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Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:46 pm**

Balmer goes AWOL

Balmer missing from practice

Defensive end Kentwan Balmer was AWOL from the afternoon practice. The former first-round pick has the physical tools to be at least a solid NFL starter if not a star. But he has been an underachiever in the NFL and the Redskins are his third team in the last calendar year. He is fighting to make the team as a backup.

He won’t do that if he’s not at practice. Mike Shanahan sounded more mystified than angry when he told us yesterday that he simply didn’t know where Balmer was.

I don’t want to speculate as to why Balmer wasn’t there but it’s safe to say that there are very few good reasons to miss practice without the coaches knowing about it. We will see how this turns out.

Updated at 12:40 p.m.:

Balmer was not present at the 10:40 a.m. walkthrough. His agent did not return a call requesting comment. Stephen Bowen said that he did not know Balmer's whereabouts, saying "it bugs me out a little bit."

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:48 pm**

Not a good way to earn a roster spot if you ask me.

Hope he is OK

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:54 pm**

Has he been doing ok during camp? That could be a big indicator.

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:01 pm**

Hopefully all is well with the guy.

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:03 pm**

Maybe the Ravens would be interested in a no-show named Balmer.

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:41 pm**

AWOL Balmer apparently changed his phone number

When discussing the unexcused absence of defensive end Kentwan Balmer, coach Mike Shanahan said he hopes it’s nothing serious.

It likely isn’t, given that Balmer apparently has changed his phone number.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the number that the team has for Balmer no longer works.

We’ll pass along more details as we get them. For now, it’s looking like Balmer has simply decided to move on, and move out.

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:59 pm**

See ya later, Balmer

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:59 pm**

Weird.

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:36 pm**

@TarikElBashir
Lorenzo Alexander said AWOL Kentwan Balmer "decided to leave" training camp. Balmer did not like his situation, Alexander added.

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:40 pm**

HogsHaven.com‏@HogsHaven

The weird thing about Kentawn Balmer's AWOL from #Redskins training camp?....he did the same thing w/ 49ers in 2010.

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:45 pm**

Jake Russell‏@_JakeRussell

RT @TarikElBashir Kentwan Balmer's agent, Tony Fleming, said he has "no comment at this time" regarding his client's status

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 6:43 pm**

1niksder wrote:
@TarikElBashir
Lorenzo Alexander said AWOL Kentwan Balmer "decided to leave" training camp. Balmer did not like his situation, Alexander added.

Walkabout - should surface within 6 months.

Wiki ~ a rite of passage during which male Australian Aborigines would undergo a journey during adolescence and live in the wilderness for a period as long as six months.

Might find him with Ricky Williams.

DarthMonk

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:12 pm**

Good. I don't want any of those UNC Losers on this team anyways. They're all cheaters, liars and lazy. He fits the mold.

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:23 pm**

To be honest, I didn't even notice he was here!

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:35 pm**

^Perhaps you should have been more attentive... maybe he wouldn't have left.

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:52 pm**

frankcal20 wrote:Good. I don't want any of those UNC Losers on this team anyways. They're all cheaters, liars and lazy. He fits the mold.

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:05 pm**

Mike Shanahan on DL Kentwan Balmer: “I haven’t found anything out yet. If you get a hold of him, let me know…I’m hoping he’s OK, but no we haven’t had any contact with him or his representative.”

Posted: **Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:15 pm**

Red_One43 wrote:
HogsHaven.com‏@HogsHaven

The weird thing about Kentawn Balmer's AWOL from #Redskins training camp?....he did the same thing w/ 49ers in 2010.

They traded him the Seahawks and he played in every game that season.

The Skins can send him a letter, and if he doesn’t return in five days they put him on the season-ending reserve/left camp list, they can cut him, or they can find a trade partner.

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:16 am**

Countertrey wrote:^Perhaps you should have been more attentive... maybe he wouldn't have left.

Oh, so it's MY fault!?!?!?

You sound like my wife!!!

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:21 am**

This is crazy. Who does this?

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:33 am**

^James Davis, RB, did it last year at the Redskins camp.

If you remember running back James Davis also went "missing" at Redskins camp a year ago and was later cut by by the ShannyTurk.

http://www.hogshaven.com/2012/8/2/32160 ... disappears

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:33 am**

Good luck in finding any other job in the NFL ...

... or even any fast food franchise ...

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:00 pm**

Shanahan said still no update on DE Kentwan Balmer.

Posted: **Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:29 pm**

Redskins‏@Redskins

Shanahan: Says he does know missing DE Kentwan Balmer is OK

From 8/11 Presser

Posted: **Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:28 pm**

SouthLondonRedskin wrote:
Countertrey wrote:^Perhaps you should have been more attentive... maybe he wouldn't have left.
Oh, so it's MY fault!?!?!?

You sound like my wife!!!

Ahhh... I got it from her...