"The Whiner" is Happy...for Now

As everyone now knows, former Packer -- and isn't that nice to say? -- Javon "The Whiner" Walker got his wish for a trade. Packers' GM Ted Thompson granted his wish, and the Pack wound up parlaying one second round draft pick from Denver into a total of five picks overall. In turn, "The Whiner" was able to negotiate a five-year extension to his contract, which goes into effect in 2007, for $40 million.

So, all things considered, "The Whiner" is still playing this season for exactly what he would have been paid in Green Bay. Okaaaaaayyyy...

But, hey, he's out of GB which is what he wanted. No one was exactly clear -- especially after listening to his rambling replies in an interview with ESPN's marginal interviewer, Michael Smith -- what the problem was. Everyone thought it was Brett's comments last year basically telling him -- rightly -- that he had a contract, play and shut up. But no, "The Whiner" said he'd love to play with Brett again...if they were both on another team. Okaaaaaaayyyy...

Then "The Whiner" says there were fellow teammates -- unnamed -- who were gossiping about him and his situation. Awwwwwwwww. He also wasn't happy that there were several players leaving for fatter paychecks while the Packers wouldn't even talk to him about renegotiating his contract. Riiiiiiiight. Apparently the fact that these other players were FREE AGENTS while he wasn't somehow didn't enter into his understanding this part of the football business. Maybe those Wonderlic tests means something after all.

Finally, "The Whiner" gets around to pointing the finger directly at Packers GM Ted Thompson. In a news conference Wednesday where he was all smiles because of his new deal, he said that when he asked about renegotiating, "It was just a flat-out, disrespectful 'No.'" Awwwwwwwww. Disrespected. Yeah, the fact that there were still two years left on your existing contract didn't figure into it at all. It was just disrespect. Okaaaaaaayyyyy...

Interestingly, in an article in today's online Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel regarding his news conference, "The Whiner" said, "I would play with Favre if he went to another team. The thing I liked about him was he gave me a chance to make plays." Ahhhh...Brett gave you a chance to make plays. And now your QB is going to be...Jake Plummer. Jake has his moments. Unfortunately, there are more bad moments than good. So, somehow "The Whiner" thinks that Jake is going to be able to do the things that Brett does. As in, "give me a chance to make plays." Okaaaaaayyyy....

Good luck, Mr. Walker. Enjoy your boatload of cash which you believed you deserved after one standout, Pro Bowl year. Denver apparently believed that, too. There's a sucker born every minute. When money is your only goal, Mr. Walker, as it obviously is, it won't take long before you're unhappy in Denver too. But, hey, they "respected" you with that contract extension...of course, they also held you to exactly the same contract provisions this season as you would have had in Green Bay as they apparently don't respect your repaired leg enough to kick in all that money quite yet.

Whatever. Whine on, Mr. Walker, whine on.