Packers To Part Ways With Bishop?

[Joemailman]

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/211135711.html

According to a NFL source, the team will release the inside linebacker if they're unable to restructure his deal or pull off a trade. Bishop is currently set to make $3.464 million this season, part of the four-year, $19 million deal he signed in January 2011.

[George Cumby]

Weird. Is the injury worse than we thought?

[rbaloha1]

Weird. Is the injury worse than we thought?

The Packers are keeping Hawk over Bishop?

Also tells me one of the youngsters stepped it up big time.

[rbaloha1]

Hope DB does not end up with the ViQueens.

[Bretsky]

I think they really like Manning long term.

Wist will like this. When you think....who is the tough guy asskicker on the Packer Defense.......I think Bishop. It's almost like he doesn't belong on Green Bay's Defense.

Therefore they will set him free after drastically overpaying JustaGuyJones

[rbaloha1]

I think they really like Manning long term.

Wist will like this. When you think....who is the tough guy asskicker on the Packer Defense.......I think Bishop. It's almost like he doesn't belong on Green Bay's Defense.

Therefore they will set him free after drastically overpaying JustaGuyJones

Manning has the potential to be another Bishop.

[Patler]

I mentioned this when Bishop's injury occurred. Not too many years ago, a torn hamstring bad enough to end a season before it started, often ended up being career altering if not career ending.

[call_me_ishmael]

This is one of the stranger moves I can recall. Bishop claims he's healthy. Brandon Chillar tore his hammie and ended up retiring a few years back.

[Packers4Glory]

signing brad jones for starter money was not smart.

[denverYooper]

signing brad jones for starter money was not smart.

Or maybe it was, depending on the extent of Bishop's injury. If the injury has a high probability of re-occurring or Bishop's play falls of significantly as a result of it then they are covering themselves a bit at ILB for the year. I see it as at worst a hedge and at best a bet on Jones's continued development at ILB.

I am a Bishop guy and I'm pulling for him, but if the article is true then the injury must be a big concern for the FO. It's possible that the "restructure" they have in mind involves more injury-related protections for the team.

[pbmax]

I think they really like Manning long term.

Wist will like this. When you think....who is the tough guy asskicker on the Packer Defense.......I think Bishop. It's almost like he doesn't belong on Green Bay's Defense.

Therefore they will set him free after drastically overpaying JustaGuyJones

Its not Manning. He hasn't been healthy in pads for the Packers yet. In-season practices are barely padded anymore and they don't hit much even on that one day a week. He didn't get fully healthy until the middle of the season. And he took the offseason to get back to 235 lbs.

This is Jones making Bishop expendable. And no, I can't believe I just wrote that either.

Its either that or injury protection.

[3irty1]

I'd be very disappointed if Bishop's Packer days were over, especially if it was because of injury. Guy has been a thorn in the middle of our defense. Lots of guys are better on paper but Bishop is a guy who gets shit done.

[denverYooper]

Well, twitter is all atwitter this morning about the impending release of Bishop.

Wilde:

Impending release of @Desbishop55 means he'd join Woodson, Jennings, Driver, Crabtree as fan faves who are gone. Which is most frustrating?

Nagler:

Bishop's release reminds me of the release of Al Harris. Fans incredulous, saying it "makes no sense" without any actual information.

[denverYooper]

http://www.espnmilwaukee.com/page.php?page_id=278

Wilde is a second on the source that Bish's time is up.

[Old School]

I'll have to do some serious adjustment to watch the Packer D without Bishop. I thought it was a foregone conclusion he's be a D leader long term. But ..... the FO is operating with a lot more information than any of us. However this ends, we have to assume it was done in the best interests of the team. There's that assume word again.