11/17/2007
Packers Aren't Looking Ahead -- Here's Why
It's been all over in the media this week, how this Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers is a classic "trap" game. The Packers have won four straight since their only loss this season and are coming off their most complete, dominant performance of 2007 to improve to 8-1. The Panthers have lost three straight to fall to 4-5 and have all sorts of injury problems at quarterback. The Packers have a huge two-game road trip looming, beginning with a Thanksgiving visit to Detroit - the second-place team in the NFC North - followed by another Thursday tilt in Dallas - with whom the Packers are tied for the best record in the NFC. So the circumstances clearly exist for the Packers to get caught looking ahead and not focusing on the team they have to face this Sunday at Lambeau Field. [More]
Maturing Barnett
becomes heart of defense
Veteran cornerback Al Harris was a newcomer to the Green Bay Packers in 2003 when he got his first look at the team's rookie first-round pick from Oregon State. Nothing against the Nick Barnett of four years ago, but Harris didn't see then what he sees now. "Every year, he has improved," Harris said Thursday. "Right now, I would say if he is not the best middle linebacker in the game, then I don't know who is. Honestly." Barnett could have become an unrestricted free agent after this season, but the Packers rewarded him in April with a new six-year, $34.975 million contract. In turn, Barnett is rewarding the Packers with the best season of his five-year career. He leads the team with 91 tackles (61 solo), has two interceptions and provides the pulse for a defense that has been a constant in the Packers' ascent to 8-1 as they prepare to face the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. [More] Bush ready for Panthers
Jarrett Bush was wearing two things on Friday that instantly got your attention. One was the two-sizes-too-small, raggedy old Sports Illustrated sweatshirt — the one you used to get for free, along with a football phone, for your paid subscription — he had on for the third consecutive day. The other was a wide smile. With his former team, the Carolina Panthers, coming to town, the Green Bay Packers' No. 3 cornerback has payback on his mind. "There's a little bit, definitely," said Bush, who was claimed by the Packers on waivers before the 2006 season after the Panthers released him on the final cutdown after training camp. "I thought I outperformed some of the players that were there, and they ended up cutting me. So now I have to make them wish they'd have kept me. I'm out to prove a point." [More] On the inside track
Outstanding pass rusher Williams
likely playing his way to big money
If you're the best inside pass rusher for the Green Bay Packers, you're a darn good football player. So good, in fact, that in all probability defensive tackle Corey Williams is playing his final season for the club before he lands a mega-deal deal on the unrestricted free-agent market with another National Football League team. His two position coaches, Robert Nunn and Carl Hairston, showed no hesitation before stating that Williams had rushed the passer better inside than Cullen Jenkins, Johnny Jolly, Ryan Pickett or Colin Cole. "Oh, yeah," Hairston said. "He's a real talented guy. I just hope he keeps playing the way he's been playing." [More]
Published by PackerPundit On Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 5:37 AM.
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