Nick Barnett

[Guiness]

I thought he was playing very well until he got injured last year, and our defense got significantly worse with him out. Seems like it took him a bit to get his legs back under him this year, but he's finally playing to the level he was before the injury.

Better? Possibly that too.

[gbgary]

i never got on the hate wagon for barnett. the three/four seems to have energized everyone's game on D.

[cap360]

the only thing i hate about him is his gay chop celebration

[Scott Campbell]

he is STIL suspect imo...when's the last time he made key play in BIG game?

At about 1:27pm today.

[MJZiggy]

the only thing i hate about him is his gay chop celebration

+1

[Patler]

the only thing i hate about him is his gay chop celebration

+1

Hasn't he given that up in recent weeks?

[pbmax]

the only thing i hate about him is his gay chop celebration

+1

Hasn't he given that up in recent weeks?

He has reconfigured it into a Samurai celebration fit for the Bushido. He has decided to self-reform.

[Airin' Rodgers]

the only thing i hate about him is his gay chop celebration

+1

Hasn't he given that up in recent weeks?

He has reconfigured it into a Samurai celebration fit for the Bushido. He has decided to self-reform.

I thought it was kind of clever. Very unique

[Merlin]

Nice to see someone actually post something positive about Barnett. The guy has done a pretty good job for us his entire career but because he wasn't the new shiny toy in the box, certain people here berated him every opportunity. Wasn't Abdul Hodge supposed to supplant Barnett? Wasn't Barnett always undersized, over pursued, tackled people 5 yards down field, couldn't fight off a guard block? Of course you could say the exact same things about most MLB's in the NFL if you scrutinized only a couple of plays instead of the entire game. Props to Barnett and the chop has to go, it's gay.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Better scheme and DC which has lead to more confidence by the players in their assignments which leads to "playing" vs "thinking" and thus the natural playmaking ability of the defenders is coming out.

[LEWCWA]

the only thing i hate about him is his gay chop celebration

+1

Hasn't he given that up in recent weeks?

He has reconfigured it into a Samurai celebration fit for the Bushido. He has decided to self-reform.

I thought it was kind of clever. Very unique

I too think it is a nice celebration! It is his, isn't over the top and shows a touch of class. I do like the fact, that it seems like he is saving it for good plays this year. In years past you would see it on a 7 yard run!

[get louder at lambeau]

In previous years i always thought that Barnett looked a little undersized for a middle linebacker but this year I've noticed he looks bigger and he's playing stronger, stuffing rb's at the line of scrimmage rather than being dragged an extra yard or two.

He looks 5 lbs bigger to me. All upper body. I'd guess that has something to do with him shedding blocks so much better than in the past. I'd guess that his ACL may have even helped him in a weird way, since he had to focus on upper body in the wieght room because of the gimpy leg.

[MOBB DEEP]

he is STIL suspect imo...when's the last time he made key play in BIG game?

haha u sound like a kid I played in madden the other week.. He kept calling my D suspect and I ended the game with a INT 6... You don't happen to play madden 10 on xbox 360 . Do you?

lol...Im sticking to my guns; we will revist this when he makes a bone-headed play at key moment. I do think he's benefitted from capers arrival and time to heal since surgery, but I jumped off his bandwagon a while back. Im no john madden like some Rats so maybe Im inaccurate in sayn he's a wanabe tough guy. Plus, I aint tough...

VERY gay chop

[MOBB DEEP]

he is STIL suspect imo...when's the last time he made key play in BIG game?

At about 1:27pm today.

BEARS SUCK!

did he play against vikes?

I will admit I probly havnt watched the games as keenly as several posters..

[Freak Out]

As Zool pointed out earlier the dude has some crazy hair......and that always helps.