Comments on: Kentwan Balmer goes missing from training camp again

By: peytonsneck18

peytonsneck18 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:46:20 +0000

strangely, when the colts traded a pick to move up and draft tony ugho, the pick the 49ers recieves was used to draft balmer, and neither player ever lived up to expectactions, strange huh, and ugho just quit on the chiefs and now balmer just quit on the redskins,

By: EJ

EJ — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:32:02 +0000

Hopefully he is alright and not in trouble or hurt. It doesn’t make any sense to just miss training camp for no reason.

By: smcgaels1997

smcgaels1997 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:21:23 +0000

McClougan should be fired not only for drafting him, but then trading for him in Seattle..guess the rumors were true he was on the sauce

By: trollhammer20

trollhammer20 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:19:49 +0000

Imagine Underwood and Balmer on the same team.

Dude, where’s my defensive line?

By: 303bengalguy

303bengalguy — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:19:36 +0000

What if something actually happened to him? You guys would feel pretty crappy about some of these comments. No wait, most of you wouldn’t, you’re heartless d-train’s…

Hope he is tending to a family matter or simply just hangin’ out gettin’ high or something, but damn people… don’t rush to judgement.

By: gmsalpha

gmsalpha — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:19:03 +0000

It sounds bad. I was just reading on NFL.com back from when he was missing at 49ers camp and I read the following:

Balmer was razzed by teammates about being a first-round bust, but rather than use it as motivation, he buckled, the teammate said.

“It seemed like he had very low self esteem,” the teammate said. “It was like he just can’t take the joke.”

That sounds like a guy who is probably battling some demons, and no disrespect intended, but I don’t think he’s cut out for life the NFL, sadly. Also, he apparently was a “prominent” figure in the North Carolina academic fraud scandal.

I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think this will end well unless he gets some help for his mental and emotional issues, and quick!

By: randallflagg52

randallflagg52 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:04:21 +0000

This shouldn’t be a surprise. I remember leading up to the 2008 draft many draftniks were questioning this guy’s resolve and mental stability.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:00:08 +0000

Something is clearly wrong with his head to just walk out of two camps. If you don’t want to play anymore, be a real man and just tell the coaches you don’t want to play anymore and “retire”. Going AWOL is the worst thing you can do.

By: illiniftw

illiniftw — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:59:54 +0000

Even if you HATE playing football, where else will you find a job that pays anywhere even close to the minimum players make?? He’ll regret not playing or at least getting the paycheck in a few years

By: farmmbig

farmmbig — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:51:55 +0000

Meybe he’s with Dimitrius Underwood— I think Denny Green and the Vikings are still looking for him too?

By: soia311

soia311 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:48:47 +0000

Who needs a well paying job these days, am I right?

By: trollhammer20

trollhammer20 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:45:03 +0000

As a Seahawks fan, I can recall Balmer being on the roster for 2010, but I can’t recall him ever doing anything. He was just kind of….there.

So, really, even when he was there…he was missing.

By: fdugrad

fdugrad — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:35:23 +0000

Is there NO explanation regarding this pattern of strange behavior over the years, ie: substance abuse, emotional, or social problems, mental health issues, etc? It seems rather strange that an otherwise healthy professional player would simply have frequent episodes of wanderlust. What’s the background Mr. F.?

By: dryzzt23

dryzzt23 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:22:50 +0000

Demetrius Williams (Vikings) anyone? Balmer has the same M.O.

By: sisqsage

sisqsage — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:10:30 +0000

“Undeniable talent” at the defensive end position?
Three previous employers of his – and soon to be a fourth – would seem to disagree.

Can’t-Wan’s been a bust from Day 1.
Being L-A-Z-Y might have something to do with it.
As Singletary once said, “If Kentwan wanted to be here he would be here.”

By: blackqbwhiterb

blackqbwhiterb — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:59:44 +0000

He knows he’s not going to be on the roster in a couple more weeks anyway, so he’s off somewhere, I guess…just hope the kids ok whatever he’s doing

By: Nevis

Nevis — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:53:18 +0000

Reason enough that Mike Nolan and Scot McCloughan should have been fired. Huge wasted pick in 2008.

By: 4evrnyt

4evrnyt — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:52:58 +0000

and no one knows if he has any future in the NFL at all.

Given his history it sounds like he never really did in the first place.

By: hulkhogansays

hulkhogansays — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:44:45 +0000

I don’t want ungrateful people getting paid to wear my favorite team jersey brother.

By: tannethrill

tannethrill — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:40:12 +0000

Fisher would already have the search party out for fear of suicide. Dude is at his boys house avoiding reality. Only real choice he’s making is a grape or vanilla dutch

By: iplaybingowitholdpeopleandwin

iplaybingowitholdpeopleandwin — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:40:09 +0000

Rather than writing the guy off or getting rid of him, someone should do the classy thing and make sure he gets and takes the help he needs.

By: DrunkenBlackmon

DrunkenBlackmon — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:37:21 +0000

The guy obviously doesn’t want to play professional football. Bad on him for making the decision to declare for the draft.

By: karlton2

karlton2 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:37:15 +0000

With what happened with O.J. Murdock, you have to hope someone, somewhere knows where he is.

By: dexterismyhero

dexterismyhero — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:36:56 +0000

Maybe he went to Chik-Fil-A and there is a long line!!!!!!!!

By: dlc618

dlc618 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:36:26 +0000

He and Ricky Williams are in India smoking weed.

By: gsiggins

gsiggins — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:35:07 +0000

“Now the Redskins don’t know where he is, and no one knows if he has any future in the NFL at all.”

SPOILER ALERT: He doesn’t.