think that is more true of RB's than it is of WR's. WR's just don't take the physical pounding that RB's do.

[the_idle_threat]

Walker is 30 years old. He's at that age were health becomes a concern.

he's at an age where he will likely start to decline.

He's barely 29 years old! Try telling some of the top WR's in the league who are 29+.... Chad Johnson, Steve Smith, Driver, Moss, Wayne, Harrison, Burress, TO, TJ Whoseyourmomma, etc that they are on the decline!!

Health can be a concern at any age. See our younger guys health vs the older ones.

Guys tend to go down after 30 in the NFL. There are exceptions, but the rule is that it's a young mans game.

Although people generally pass their athletic prime after age 29 or so, the degree to which players are effective at what age varies by position, from what I've observed.

The "young man's game" adage is most applicable to positions like corner and running back, where a loss of speed and explosiveness is pretty much deadly to top performance.

Receivers are generally effective beyond age 30---and often to age 35 or so---as long as they still have the skills to get open. Loss of speed and explosiveness can be counteracted by good route running and savvy exploitation of holes in the defense.

[RashanGary]

I see the point with WR's. I wasn't really saying he was done or anything, but I do think that losing him isn't like losing most 4th year studs because of his age.

[RashanGary]

I wish Brett would hear that comment and kick your ass

Haha, I thought about Brett when I said it, acctually. He's been better than I ever expected and I'm not even a Favre hater.

[GrnBay007]

I hope JJ has a really good day VS Washington. I always worry about rookies and confidence after a week like last week and getting benched.

[MJZiggy]

He should be fine. He got back into the game eventually (though it could have been sooner...) and in the post game interview said that it was done and not on his mind.

[Partial]

He should be fine. He got back into the game eventually (though it could have been sooner...) and in the post game interview said that it was done and not on his mind.

Yeah... But who is actually going to say it is still on their mind? Hopefully he comes back in and gets it done. If we can go 3 wide with our TEs, we'll be tough to beat.