Packers linebacker Quay Walker shoved a member of the Lions medical staff in the fourth quarter of Sunday night's pivotal game and was ejected.
Green Bay lost 20-16 and was thrown out of the playoff field, too.
— not highlight heaven (@ABsneurosurgeon) January 9, 2023
As a Detroit medical team member attempted to get to Lions RB D'Andre Swift, he placed his hand on Walker's arm to get past him.
Walker retaliated with a shove to his back. Walker's lack of discipline on Sunday was a sign that this Packers team was never built for the big stage.
LMAO REFS DIDNT EVEN FLAG THIS!!!??
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) January 9, 2023
they threw a flag on another Packer after the play when a Detroit trainer was pushed by a Packer player who was helping Swift from being cold-cocked & injured on this play pic.twitter.com/fNSU04rMUD
The Lions medical staff was tending to Swift after defensive lineman Jarran Reed took a play out of the WWE and used a forearm to the head to knock down Swift.
That part of the play went unpenalized.
Walker's shove was made even worse as it came after a week where there was a spotlight on the important and vital work medical professionals do following Damar Hamlin's incident last Monday night.
Adding more infamy to the shove, Sunday wasn't the first time this season Walker's been ejected for getting into an altercation with a member of the opposing team.
In Green Bay's Week 8 loss to Buffalo, he shoved a member of the Bills staff and was ejected.
The replay of the scene at the Bills sideline that led to the ejection of Quay Walker slowed down even more. pic.twitter.com/Teso3I8bcT
— René Bugner (@RNBWCV) October 31, 2022
For a guy in shoulder pads and a helmet, it's a weak move to attack people who aren't in uniform.
Doing it once is bad enough. That it happened twice should bring about tough conversations in Green Bay as the offseason begins.
Walker was rightly blasted on Twitter for his second reckless act of the season.
Never good to shove medical staff and especially not this week. #QuayWalker penalized and ejected. pic.twitter.com/RKVjuMVVqg
— David J. Chao - ProFootballDoc (@ProFootballDoc) January 9, 2023
This is unbelievable.
— Robert Flores (@RoFlo) January 9, 2023
Quay Walker gets ejected and 95 Devonte Wyatt makes contact as well. (Maybe Wyatt’s was incidental?)
But this is DEFINITELY not the week for this.#gopackgo pic.twitter.com/fEwKyj33h6
Quay Walker with an absolutely inexcusable move here. pic.twitter.com/g1jIcNPRFt
— Alfredo Brown (@ThePretendGM) January 9, 2023
I'm livid about Quay Walker. A medical professional came onto the field to attend to an injured player and Quay Walker shoved him. That cannot ever be tolerated. Suspend him multiple games.
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) January 9, 2023
Walker was drafted 22nd overall in the 2022 NFL Draft. He has a lot of growing to do, and now a long offseason to do it.
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