Green Bay WR Javon Walker’s contract dispute with the franchise resurfaced Thursday when he told ESPN that he doesn’t want to play for the Packers any longer.
“I just don’t feel like this is the best place for me to be right now,” said Walker, whose relationship with the organization remains fractured following the team’s refusal last summer to renegotiate his contract and public criticism at his expense by Favre. “I really have no interest in being in a Green Bay Packers uniform or playing for Green Bay again.”
Walker added, “I just don’t like the way the organization runs itself. They want players to come up there and play hard and work hard, but when it comes time to be compensated, it’s like, ‘We forgot what you’ve done.'”
Walker is the team’s best receiver and is probably the best WR in the division, so this is a big blow to the franchise. When disgruntled players demand a trade, it is rare that the team gets equal value in return. They could have reworked his contract before the knee injury, but other than keeping him happy, they had no incentive to do so.
