Sticking with their boy Pop

[RashanGary]

I know Bretsky...

I said at one point that Popp was very a high level athlete and people said he ran a 4.7 *which is true* so he isn't a good athlete.

DeMeco Ryans and Abdul Hodge run the same speed. The only difference is that Poppinga is bigger and stronger. I guess I always thought stronger guys who ran just as well as the smaller guys where better and more athltic but I must have missed the memo where it said weak is better than strong in football.

[HarveyWallbangers]

There are guys that run 4.7 that can cover, and there are guys that run 4.7 and can't cover. Covering a RB or TE isn't all about your 40 time. It's also about instincts and quickness. A 4.7 for one guy (quick) can be different than another guy (straight line speed).

Jennings, quit with the "professionals" crap. You give your opinion as much as any poster on this board. I respect that the coaches and GM believe Poppinga has more potential, and are being patient with him. However, they aren't always right either. See the fact that Thompson thought Adrian Klemm could be a starting OG, and the fact that Sherman thought Robert Ferguson could be a starting wideout. There are many more examples. I guess the big question is: has his coverage skills cost us any games yet. Not against Chicago or Detroit, but possibly against New Orleans. Maybe he improves, and by the end of the year he's starting to help us win games--not lose them. Then, this decision will have paid off.

[RashanGary]

Yeah,

But I can admit when I'm wrong instead of insisting the coach doesn't knwo what he's talking about.

[mmmdk]

Hodge should start now popp sucks

Well, this isn't a family night game, we play the Eagles monday. Hodge will get his time but coaches believes he's not ready. Besides, Hodge is a MLB and both Barnett & Hawk are better there.

[wist43]

Hodge is, hands down, their best run defender... but, he, like Poppinga, is limited in coverage.

That said, I think Hodge is a natural football player, and if he had a coaching staff that designed game plans to protect him in coverage, he could be a starter...

The Packers coaching staff seems determined to fit square pegs into round holes, however, so some of these situational guys like Hodge and Poppinga are going to continue to be exposed.

[swede]

Hodge is, hands down, their best run defender... but, he, like Poppinga, is limited in coverage.

That said, I think Hodge is a natural football player, and if he had a coaching staff that designed game plans to protect him in coverage, he could be a starter...

The Packers coaching staff seems determined to fit square pegs into round holes, however, so some of these situational guys like Hodge and Poppinga are going to continue to be exposed.

I'm with you, Wist. I don't know if we're right, but I'm with you.

Poppy has the coaches' love, anyway, if not mine. And to Popinga that is what counts.

I think it's ridiculous that Noah Herron gets to play and Brady Popinga gets to play but Abdul Hodge doesn't get a fricking snap.

[Fritz]

"...are going to continue to be exposed."

Whenever I hear a line like that I think of Penthouse or Playboy.

I don't want to see Poppinga, or Hodge, or any of the Packers, exposed.

[MJZiggy]

But I do...

[Tony Oday]

From everything they are saying its Taylor is a better player now but Pop could be good.

Screw it if this is what they are thinking extend Barnett, move him to SLB and start Hodge because Popp is terrible and will continue to be terrible because he is still two years away from the learning curve because all of his setbacks.

[MJZiggy]

Won't Barnett squawk about being moved unless they really overpay him to do it? I've seen his comments on it, and he says it's not his fondest desire.

[Tony Oday]

Won't Barnett squawk about being moved unless they really overpay him to do it? I've seen his comments on it, and he says it's not his fondest desire.

he wants a contract extension and deserves one here because he has played what almost everydown since coming here? he should get one and a nice solid contract with nice guarentees and some attainable bonuses for production.

After that he wont care about moving to SLB and then we can jettison Pop to Texas for a 4th rounder or so