Football Hope John Dorsey goes after Desmond Bishop

ShowtimeSBMVP · 06-11-2013, 08:57 PM

Packers preparing to release Desmond Bishop
Posted by Curtis Crabtree on June 11, 2013, 10:54 PM EDT
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Packers linebacker Desmond Bishop racked up 218 tackles and eight sacks in two years as a starter for Green Bay. Now the Packers and Bishop could be going their separate ways.

According to Jason Wilde of ESPNMilwaukee.com, the Packers intend to release Bishop if they can’t restructure his contract or work out a trade.

Bishop has been with the Packers since 2007 and earned a starting job with the team in 2010. He started 25 games over two seasons and posted a career high 115 tackles in 2011. A hamstring injury last preseason forced him to miss all of last year and Bishop has yet to be able to take part in any of the Packers offseason workouts. He was held out of OTAs and the team’s mandatory mini-camp last week.

Bishop said he is close to 100-percent and was looking to get back on the field soon. That field may no longer reside in Wisconsin.

It appears unlikely that Bishop would accept a contract restructure. Bishop came out and said he had his sights on being the league’s defensive player of the year. Someone with that belief in their ability isn’t going to accept a contract restructure just because of an injury. It addition to reports the Packers were seeking to trade Bishop before the draft, it appears a parting of ways may have been inevitable.

Simply Red · 06-11-2013, 09:04 PM

BoneKrusher · 06-11-2013, 09:06 PM

wow, The Packers are gonna really have a new look defense in '13 with no Woodson and Bishop getting the axe.

Rasputin · 06-11-2013, 09:14 PM

I'm not a big fan of FA acquisitions but I think this would be a good pick up.

We sure could use this guy and he sounds hungry to be the best at his job. Would fit right in with DJ TA & JH.

CoMoChief · 06-11-2013, 10:39 PM

Vonta Leach just got cut too.

Hell why not? bring in another FB.

**RealSNR** · 06-11-2013, 11:57 PM

It's not that we couldn't use an upgrade from Akeem, but not for the price he'd be asking.

The headache it would cause would outweigh the benefit of having that upgrade next to DJ in the middle

CoMoChief · 06-12-2013, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by SNR

It's not that we couldn't use an upgrade from Akeem, but not for the price he'd be asking.

The headache it would cause would outweigh the benefit of having that upgrade next to DJ in the middle

not sure i understand what type of "headache" it would cause.

if the guy is healthy we'd finally have another ILB that is worth a shit.

**bevischief** · 06-12-2013, 06:41 AM

Why not.

**RealSNR** · 06-12-2013, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by CoMoChief

not sure i understand what type of "headache" it would cause.

if the guy is healthy we'd finally have another ILB that is worth a shit.

We want to keep some of these good young players when their contracts expire in 2014 and 2015, yeah?

Why make that more difficult on ourselves by overpaying for an ILB who already has gone through a season-ending injury once before?

A LOT of free agent dough was spent this offseason. I don't think we need any more. It's not like we're acquiring Peyton Manning or anything like that, as good as Bishop is.

BlackHelicopters · 06-12-2013, 07:39 AM

Can he play fullback?

-King- · 06-12-2013, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by SNR

It's not that we couldn't use an upgrade from Akeem, but not for the price he'd be asking.

The headache it would cause would outweigh the benefit of having that upgrade next to DJ in the middle

If Akeem can't hack it, I'd rather just give Nico the shot rather than sign Bishop.

nychief · 06-12-2013, 08:09 AM

"A hamstring injury last preseason forced him to miss all of last year and Bishop has yet to be able to take part in any of the Packers offseason workouts."

That is not a good sign.

BigBeauford · 06-12-2013, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by theelusiveeightrop

Can he play fullback?

Damnit! Too quick for me.

The Poz · 06-12-2013, 08:40 AM

I'm sure Dorsey will give it consideration since he would have been involved in drafting him with the Packers.
The hamstring injury wasn't just a strain, he ruptured it. If Green Bay couldn't find a suitor for him around the draft weekend then maybe that injury is scaring teams away.

DJ's left nut · 06-12-2013, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SNR

We want to keep some of these good young players when their contracts expire in 2014 and 2015, yeah?

Why make that more difficult on ourselves by overpaying for an ILB who already has gone through a season-ending injury once before?

A LOT of free agent dough was spent this offseason. I don't think we need any more. It's not like we're acquiring Peyton Manning or anything like that, as good as Bishop is.

Yeah, but Hali's drops a ton after this year and I don't really expect that we'll keep Albert around after this year either. We're going to have a lot of cap space that clears up.

Besides, what good young players? You're talking about two guys - Berry and Houston. I guess Charles expires around then, but man, you're talking about offering a 2nd contract to a RB...that's a notoriously poor gamble.

I'd absolutely kick the tires. If he's thinking he's Julian Peterson I'd probably walk, but if we can get him for 3 years at market, I think he'd be an outstanding addition to a defense that's really starting to look pretty dangerous.

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