Quay Walker got ejected from a must-win Packers game for stupidly shoving a trainer

Quay Walker was having one of the best games of his budding career in Week 18. The Green Bay Packers needed all of it.

The rookie inside linebacker had helped patch a leaky run defense, helping to hold an explosive Detroit Lions offense to only 13 points through three quarters of a game the Packers needed to win in order to qualify for the NFL Playoffs. Then, with one immensely stupid decision, his night was over.

Walker, at the tail end of a play in which Detroit tailback D’Andre Swift was injured and needed assistance, took umbrage to a Lions’ trainer’s attempt to move him out of the way in order to get to the downed back. And that’s when Walker decided to shove a medical staffer who was only trying to do his job.

The play wasn’t just immensely stupid, it also gifted the Lions a free first-and-goal situation at the Green Bay five-yard line. Two plays later, former Packer Jamaal Williams crashed into the end zone for a touchdown that gave the Lions a 20-16 lead and threatened to crush the home team’s playoff hopes.

As expected, fans took to Twitter to absolutely pillory the linebacker responsible for one of the dumbest plays of the year.