More "Mr. August" hype

[Fritz]

I want what Greg Betard is smoking.

[vince]

Bedard tweetedt yesterday taht he thinks Barnett lacks fluidity in his hips. This got to Barnett and he made a mockery of him. He also suggested that Matthews is below average in coverage. Now this.

Bedard simply doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to linebacking play apparently.

[retailguy]

Bedard tweetedt yesterday taht he thinks Barnett lacks fluidity in his hips. This got to Barnett and he made a mockery of him. He also suggested that Matthews is below average in coverage. Now this.

Bedard simply doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to linebacking play apparently.

Nothing that a season of "Dancing with the Stars" wouldn't fix! Let's sign Bishop up. Maybe he could take Bedard with him?

[Tony Oday]

My biggest recollection of Bishop was seeing a replay of a huge play the D gave up (I think a screen play) and wondering what the hell was Hawk doing? Then I realized it was Bishop. Thus far, he has proved about as much as Travis Jervey did.

2008 in the Dome AP made Bishop look like a moron.

[gbgary]

I want some of Bishops kool-aid!

it must have some of jolly's codeine in it. i'd avoid it at all costs.

[mission]

this whole "hawk is so much quicker laterally" and all that nonsense is based on some combine numbers a handful of years ago.

he's MUCH stiffer now...

im not saying that bishop is the second coming of ray lewis or anything but to act like bedard is out of his mind (or high off his gord) is pretty far out considering he's at least been at camp and most of us haven't.

heard bishop stuck with finley a couple times and blanketed him. the same guy who's supposedly a safety and lb's nightmare. bishop wants it, he plays with fire and i gotta think enough big plays can make up for the couple times he ends up looking dumb (while coming in cold off the bench mind you).

i dont like his tone with the media (suck it up) but we all know he'd have way more of a chance if we wouldn't have spent a #5 pick on Hawk. letting bishop play that spot essentially says hawk is a bust and greatly diminishes his offseason value if we were to go that route.

as they say: it's strictly business, strictly business.

[Brandon494]

Honestly I'd rather us play Bishop and see what he can do. I think we have already seen the best of what Hawk has to offer (what a waste of a top 5 pick). Bishop might not be as fundamentally sound as Hawk but I guarntee he would make more meaningful plays on defense. We struggled at times at getting pressure on the QB last season, I think Bishop would be an improve over Hawk in that department.

[Brandon494]

On Twitter, Bedard was puffing the possibility of a Chillar-Barnett-Bishop-Matthews linebacking corps

YES YES YES!!!! It wont happen but those four guys are our 4 most talented LBs.

[pack4to84]

I was at practice today and I noticed that Hawk didn't get many plays. They used 52-55-56-54 on many of there sets. Nickel package was
---90---77---
52-55-56-54
38-21-42-36-24
or
--90---77--
52-55-56-54
38-21-42-36-22

[Tony Oday]

Honestly I'd rather us play Bishop and see what he can do. I think we have already seen the best of what Hawk has to offer (what a waste of a top 5 pick). Bishop might not be as fundamentally sound as Hawk but I guarntee he would make more meaningful plays on defense. We struggled at times at getting pressure on the QB last season, I think Bishop would be an improve over Hawk in that department.

Bishop will be in a shit load of highlight films....for the other teams.

[Tony Oday]

Hawk did have 2 INTs last year, second on the team in tackles, second on the team in solo tackles. What does the guy have to do? If he played OLB and added 5 sacks would that be worth it? I am all about getting rid of mediocre players but I see Hawk as a SOLID pro that plays great on down one and two. I think he needs to keep making steps and play with a little more abandon but not at the risk of giving up the big play.

[pbmax]

heard bishop stuck with finley a couple times and blanketed him. the same guy who's supposedly a safety and lb's nightmare. bishop wants it, he plays with fire and i gotta think enough big plays can make up for the couple times he ends up looking dumb (while coming in cold off the bench mind you).

A good point. But we do have some game tape of Bishop blowing coverage, so its not like we are Kipering this.

If your note about Bishop in coverage on Finley is true, then that could change things entirely. However, if he really blanketed Finley, I would expect bells to be ringing everywhere and video.

If he was simply getting better, that would be welcome news for the unit. And I still am not sure Chillar is linked to this move. I am very suspicious about him setting the edge in the run game. Especially since in nickel he has been exposed not covering the backside.

Mission, do you have a link to the Bishop pass coverage coverage?

[Brandon494]

Hawk did have 2 INTs last year, second on the team in tackles, second on the team in solo tackles. What does the guy have to do? If he played OLB and added 5 sacks would that be worth it? I am all about getting rid of mediocre players but I see Hawk as a SOLID pro that plays great on down one and two. I think he needs to keep making steps and play with a little more abandon but not at the risk of giving up the big play.

Slow and steady doesn't cut it for a top 5 pick. Hes a overpaid 2 down LB at best. I don't understand how this guy gets a pass for whatever reason.

[sharpe1027]

Hawk did have 2 INTs last year, second on the team in tackles, second on the team in solo tackles. What does the guy have to do? If he played OLB and added 5 sacks would that be worth it? I am all about getting rid of mediocre players but I see Hawk as a SOLID pro that plays great on down one and two. I think he needs to keep making steps and play with a little more abandon but not at the risk of giving up the big play.

Slow and steady doesn't cut it for a top 5 pick. Hes a overpaid 2 down LB at best. I don't understand how this guy gets a pass for whatever reason.

Why should Bishop be given a pass because he wasn't a top 5 pick? Either he is better or he is not.

[Tony Oday]

Hawk did have 2 INTs last year, second on the team in tackles, second on the team in solo tackles. What does the guy have to do? If he played OLB and added 5 sacks would that be worth it? I am all about getting rid of mediocre players but I see Hawk as a SOLID pro that plays great on down one and two. I think he needs to keep making steps and play with a little more abandon but not at the risk of giving up the big play.

Slow and steady doesn't cut it for a top 5 pick. Hes a overpaid 2 down LB at best. I don't understand how this guy gets a pass for whatever reason.

He gets a pass IMO for the following:

1. assignment true
2. our defense is predicated on stopping the run..he does that
3. He is Packer People
4. he is a team defender