The Packers needed to win to get to the playoffs but couldn’t get past the Lions, whose win gave the Seahawks the last playoff birth, so everyone knew that there would be a lot of emotions during the game.
During the Sunday Night game, Packers LB Quay Walker was ejected for pushing a Lions trainer. Video then surfaced of him in the tunnel throwing a fit as he walked to the locker room.
Social media didn’t like it because it looked like he was upset that he got kicked out of the game for something he didn’t do.
Walker has now apologized for the situation, saying he was frustrated knowing he again messed up and was wrong. He also said that he understands he will have to face everything coming his way.
“That is unacceptable,” the Packers coach said, via Pro Football Talk. “I’ve got a much higher standard for our players than to do silly things like that. We’ve got a guy ejected twice. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that in my career. We’ve got to be much more mentally tough.
“Any time our guys commit personal fouls I take that very personally because I think that’s always a reflection of myself and the standards we set for these players. And we’ve got to be better and we’ve got to learn from that because that is unacceptable.”
Walker was previously ejected from a game between the Packers and Buffalo Bills earlier in the season. In that game, Walker shoved a Bills coach on the sidelines in the second quarter.
Walker has put together a great season with the Packers in his rookie year. Coming into the game against the Lions, he recorded 114 tackles with 1.5 sacks, five tackles for a loss, four QB hits and a fumble recovery.
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