Aug 18th 2008 1:25PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Rams, NFC West This is hardly shocking in light of last year’s revelation that Steven Jackson didn’t think Marshall Faulk mentored him sufficiently, but Faulk publicly undressed Jackson on Sporting News radio:
“I am surprised he’s holding out. I don’t know where he’s getting his advice. He’s played four years and he’s played every game once and he’s been hurt three times. I know if I was in the front office, even if it wasn’t Steven, even if it was someone else on another team, it would be hard for me to justify giving them a lot of money, regardless if he was ‘the team’.”There was more, mostly self-serving junk about how Jackson’s trying to follow in his footsteps.

I really hate it when players or former players throw in their two cents about contract holdouts (Brett Favre vs. Javon Walker, ahem), because it shouldn’t be any of their business. Sure, Faulk was asked about the situation and told the truth. He also didn’t have to go after the fact that Jackson has been injured several times. It’s especially hypocritical when you consider that Faulk himself held out once — though not nearly this long — and he did have a few injuries of his own over the years. It’s not like Jackson has missed significant time — out four games last year after playing every game in ‘06.Continue Reading