Nick Barnett

[swede]

Nick Barnett was is an average linebacker with some speed, a low % of feel for the game. He is actually a better athlete then he is a football player. His instincts for the football never kicked in. Compare him to Desmond Bishop. Bishop is a heck of a football player once he learned and the coaches learned to trust his instincts on the field. AJ Hawk is a bit more like Barnett. Hawk has good instincts but when he fails it is because he doesn't trust those instincts and sticks exactly to the script.

Good stuff, Nutz, but what I really like is your sig. I knew some nuns back at St. Thomas More who lived and dished out by that code.

" Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fuckiing beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.".

[Harlan Huckleby]

He played with a lot of fire OFF the field. On the field not so much.

His last two seasons were funked by injury. Perhaps your memory of events before Obama have gone fuzzy .

Barnett was all over the field two years ago. I remember even his worst enemy (was that Wist or another curmudgeon?), who spent years saying Barnett can't tackle, had to make a humbling public apology.

They don't hand-out contracts with $6M guaranteed to bums.

[HarveyWallbangers]

That was before the switch to a 3-4 defense, right?

[Joemailman]

Barnett is simply someone who is a better 4-3 player than 3-4. He's not a real physical guy. He needs those 4 linemen in front of him to absorb o-linemen so he can run free to the ball. The Packers usually employ only 2. It's just not a good fit.

[Iron Mike]

Well, at least we're spared having to watch that retarded Samurai move for a while.....

[sheepshead]

Buffalo? I thought he would catch on with an NFL team.

I'm here all week.

[TheRaven]

Sad to see him go, as I enjoyed watching him all of these years. However, as stated by others, I think it was the right move. He is getting older, injuries are mounting, and I also believe he is a better 4-3 backer than a 3-4.