Walker: Thompson drove me from Green Bay

[Anti-Polar Bear]

After reading the article, all I can say is:

FUCK YOU THOMPSON!!! YOU MOTHERFUCKING GAY GM. WALKER MERELY WANTED TO TALK BUT BECAUSE HE ISNT A GUY YOU DRAFTED YOU SAID FUCK NO! MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU KNOW THAT SHERMAN THE GREAT HAD TO TRADE UP TO GET JWALK, TO UPGRADE a RECIEVER CROP THAT WAS FUCKING PEDESTAL WITH FREEMAN AND SCHROEDER? DO YOU KNOW THAT WALKER WAS THE BEST DAMN WR IN THE FUCKING NFC NORTH NOW THAT MOSS IS GONE. DO YOU KNOW THAT WALKER IS AN ELITE WR?

FUCK YOU, YOU HAVE GONE AND DONE DISMANTLED A TOP 3 OFFENSE. YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH WITH MEDIOCRE; IN LOVE WITH 4-12; IN LOVE WITH TOP 5 DRAFT PICKS; IN LOVE WITH ARTURO FREEMAN. I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY, MOTHERFUCKER. FUCK YOU!!!!!

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Now that ive claimed down, please accept my sincere apology in the event that the above post offended you. I was so mad, after learning that thompson fucked up once again (also with Mike Wahle, Sharper, Rivera, etc remember) i had relieve my anger through here.

[mraynrand]

APB gets his bear.

[jack's smirking revenge]

Just be thankful Walker is no longer the Packer's problem. The real concern is that, although his kind are in the minority of NFL players, they are becoming more common. It's likely this pattern will repeat itself more frequently than we care to see. The real miserable thing about Walker and a lot of other NFL prima donnas is that people keep shoving microphones in their faces. These guys are concrete block stupid - of the 300,000,000 people in the United States, probably about 4 or 5 are less intelligent and intelligible than Javon Wonderlic.

I agree with you mraynrand. My worry isn't so much about Javon, but the pattern than is beginning to emerge. Javon is a talented player. A risk, for sure because of his injuries, but talented. The Packers called his bet and decided to go with fresh legs. But, this isn't the last time we'll see this scenario--contracts requsted to be torn up because of one year of performance. At this rate, every Pro Bowl player can ask for a renegotiation every time they reach that mark.

Javon had ONE good year. Just one. And he was asking for a new contract on the heels of a major injury. I give props to TT for gambling. It may not pay off, but at least he took a stand and the Packers got some decent players out of the deal. Who knows? Two or three years from now we may have a couple Pro Bowl players out of that one Javon Walker deal...

tyler

[BooHoo]

Let's see how Walker does over the next two years before we say he is a super star.

[pbmax]

The details on his contract are that his last year of the rookie deal is left intact. He already had a $1 million roster bonus due in the orig contract, so it is unclear if he gets any new money this year.

He is due an option bonus of $10 mil in 2007 and $5 mil in 2008. It is entirely possible he will never see this money.

There is a salary cap webpage that tracks current figures and I'd be curious to know what the Broncos situation is for next year.

Option and roster bonuses are how the Redskins keep signing fake mega-deals and then miraculously get back under the cap. This might be real money but it could easily be a face saving extension that will never come to pass.

[wist43]

Shanahan isn't going to give up a 2nd round pick, and then watch Walker walk (no pun intended) after one year... If they have to restructure the contract after this year or next, I'm sure they'll get it done.

Walker may not be 100% this year, but his injury is healing well according to reports, and he is a very talented player; so, I expect him to be back among the elite in the league in short period of time... Denver is also an excellent place for him to land - Cutler to Walker could be a potent combo for many years to come.

I think too many of you are allowing emotion to cloud your view of the Walker situation. If you guys want to be bitter about something, you should be bitter that TT all but ran the guy out of town. Walker is a hell of a talent - and now that talent is going to work for another team. It could be a very long time before the Packers land another WR with Walkers talent.

[Rastak]

Shanahan isn't going to give up a 2nd round pick, and then watch Walker walk (no pun intended) after one year...

Probably not but he was willing to completely throw away a 3rd rounder last year on that knucklehead Maurice Clarett.

[jack's smirking revenge]

I think too many of you are allowing emotion to cloud your view of the Walker situation. If you guys want to be bitter about something, you should be bitter that TT all but ran the guy out of town. Walker is a hell of a talent - and now that talent is going to work for another team. It could be a very long time before the Packers land another WR with Walkers talent.

I typically agree with you wist, but I have to disagree here. One Pro Bowl does not a "hell of a talent" make. Didn't Desmond Howard made it to the Pro Bowl once as a Packer? I'll agree that JWalk has potential to be great, but he's far from there after one awesome year.

Who knows? The QB shuffling--between Plummer and Culter--and a focus on the run in Brocoland could make for a frustrating scenario for Walk.

DD has been a solid 1,000 yd receiver year-in and year-out, without the frills and attitude of self-important JWalk. Jennings could easily be the next JWalk--we just have to see him perform on the field. It took JWalk years to live up to his 1st round draft pick potential.

tyler

[GBRulz]

Leaper, you were one of JW's biggest supporters for a new contract in GB. What happened that you changed your mind?

[RashanGary]

Walker was pissed because TT wouldn't pay him up front. Now he's in Denver adn they're not paying him up front either.

I think it boils down to Walker thinking T.T. didn't respect him when really T.T. was doign what all G.M.'s do.

Maybe Sherman told him he would get paid I don't know...Whatever the case, I think it will be better now that Thompson set a good precidnet.

I think Javon is a great talent but the salary cap is the great equalizer and by giving Walker more money, Thompson would have been opening the door for serious trouble. There are more underpaid players than Walker. If we paid them all, we woudln't have anything left over for anyone else.

While I understand losing Walker was a major blow becuase I considered him one of the top 5 WR's in the game, I also recognize the irreparable damage that would haunt GB for years to come had he paid him ahead of schedule.

In the end, a player like Walker or T.O. who think they can force the $$ as opposed to living out their contract are best let go. Sure we woudl be better with him but we would be worse when Driver, Tauscher, Barnett and others came kncokign on the door for an early payday. If we pay all those guys what they are worth do you think we'd have extra $$ for Woodson, Kamp, ect.....In the end it was a major loss but considering teh alternative ti was a pretty cheap price to pay.

On the bright side, only a slight few agents and players aer crazy enough to think they can do this type of thing and it's pretty unlikely that they will try agina with GB. I think everyone saw what happened. While GB lost, Walker did not really win. He's still not getting paid like he wanted and now he probably cost himself quite a bit of money. He might make top 5 salary but with the new higher cap top 5 will look like top 20 in a couple of years. Had Walker stayed in GB and done right he would have made more.

Any player who's self destructive enough to do what Walker just did is probably best off on another team anyway. Talent wise it is a loss but when you weigh out the options it really wasn't much of a choice.

[GBRulz]

and who says the Wonderlich scores don't mean anything??

I applaud the way TT handled the situation. I am happy with a 2nd round pick from it, along with getting the cancer out of the locker room.

[Cobra Kai]

Found TT's response to JW's comment's in an CNNSI article about McKenzie possibly headed to the Texans. Its pretty generic, though I have a feeling he held back a little in what he really thought of JW....


Thompson also said he was aware of recent comments from former Packers wide receiver Javon Walker, whom Thompson traded for a second-round pick in the NFL draft April 29.

"He seems to be happy in Denver," Thompson said. "Wasn't too complimentary of me, though."

Walker told reporters Wednesday he didn't ask to be traded out of Green Bay because of past criticism from Brett Favre. Instead, Walker said his bigger problem was with Thompson, who refused to renegotiate his contract because he had two years left on the deal.

"I said, 'Let's just talk about it,"' Walker said. "It was just a flat-out, disrespectful 'No."'

Thompson said he didn't take Walker's comments personally.

"For whatever reason, it didn't work out here like he wanted it to," Thompson said.

For an NFL general manager, disagreements with players are part of the job.

"Everybody wants everybody to like them. That's just the nature of the beast," Thompson said. "At the same time, situations are going to come up."

[jack's smirking revenge]

Interesting comments Cobra! Welcome to Packer Rats!

tyler

[MJZiggy]

Thanks, Cobra. TT is looking like the bigger man here, unwilling to bash someone who went on the attack.