Brady Poppinga

[packers11]

Can you talk about most overrated packer ??? JESUS.. what do you see in this guy, he blew every pass he was covering, and was awful in my opinion.... The packers should just stay in nicketl 24/7 or put in taylor for KNOWN running plays....

Thoughts?

[b bulldog]

Awful in coverage but he is basicly a R.

[red]

i wish they would have put taylor in for a little bit.

we might see a change for next week

[b bulldog]

I agree, he couldn't have done any worse.

[Partial]

There is no way Taylor doesn't start unless McCarthy is an idiot, but then again who knows.

[ND72]

hate to say i told you so, but.....I TOLD YOU SO!!!!! POOPinga is horrible. just horrible. The Bears staff is seriously the smartest coaching staff in the world...they ran almost all of their plays AT POOPinga, and for the most part, he got rocked. Then they ran play actions back towards him, and he was stuck following the running back...and then the "speedster" got BURNED by Desmond "i am slow" Clark. He's horrible. Put him on the special teams and hope he doesn't something there, cause he whiffed on about 5 special team tackles as well, including the TD return by Hester. POOPinga sure is a stud though...

[potsdam_11]

Brady looked like an average player on a bad defense...

On the brighter side, Sherman's late round drafting prowess is further bolstered, as Hunter Hillenmeyer continues to play well...

[KYPack]

I knew we were in trouble when they said they were starting Pop. He's a good, hustling troop & all, but no way he's an NFL starting linebacker. He can't coever at all and he's not very fast.

He's a good situation substitution guy, a 2 pt stance DE, but he's a couple years from playing LB regularly.

Taylor is a "C"student, but he's not gonna get you the cover problems Pop will. We are hurting at SAM once again.

[VegasPackFan]

I made the observation during the game that the only time I saw Poppinga on the screen was after a Bear player made a catch.

[Bretsky]

I've called Pop the forums most overrated Packer often and don't understand why he's starting.

He lacks instincts and is not near starting caliber at this point.

[mraynrand]

There is no way Taylor doesn't start unless McCarthy is an idiot, but then again who knows.

Reminds one of the calls to put Joey Thomas in after the 'poor showing' by Carroll in last year's opener

[mraynrand]

On the brighter side, Sherman's late round drafting prowess is further bolstered, as Hunter Hillenmeyer continues to play well...

TT's mid-late round picks from last year sure shined, didn't they? In addition to Pops, White, Coston, Montgomery and Hawkins were spectacular.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I was not one of those on the Poppinga bandwagon, but he's played about two quarters since his remarkable recovery from a torn ACL at the end of last year. He covered like Abdul Hodge in this game, but I'll give him a few games before saying he sucks. Like all of the young guys, I want to see improvement throughout the year.

[Scott Campbell]

We are hurting at SAM once again.

Hmmmm. What to do? What to do?

Oooooooooo. Here's an original idea. Let's move Barnett to Sam and try Hodge at Mike.

Feel free to discuss.

[Fosco33]

We are hurting at SAM once again.

Hmmmm. What to do? What to do?

Oooooooooo. Here's an original idea. Let's move Barnett to Sam and try Hodge at Mike.

Feel free to discuss.

I agree, but is this a 'drastic times deserve drastic measures' situation.

Barnett played 'ok' yesterday and who knows if he'll try to play well at SAM (feeling slighted) - my gut feeling is yes - because he wants another solid season before he jettisons away from his nightclub and GB next year. He's got good coverage and can play any LB position.



A better discussion, IMO, is when do you realize, as a coach, when to use Woodson as a WR/PR/KR/Nickle and bring Carrol back as a starter... not to hijack the thread but just something to consider.

I.E., the main problem yesterday wasn't Poppinga but the secondary as a whole.