[CBFF] Bears land veteran defensive tackle Walker

[Jerry Madsen]

What I read this morning is that they restructured Walker's contract,
but they did not extend it.

Jerry


On 7/30/07, Jim Ferolie <ferolie at charter.net> wrote:
> Yeah, I found that, too, after I sent this.
>
> I did something that he wanted to go to Chicago before they traded him but
> he was not given a choice about where to go. IIRC, the policy is to not
> reneogiate with two years left on a rookie contract, not just any contract.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Shannon" <tshanno at gmail.com>
>
> > Well, apparently Buffalo got a 5th round pick.  In terms of his contract,
> > he
> > was holding out for more money on a deal with two years left on it.  I
> > haven't even been able to find out if the Bears even re-negotiated the
> > contract.  I would assume they did but they have a policy of not
> > negotiating
> > with players with two years left on their original deal so it's not a
> > given.
>
>
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