Oops, Drew Did It Again

With Grady Jackson leaving Brett Favre's agent for Drew Rosenhaus (here) and threatening to hold out (surprise, surprise), the Packers now move to neck-and-neck with the Eagles as the team most pissed off at the noxious agent. (Packers wideout Javon Walker signed on with Rosenhaus in the spring and has subsequently held out.) Rosenhaus has the temerity to call the 340-pound defensive tackle a "premier player" for the Packers' D, a dubious distinction given how awful that team's defense is. As ESPN.com's Len Pasquerelli points out, Jackson--who is a good run-stuffer--has missed five games in each of the last two seasons due to injury, after signing a two-year, $2.3-million contract during the 2003 season.

Jackson's stats from last season are only slightly better than Hollis Thomas', the Birds injury-prone plugger who is also disgruntled about his contract, but who would never be called a "premier player" and came to his senses after threatening not to show up to the team's spring minicamps.

Meanwhile, if you want to find a premier defensive player who is ridiculously underpaid, check out Jeffri Chadiha's latest piece about Ravens safety Ed Reed on Sports Illustrated's site. The best defensive back in the league, if not the best defensive player, Reed's base salary for the upcoming season is $550,000, over $100,000 less than Jackson's. Reed threatens to do nothing but terrorize opposing team's offenses while he waits for a new contract extension: "It would be a shame if I had to hold out to get a new contract. And I don't plan to."

And don't get me started on what Hines Ward makes compared to Terrell Owens ...