Payday And Respectability » Brats & Beer

May 12, 2006
posted under: Donald Driver, Javon Walker, Packers, Ted Thompson

Everyone, it seems is getting their due. Javon Walker, who was traded away to the Denver Broncos, finally got the “respect” (that’s what the kids are calling it these days) he’s been begging for: A five-year deal worth $40 million. Denver was smart, though, to add a clause to the contract that demands Walker be healthy in order to get his first big bonus check next March. (Oh, and as a parting shot, Walker set the record straight by saying that it wasn’t Brett Favre who soured him on Green Bay, it was Ted Thompson.)

Up in Green Bay, meanwhile, Donald Driver got a little “respect” of his own. The Packers agreed to give their one remaining tried-and-tested starting receiver a two-year contract extension worth about $4 million, even though Driver went on the record as saying he’s happy to be playing in Green Bay, he’s thrilled to be part of the team, he doesn’t want to be traded, and he would never hold out of training camp or anything to force the team to give him more money. How about that?