Bishop Season In Danger

[hoosier]

I read someting recently--in JSO I think--about Jamari Lattimore showing signs of life this spring. If Smith can replace Bishop and Lattimore replaces Smith, this may not be as crippling as it sounds.

[Tony Oday]

Eh not a big deal he is out. I think we have very similar talent behind him on the depth chart. I like Bishop but I like our depth too. NOW I would love if he wasnt hurt but we will survive.

[George Cumby]

I'd rather have the team coming together and getting healthier, back-from-suspensions, etc later in the season than clicking on all cylinders early on. Seems backwards, but we know what a hot team can do in the playoffs and it just feels like this season is shaping up to move (hopefully) in that direction.

Really sucks about Bishop. Hamstring surgery sounds tough... =/

+1.

Surgery on a hammy? No bueno. Those take a long time to heal. I'd guess IR for Bish. Nice to have Sam Mills 2.0 in the wings and hungry.

[Gunakor]

All these injuries remind me of the 2 season ago. I like how that ended.

It also reminds me of Taco Wallace, Carlyle Holiday, and Samkon Gado. Didn't like how that ended. I'm a little worried.

[smuggler]

Um, excuse me, but Carlyle Holiday owned and would have been good if not for the cartilage in his knee disintegrating. Also, Gado wasn't terrible.

Taco Wallace, though...

[channtheman]

It also reminds me of Taco Wallace, Carlyle Holiday, and Samkon Gado. Didn't like how that ended. I'm a little worried.

Did you just want to say the name Taco Wallace in one of your posts? Haha. Yeah the injuries suck and Bishop was probably slightly above average, but that's about it. As long as we don't lose our any of our core guys for an extended amount of time (Rodgers, Jennings, Matthews, Raji, etc. type players) I think we will be okay. Just gotta get to the playoffs.

[Gunakor]

Did you just want to say the name Taco Wallace in one of your posts? Haha. Yeah the injuries suck and Bishop was probably slightly above average, but that's about it. As long as we don't lose our any of our core guys for an extended amount of time (Rodgers, Jennings, Matthews, Raji, etc. type players) I think we will be okay. Just gotta get to the playoffs.

Ah, no. The point was to show the toll injuries take. 2010 was an anomaly. We got very lucky that year dealing with a litany of injuries. It's not the way that scenario usually plays out. In the same scenario in 2005 the team was crushed under the weight of so many injuries, which is typically the way that works out in the end. 2 potential starters were lost for a period of time last Thursday, the more important of the two likely for the season, and we haven't even reached the second week of preseason yet. That's reason for concern. "Just gotta get to the playoffs" is a fairly tall order once injuries start to mount.

[Fritz]

I thought with the number of injuries suffered two years ago - it was ridiculous - that the gods had punished the Pack enough for quite some time.

Let's not look for too many rainbows. Bishop was the starter, which means he was the best player available. Now he's gone. And House looked to be the starter, and even if he comes back he's going to be limited. Now Starks, too. This ain't good.

[packrulz]

GREEN BAY – Desmond Bishop’s season might not be over after all.

The Green Bay Packers inside linebacker underwent what coach Mike McCarthy termed a successful surgery with team physician Dr. Pat McKenzie on Friday morning, and the team has yet to rule Bishop out for the season.

“He’s doing well,” McCarthy said, one day after the Packers’ 35-10 loss to the Cleveland Browns at Lambeau Field.

Asked if a determination had been made on Bishop’s status, McCarthy replied: “No final decision has been made on Desmond’s status as far as the season.”

At an NFL owners meeting in May, the competition committee passed a rule change that every club will now have the option to designate a single injured player who was on the roster through Week 1 as a reserve exemption, and that player will be eligible to practice in six weeks after that time and play in a game eight weeks after the designation. Bishop could be eligible for this new rule, if the Packers keep him on the 53-man roster for the Sept. 9 opener.

However, ESPN’s John Clayton reported last week that the NFL has notified teams that it has not yet received approval from the NFL Players Association for rule change.

[Kiwon]

TT's had pretty good luck finding solid rookies and second-tier guys that hold up well surrounded by the other talent on the Packers D. Who knows? Maybe Bishop can be ready to go late in the season. You know that he'll do everything in his power to get back on the field if there's a shot at him playing this year.