Posted by: j 7
Big Walt Retires - 04/29/10 07:25 PM
Walter Jones announced his retirement today. What an awsome player and probably one of the best ever. Boy the Hawks have changed a lot in the past few months. There is only a small handful of players from the superbowl team left on the roster.
Saw that today as well. One hell of a player and one hell of a career for sure.
HUGE man,.......saw him in person a handful of times, and WOW,......he was a big dude.
Posted by: Steelheadman
Re: Big Walt Retires - 04/30/10 12:27 AM
Knee injuries to the big guys have decimated the Seahawks. First it was Marcus Tubbs who had the micro fracture surgery. They said Walt had the surgery on the non-weight bearing part of his knee.
Just watched the movie The Blind Side about Michael Oher a couple of weeks ago and they talk about Walter Jones and how he protected Hasselbeck. I'm really happy the Hawks picked up Okung in the draft to succeed Walt.
Posted by: OceanSun
Re: Big Walt Retires - 04/30/10 02:37 PM
I loved that clip they showed on the news last night where he runs his guy backwards 20 yards into the end-zone. What an awesome player. I loved how he would always hold out till camp was over then come in for the season and kick ass.
Posted by: summerrun
Re: Big Walt Retires - 04/30/10 02:44 PM
The greatest LT ever IMO, so good you never even knew he was on the field which is how an OL should be.
Posted by: STRIKE ZONE
Re: Big Walt Retires - 04/30/10 02:51 PM
He is one of the best,sorry to see him retire but it was time.Hopefully Okung will bring some much needed help to the O-line this year,but is he Walter Jones material?????.We'll see.Would have liked to see him come back as a player coach for a season or two with all the youngsters up front these day's.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE
Posted by: Rocket Red
Re: Big Walt Retires - 04/30/10 02:52 PM
BigWalt had an amazing career. Just a freakish athlete. For a man of that size to be able to move so quickly and powerfully, he was always so fun to watch.
The best thing about him is that even though he was always regarded as a really big deal, he just came to work, did his job, and went home. No fanfair, no showboating, just basically destroying everyone who lined up against him every play.
Cheers Big Walt.
Posted by: Brewer
Re: Big Walt Retires - 04/30/10 07:47 PM
he just came to work, did his job, and went home. No fanfair, no showboating, just basically destroying everyone who lined up against him every play.
generally isn't that what all offensive linemen do.
just my thought...
i liked the point by somebody that he had under 10 holding calls in 180 games. that is a great stat!