Walker Struggles With Penalties The Tampa Tribune, published 10 November 2003 At first, Kenyatta Walker didn't want to talk. Kind of ironic, since Carolina defensive tackle Kris Jenkins said that's all Walker does. ``He's garbage,'' Jenkins said. ``He talks too much, I mean I really don't attack people, but when you talk that much and you've got to hit somebody's face mask every play because you cannot block fundamentally by yourself, you're supposed to be in the CFL or NFL Europe. You're not even supposed to be in the league.'' Walker thought he had proved he could be a right tackle in this league. The challenge for him is left tackle, his position in his rookie year of 2001. Walker looked challenged filling in for the injured Roman Oben on Sunday, his second start at left tackle in as many games. After Sunday's loss, Walker found it difficult to find words to explain his emotions. He fought to choke back tears. ``We were in the game. We were in the game to win it,'' Walker said. ``It will always be ugly with Carolina.'' It got real ugly at times for Walker. Of the Bucs' nine penalties for 95 yards, Walker contributed three for 41 yards, including two personal foul face mask infractions and an unsportsmanlike-conduct call. A holding penalty against Walker was declined in the third quarter. ``Those are big infractions,'' Coach Jon Gruden said. ``I realize that Kenyatta's playing a new position against an outstanding player, but those penalties certainly were drive killers.'' Facing the league leader in sacks, Panthers defensive end Mike Rucker, Walker struggled in what he called an uncomfortable role. Earlier in the week, offensive line coach Bill Muir said Walker was making progress, but that he was his ``own worst enemy'' at times because he dwelt on bad plays and let them spill over. ``You always tell people to put a bad play behind them, but that's easier said than done,'' right guard Cosey Coleman said. ``Once you've been in that situation, if you've had a bad play, sometimes it sticks with you. Sometimes you hang your head about it because you know you're better than that or you know you can do a better job than that.'' Coleman can empathize with Walker's situation. With injuries on the offensive line, Coleman has switched from left to right guard. ``It's an uncomfortable situation,'' Coleman said. ``Anytime you've got to flip-flop back and forth, it's not easy. But at the same time, it's not impossible.'' It was nearly impossible for Walker to talk after Sunday's game, much less explain what happened. There was one phrase he kept repeating. ``No matter what,'' he said, ``we were in the game.''