More Stuff / Bishop
Green Bay defense has designs on domination
Players believe in personnel, scheme
By BOB McGINN / journalsentinel.com
Posted: Aug. 29, 2007
Nashville, Tenn. - Under the cover of relative anonymity, the members of the Green Bay Packers' defense positively cannot wait for the start of the regular season. Coach Mike McCarthy will complete the exhibition season tonight against the Tennessee Titans with his No. 1 defense having been intact for just five series in four games. Ten days from now, that defense will step from the shadows into what some of its members predict will be the glare of greatness. "Our goal is to be the No. 1 defense in the NFL," defensive tackle Ryan Pickett said earlier in the week. "We think we can do it. Everyone in the room agrees with it. We think we have the talent and we think we have the scheme." More >>
Bishop becomes a big hit
Rookie linebacker shows he belongs
By ROB REISCHEL / Special to Packer Plus
Posted: Aug. 30, 2007
Green Bay - Pity poor Reggie Williams. Really now, he never had a chance. Desmond Bishop? He has more than a fighting chance - just ask Williams. Williams, a wide receiver for Jacksonville, was laid out to dry last Thursday when Jaguars quarterback Byron Leftwich threw his way on a shallow crossing route. Bishop, a rookie linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, was sitting and waiting for the kill shot. What happened next can only be described as violent. Bishop absolutely blew up Williams, causing the receiver to lose his helmet in the process. It was the type of hit that ignites defenses, energizes the crowd and resonates with your coaches. "Great hit. Great hit," Packers defensive coordinator Bob Sanders said. "Those do a lot for a defense." More >>As teams eye waiver wire,
Players will scramble for jobs
By Tom Pelissero / greenbaypressgazette.comThe timeline is condensed, but NFL teams scrutinize potential casualties of the 53-man roster reduction just as urgently as they analyze college prospects in the months before the draft. So by 5 p.m. Saturday, when close to 700 names will have crossed the transactions wire in roughly 24 hours, any player needing an agent’s pitch to get a second look will have a hard time getting one. “If I was one of those (pro personnel) guys,” veteran agent Drew Pittman said Wednesday, “I’d have my office line forward to, ‘If you have a call regarding a player who’s recently been cut, press 1,’ and it goes to oblivion.” More >>
Published by PackerPundit On Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 5:02 AM.
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