Nick Barnett calls out team

[SMACKTALKIE]

Packers ILB Nick Barnett sent a message on his Twitter account Tuesday night calling out the team for not upgrading the defensive line.

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playernews.aspx?sport=NFL

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/42304202.html

[Bossman641]

While I don't like Packer players speaking up, what he actually said wasn't too bad. I was worried he called out the players on the DL or something, but basically all he said was that he thought they needed to add another body into the mix.

[Lurker64]

While I don't like Packer players speaking up, what he actually said wasn't too bad. I was worried he called out the players on the DL or something, but basically all he said was that he thought they needed to add another body into the mix.

Yeah, I basically read this as "hey Ted, draft some defensive linemen", which is something I think most of us can agree on.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Does smacktalkie do anything but try to stir the pot? It's not much calling out, when you read the rest of his quotes:

Asked why he felt the team needed help there, Barnett wrote: "I think we need one more solid d-line man I think we have some pretty good options for olb but knowing ted I think he wants to sure it up."

"We have Jenkins on the outside, Pickett on the inside; we'll have Jolly with whatever happens with his situation. But the years that we've been very good on defense, we've had good depth on the defensive line with some good quality. We have some young guys coming up, but it's always good to have that very good depth at d-line."

Does Barnett think Thompson, who was never close to signing free-agent 3-4 ends Chris Canty or Igor Olshansky, has done enough?

"I think he's done some good things by keeping guys on the team," Barnett said. "I think he's going to do some good things in the draft. Ted's style is not to overpay. He kind of does a good job of keeping guys on the team that he likes and in the draft we'll see what happens."

[SMACKTALKIE]

Does smacktalkie do anything but try to stir the pot? It's not much calling out, when you read the rest of his quotes:

Asked why he felt the team needed help there, Barnett wrote: "I think we need one more solid d-line man I think we have some pretty good options for olb but knowing ted I think he wants to sure it up."

"We have Jenkins on the outside, Pickett on the inside; we'll have Jolly with whatever happens with his situation. But the years that we've been very good on defense, we've had good depth on the defensive line with some good quality. We have some young guys coming up, but it's always good to have that very good depth at d-line."

Does Barnett think Thompson, who was never close to signing free-agent 3-4 ends Chris Canty or Igor Olshansky, has done enough?

"I think he's done some good things by keeping guys on the team," Barnett said. "I think he's going to do some good things in the draft. Ted's style is not to overpay. He kind of does a good job of keeping guys on the team that he likes and in the draft we'll see what happens."

Just passing along some info. Read the rotoworld posting and you will find that I did not personally use the term "call out."

I'm trying to start up new topics, with info provided mostly by Wisconsin reporters, to discuss during a usually slow time of year.

I don't know how that is "stirring the pot."

[green_bowl_packer]

I don't see it.

http://twitter.com/nickbarnett

[Rastak]

Does smacktalkie do anything but try to stir the pot? It's not much calling out, when you read the rest of his quotes:

Asked why he felt the team needed help there, Barnett wrote: "I think we need one more solid d-line man I think we have some pretty good options for olb but knowing ted I think he wants to sure it up."

"We have Jenkins on the outside, Pickett on the inside; we'll have Jolly with whatever happens with his situation. But the years that we've been very good on defense, we've had good depth on the defensive line with some good quality. We have some young guys coming up, but it's always good to have that very good depth at d-line."

Does Barnett think Thompson, who was never close to signing free-agent 3-4 ends Chris Canty or Igor Olshansky, has done enough?

"I think he's done some good things by keeping guys on the team," Barnett said. "I think he's going to do some good things in the draft. Ted's style is not to overpay. He kind of does a good job of keeping guys on the team that he likes and in the draft we'll see what happens."

He's kind of the "anti-harv". When I see you post an article, I know for sure it's got nothing negative in it. When he posts something, I can always assume it has a negative somewhere.

[Fritz]

This is really a typical off-season non-story.

Nick Barnett seems to have suggested that the Packers could use another couple of d-linemen.

If you keep 6 or 7 d-linemen on a 3-4 team, and you've got Jenkins, Pickett, Jolly, Harrell, Montgomery and Malone plus a couple of practice guys, then, yeah, you don't really have enough guys at those positions to get through training camp.

So Nick said something obvious, pretty non-controversial as far as I can tell, then added that he was sure Ted would take care of things.

But it's the offseason, so this is pitched as a Packer "calling out" the team.

Yawn.

[cpk1994]

This is really a typical off-season non-story.

Nick Barnett seems to have suggested that the Packers could use another couple of d-linemen.

If you keep 6 or 7 d-linemen on a 3-4 team, and you've got Jenkins, Pickett, Jolly, Harrell, Montgomery and Malone plus a couple of practice guys, then, yeah, you don't really have enough guys at those positions to get through training camp.

So Nick said something obvious, pretty non-controversial as far as I can tell, then added that he was sure Ted would take care of things.

But it's the offseason, so this is pitched as a Packer "calling out" the team.

Yawn.

Then ytou look at whos is reporting it, you see why its pitched that way. Greg Bedard is an ass. But he seems to have picked up on the Urinal-Garbage's anti-TT agenda, so huzzah to him for finding job security.

[Packnut]

Truth

No surprise. Everyone except for Teddy and his mutants know we are weak on the D-line.

[packers04]

"Kevin Greene seems like he's going to be intense LOL imagine him moss together whoa!!!"

from nick barnett on his twitter,
thats pretty funny haha.

he also said he met Capers and has a real good feeling about him. also likes the new strength and conditioning program put in place.

nick barnett is cool. and yes, hes right, we need atleast two more D-Tackles, hopefully within the first 5 rounds of the draft.

[Gunakor]

That's just it. There's still a draft. That's where depth is supposed to come from. If Barnett is fine with the starters - Jolly, Pickett and Jenkins - and his complaint is about the depth on the line, then we are still in good shape. Depth will come via the draft.

[Partial]

LOL, yet everyone would bitch and moan when Favre tried to play GM.

Funny stuff. Barnett was out of line questioning his management publicly in my opinion.

[Gunakor]

LOL, yet everyone would bitch and moan when Favre tried to play GM.

Funny stuff. Barnett was out of line questioning his management publicly in my opinion.

All Barnett did was speak his mind, telling the media what he felt the team needed. Then he said he's confident that his GM felt the same way, and would get it taken care of. He wasn't playing GM at all.

This was not a harsh criticism by any stretch of the imagination. It's a far cry from Favre's "They're taking MY team away from me" attitude. The two situations aren't even comparable IMO.

[DonHutson]

I'm glad I didn't go to journalism school. First amateur bloggers take a big chunk out of their market, and now Twitter seems to have eliminated the need for a middle man whatsoever.