Double Down: Oakland Releases Javon Walker, Greg Ellis

Posted: 9th March 2010 by Raider Card Addict in NFL
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Oh, what might have been. Oakland today made the news pretty clear that, when the Raiders had signed Javon Walker for Randy Moss-like money, they were hoping more than predicting good things. Javon, who had decent seasons in Green Bay and Denver before his personal demons unraveled his life, was supposed to be our go-to guy in Oakland. Ronald Curry was playing out the string and Jerry Porter was an afterthought. Javon Walker was in the right place at the right time. Wrong. Besides the episode in Las Vegas and his conflicting problems with the coaches, Al Davis gave Walker a chance that first year. How did he respond? With an injury-filled season, until he was unplugged early, missing out on the Raiders two-game winning streak at the end of the 2008 season. Come the offseason, Walker tried ...

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