Big Score 1 Posted April 27, 2006 Author Share Posted April 27, 2006 I am aware of them, and said the surprise was that it was Driver ... Money disparity + agents + leveredge = strange actions 1440465[/snapback] ESPN commentators specifically said that Driver is only doing this because of a promise by Green Bay to re-do his contract, that is now not being honored! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Just reporting what I heard ESPN's SportsCenter commentators say MikeTice. You can believe it or not. No skin off my nose either way. 1440468[/snapback] you're gonna make mike tice cry. you big internet bully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted April 27, 2006 Author Share Posted April 27, 2006 Packers | Driver disgruntled over team's failure to redo contractThu, 27 Apr 2006 12:47:01 -0700 Michael Smith, of ESPN.com, reports Green Bay Packers WR Donald Driver is mad that the team has not re-done his deal and wants to be traded or released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd1 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 link!!!!??? I heard this on AM 1570 The Score too. God, Sherman really fohked this team up-- McKenzie, Driver, Walker... I'm sure we'll have a SB caliber team with Ferguson, Gardner and Stovall as our WR's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Scorp Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Wow... who is Bret going to throw to?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Don't you guys worry... Favre has a way of getting personally involved in these situations. He'll make everything alright again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 you're gonna make mike tice cry. you big internet bully. 1440473[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Pimp Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Wow... who is Bret going to throw to?? 1440681[/snapback] Same people he threw to last year........the DB's and safeties :ducksforcover: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 GB sucks, we can all agree on that (as a city I mean, the team is obviously one of the best in the league historically speaking). I can't blame players for wanting out of there. I honestly don't know what they do there, there aren't any hot women around Green Bay and there aren't any cool areas of Green Bay. What I really don't get is why Favre has waited until now to say he's coming back. He was waiting to see what kind of team he'd be returning to. He knew Javon wanted out, his O line is still crappy, there weren't all that many signings, and now Driver wants out too. I thought he wanted to see significant upgrades in order for him to return. Makes no sense to me. 1440389[/snapback] Let me get this straight, Driver wants more money and suddenly Vikings homers jump out of their slimy skins trashing the city. I've lived in both Minneaplois and GB and since you spend half your life in Minn. stuck in trafiic I far prefer Titletown. Vikings fans are just pissed they can't have all Packers players on their team. Maybe that way they'd win a Supebowl, but I doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PantherDave Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Same people he threw to last year........the DB's and safeties :ducksforcover: 1440703[/snapback] +1 beat me to it WP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokes Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Same people he threw to last year........the DB's and safeties :ducksforcover: 1440703[/snapback] LOLOLOL nice!!!....Nice!!!! I swear i just choked on my drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted April 27, 2006 Author Share Posted April 27, 2006 Let me get this straight, Driver wants more money....1440721[/snapback] Money is certainly a factor...no doubt Randall. However, from the ESPN commentators comments, it is my understanding this is more about Driver wanting a promise made to him by the Packers organization, to be honored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 (edited) 1440665[/snapback] The last article I have seen by M SmithDOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT DRIVER. But then it may be coming. If the promise was made by Sherman I have to say this happens a lot in business. If so I think his timing is very bad. Edited April 27, 2006 by Randall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted April 27, 2006 Author Share Posted April 27, 2006 If the promise was made by Sherman I have to say this happens a lot in business. If so I think his timing is very bad. 1440765[/snapback] ESPN commentators reported this was a promise made a couple of years ago, so yes, it had to have been made by Sherman. However, in todays NFL, Coaching & Front Office turnover is not unusual. The fact of the matter is, a promise was made by the organization and unfortunately the individual making the promise is irrelevant. Green Bay is simply not the most desirable NFL location, geographically speaking, and with Favre hanging it up after this season, the Pack cannot afford the rep of being an organization that welches on their promises. Especially to a stand up player like Driver. Thompson is between a rock & a hard place here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Well it's a good thing the Pack can fall back on their prime treatment of their WR's..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted April 27, 2006 Author Share Posted April 27, 2006 By TOM SILVERSTEINtsilverstein@journalsentinel.com Posted: Dec. 14, 2005 Behind the scenes, Driver's agent, Jordon Woy, has been engaged in talks with the Packers about the possibility of upgrading Driver's contract. Woy wouldn't divulge much about the discussions he's had with the Packers, but he did acknowledge that the door wasn't slammed in his face. "There have been good conversations about Donald's future," Woy said. As is his policy, general manager Ted Thompson would not comment on whether Driver's contract would be addressed in the off-season. www.jsonline.com - Dec 14th 2005 Hmmm....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 ESPN commentators reported this was a promise made a couple of years ago, so yes, it had to have been made by Sherman. However, in todays NFL, Coaching & Front Office turnover is not unusual. The fact of the matter is, a promise was made by the organization and unfortunately the individual making the promise is irrelevant. Green Bay is simply not the most desirable NFL location, geographically speaking, and with Favre hanging it up after this season, the Pack cannot afford the rep of being an organization that welches on their promises. Especially to a stand up player like Driver. Thompson is between a rock & a hard place here. 1440829[/snapback] If I were him I would address it based on merit, but then I would have done the same with Walker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 ESPN commentators reported this was a promise made a couple of years ago, so yes, it had to have been made by Sherman. However, in todays NFL, Coaching & Front Office turnover is not unusual. The fact of the matter is, a promise was made by the organization and unfortunately the individual making the promise is irrelevant. 1440829[/snapback] True dat. First Thompson fails to give Walker what he's worth after a Pro Bowl season (and a pretty good season prior to that) and now he's reneging on a promise that the organization made to Driver. But for some reason, he just threw $52.7 million at an overrated Charles Woodson. Something tells me that Ted's dumber than a box of rocks. I feel sorry for Packers fans, because it looks like this idiot is going to run the organization into the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 True dat. First Thompson fails to give Walker what he's worth after a Pro Bowl season (and a pretty good season prior to that) and now he's reneging on a promise that the organization made to Driver. But for some reason, he just threw $52.7 million at an overrated Charles Woodson. Something tells me that Ted's dumber than a box of rocks. I feel sorry for Packers fans, because it looks like this idiot is going to run the organization into the ground. 1441072[/snapback] Sure looks that way. Letting Wahle and Rivera go last year and his draft last year was pretty scary. This year he looked cheap until Woodosn and on that he got in and spent too late. I can't say he's dumb, but some of his moves don't look very inspired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Who doesnt want to get out of Green Bay? 1440356[/snapback] Brett Favre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecerwin Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 GB needs to rethink the way they do business if this is true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Driver Refutes Report He's an Unhappy PackerApril 27, 2006 06:53 PM EDT According to sources, Donald Driver is refuting an ESPN report that he, like Javon Walker, is unhappy with his contract and wants to be traded or released. Driver has two years left on a five-year, $11 million extension he signed in 2002. That deal included a four-million dollar signing bonus. Since then, Driver has been the Packers' number-one receiver, and it could be argued that he has outperformed the deal. Driver and his agent were talking to the Packers about his contract last December. Sources close to Driver said Thursday he has no plans to hold out or make any demands of the team to rework his deal. www.wbay.com I'm now hearing rumors that Mike Smith of ESPN who originally "broke" the story, got his info from a source close to Walker. Scuttlebutt is that the Walker camp played Smith for a fool and got media play going against the Pack. Naughty, naughty, naughty Walker camp, if it's true that the leak came from them. But really bad reporting by Smith & ESPN if they didn't first confirm Driver was unhappy by checking with...well checking with Driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 UPDATE: Driver signs 2-year extension . Now the contract runs through 2009 for $17 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 UPDATE: Driver signs 2-year extension . Now the contract runs through 2009 for $17 million. 1463158[/snapback] Well there goes my plan of snagging Fergeson or Chatman in the later rounds but will Driver be cursed as well?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Well there goes my plan of snagging Fergeson or Chatman in the later rounds but will Driver be cursed as well?? 1463200[/snapback] Chatman was cut by GB then signed by CIN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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