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<blockquote data-quote="IPBprez" data-source="post: 7732" data-attributes="member: 51"><p><span style="color: yellow">I want everyone to add this web site to their listings as to where they can find Packers articles.....</span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/11589289.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercuryn ... 589289.htm</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><strong><span style="color: orange">Favre: leader or stooge?</span></strong></span></p><p>Compiled by John Ryan [Mercury News]</p><p></p><p>Javon Walker held out. --- Brett Favre sounded off. </p><p>Soon the repercussions will set in.</p><p></p><p>But for whom?</p><p></p><p>Favre, in the Green Bay Press-Gazette, blasted his top receiver for skipping mini-camp while demanding a new contract. That hard-line stance from a teammate is raising eyebrows around the league -- as compared with, say, Donovan McNabb, who has stayed out of the fray involving the many Eagles players who want upgrades.</p><p></p><p>``If Javon wants to know what his quarterback thinks, and I would think he might, I'd tell him he's going about this the wrong way,'' Favre said earlier this week.</p><p></p><p>He later added, ``I sure hope the Packers don't give in to him.''</p><p></p><p>The rest of the team is staying as far away from the subject as they stayed from Randy Moss on those playoff touchdown catches. But safety Darren Sharper, who spent nine years in Green Bay before he signed with Minnesota in March, told SI.com that Favre, not Walker, went way over the line. And, Sharper told the Web site, plenty of Packers players feel the same way.</p><p></p><p>``He's never been undervalued -- I mean, he has a $100 million contract -- so how is it his place to say what Javon should be doing?'' Sharper said of Favre.</p><p></p><p>Sharper's also seeing a bit of the Kobe Bryant complex.</p><p></p><p>``You're siding with management,'' he said. ``It makes me wonder, `Who's in your ear? Who's standing behind you telling you what to say?' ''</p><p></p><p><strong>QB without a helmet</strong></p><p></p><p>Football players believe in their invincibility. So that's why, despite the recent injuries suffered by Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr., Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has no plans to change his custom of riding around Pittsburgh without a helmet. (Pennsylvania recently scrapped its law requiring them.)</p><p></p><p>Steelers Coach Bill Cowher lectured his quarterback on the matter.</p><p></p><p><strong>Fine print</strong></p><p></p><p>Roethlisberger's contract doesn't expressly bar him from riding a motorcycle. But Winslow's does, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which is why he might not see any of the $4.4 million remaining in his bonus and might have to repay much of the $6 million he got last year.</p><p></p><p>It's a reminder of last season when, after his knee injury, the news came that Winslow's agents had neglected a contract clause that cost him millions in playing-time incentives. His agents are the Poston brothers.</p><p></p><p>Are Julian Peterson and Charles Woodson following along?</p><p></p><p>===========================================</p><p></p><p><span style="color: yellow">Just so everyone understands... this article is about <em>sensationalism</em> - The normally understood commentary, in the light with which it was originally said BY BRETT FAVRE --- is NOT "blasting" someone... Favre prefaced his comment with some enlightenment which this Reporter is "rushing" to overlook for convenience sake.... Look & sound familiar does it? I would think so!</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IPBprez, post: 7732, member: 51"] [color=yellow]I want everyone to add this web site to their listings as to where they can find Packers articles.....[/color] [url="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/11589289.htm"]http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercuryn ... 589289.htm[/url] [size=7][b][color=orange]Favre: leader or stooge?[/color][/b][/size] Compiled by John Ryan [Mercury News] Javon Walker held out. --- Brett Favre sounded off. Soon the repercussions will set in. But for whom? Favre, in the Green Bay Press-Gazette, blasted his top receiver for skipping mini-camp while demanding a new contract. That hard-line stance from a teammate is raising eyebrows around the league -- as compared with, say, Donovan McNabb, who has stayed out of the fray involving the many Eagles players who want upgrades. ``If Javon wants to know what his quarterback thinks, and I would think he might, I'd tell him he's going about this the wrong way,'' Favre said earlier this week. He later added, ``I sure hope the Packers don't give in to him.'' The rest of the team is staying as far away from the subject as they stayed from Randy Moss on those playoff touchdown catches. But safety Darren Sharper, who spent nine years in Green Bay before he signed with Minnesota in March, told SI.com that Favre, not Walker, went way over the line. And, Sharper told the Web site, plenty of Packers players feel the same way. ``He's never been undervalued -- I mean, he has a $100 million contract -- so how is it his place to say what Javon should be doing?'' Sharper said of Favre. Sharper's also seeing a bit of the Kobe Bryant complex. ``You're siding with management,'' he said. ``It makes me wonder, `Who's in your ear? Who's standing behind you telling you what to say?' '' [b]QB without a helmet[/b] Football players believe in their invincibility. So that's why, despite the recent injuries suffered by Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr., Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has no plans to change his custom of riding around Pittsburgh without a helmet. (Pennsylvania recently scrapped its law requiring them.) Steelers Coach Bill Cowher lectured his quarterback on the matter. [b]Fine print[/b] Roethlisberger's contract doesn't expressly bar him from riding a motorcycle. But Winslow's does, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which is why he might not see any of the $4.4 million remaining in his bonus and might have to repay much of the $6 million he got last year. It's a reminder of last season when, after his knee injury, the news came that Winslow's agents had neglected a contract clause that cost him millions in playing-time incentives. His agents are the Poston brothers. Are Julian Peterson and Charles Woodson following along? =========================================== [color=yellow]Just so everyone understands... this article is about [i]sensationalism[/i] - The normally understood commentary, in the light with which it was originally said BY BRETT FAVRE --- is NOT "blasting" someone... Favre prefaced his comment with some enlightenment which this Reporter is "rushing" to overlook for convenience sake.... Look & sound familiar does it? I would think so![/color] [/QUOTE]
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