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Walker Says He Doesn't Want To Play For Packers
GREEN BAY Wide receiver Javon Walker says he has no plans to return to Green Bay and would rather retire than return to the Packers.
"If I had to go back there, I'd retire," he said. "I don't have to play."
Walker's new agent, Kennard McGuire of CSMG Sports, has asked general manager Ted Thompson to move the veteran entering his sixth year or pursue a trade. His former agent, Drew Rosenhaus, made similar requests to management.
"I just don't feel like this is the best place for me to be right now," Walker said. "I really have no interest in being in a Green Bay Packers uniform or playing for Green Bay again."
Brett Favre criticized Walker's threat of holding out in 2005, and Walker returned only to tear a knee ligament in the season opening loss to Detroit.
Walker says he will not show up for training camp or come back at all for the final season of his contract regardless of whether Favre decides to retire or return. He said he'll repay the Packers the prorated portion of his signing bonus to leave Green Bay.
"Why should I risk another year of getting beat up playing for a team that I don't want to play for? That's stupid," Walker said.
Walker said he'll be ready for the 2006 season wherever he lands.
"If I'm going to go out and take hits, it's going to be for a team that I love playing for," Walker said. "I'm not going to grandstand. I just want the Packers to give me peace of mind."
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