As promised, here are our pre-training camp grades for the Packers defense:
Desmond Bishop
Packers with Physical Problems on Day 1 of Training Camp – the PUP List
A good number of Packers players (including some surprises) failed their physicals this week and will not be able to particiapte in the first days of training camp. Here is a rundown on what is know about each player so far:
DJ Smith Needs to Tackle His Way into Starting ILB Job
I had a 900-word post drafted about what D.J. Smith has to do to overtake A.J. Hawk as the Packers starting ILB alongside Desmond Bishop, but I scrapped most of it. Why? Because what Smith has to do to win the job is simple. He needs to tackle. If I’m D.J. Smith, I wouldn’t even […]
Green Bay Packers 2012 NFL Draft: The Reasons Behind the Picks Part II
So here is part II of the reasons behind the draft picks (see part I here) Again, I’m not assigning grades to the draft or to the players because I don’t believe you can tell whether or not a player will pan out within the first 30 something days. What I am interested in is […]
Brass Balls and the Packers Defense
If using almost all of his draft picks on defensive players wasn’t enough of a warning, Ted Thompson could re-enact Alec Baldwin’s brass balls speech from Glengarry Glen Ross on the first day of training camp if he feels the Packers defense hasn’t gotten the message. Replace Cadillac with a spot on the roster. Replace steak knives […]