All Entries in the "Aaron Kampman" Category
Kampman Thanks The Fans
Aaron Kampman has taken out a full page ad in today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Sports section, thanking Packer fans for all their support the last eight years.
Packers Should Move Chillar Outside
Just watching old highlights here at my desk (LORD do I need help) and I came across this one – you remember it, I’m sure. It’s the Week One sack of Jay Cutler by Brandon Chillar that got us all excited to watch Chillar all year. As it turned out, it was just about the [...]
Another Inflexible Coordinator?
Really interesting quote from Aaron Kampman (via Greg Bedard’s Packers Daily Briefing): I love getting after the passer. I have a year’s worth of built up energy to get back out there and get back after the quarterback and I look forward to doing it.I haven’t been in my stance. All off-season last year, they [...]
Kampman Signs With The Jaguars
Godspeed Aaron. It’s good sport around the Packers Blogosphere to say that I ‘hate’ Aaron Kampman. Nothing could be further from the truth. I’ve been a fan from the day he was drafted and watched as more talented players fell by the wayside, while Kampman just worked longer and harder than everyone else. But the [...]
Packers Don’t Want To Be the Bad Guys Again
Here’s a storyline I haven’t seen yet from the Combine, one that I think is fairly obvious but that no ‘legit’ guy is going to write. I guess that’s what I’m for. The Packers don’t want to be the bad guy when it comes to the departure of Aaron Kampman. Not again. Not after being [...]
The Kampman Question
Lots of opinions out there on what the Packers should do now that Aaron Kampman is back from his concussion and Brad Jones has looked competent. (Yes, I believe an “I told you so” is in order…) I think Chris Lempesis has a good take over at Ol’ Bag of Donuts: I have a ton [...]
Kampman Should Sit Out This Weekend
According to Mike McCarthy, Aaron Kampman, he of the Sunday concussion, could practice on Friday in hopes of playing this weekend. Asinine. Read this and then tell me the Packers should even be entertaining the idea of playing Kampman this weekend. It’s absurd. If Kampman takes the field against the Cowboys, I will be deeply [...]
Where The Hell Was Aaron Kampman?
Seriously. Biggest game of the year, matched up against a rookie, finally has his hand on the ground…and nothing. Meanwhile. Clay Matthews, a rookie, going against a much better player, makes all sorts of plays against the run and at least provides a modicum of pressure. Sorry, I don’t get a lot right, but I [...]
Get Kampman\’s Hand On the Ground
If the Packers aren’t going to trade Aaron Kampman, they need to make the most of his services until he signs with Minnesota as a free agent leaves in free agency at the end of the year. Up to this point, 1/4 of the way through the season, Kampman has looked miscast, to put it [...]
Packers Looking At Peppers?
Michael Lombardi lists the Panthers’ Julius Peppers and the Packers as possible partners (how about THAT for some alliteration?) in a trade. We’ve been down this road before, but it does indeed bear watching. The Panthers have yet to win a game and they are paying Peppers a huge some of money on a Franchise Tag deal [...]
Just Sittin\’ Here Killing Cats
Yes, I gave my mea culpa the other night regarding Kampman’s play on Wells’ touchdown run (0:38 mark). I was incorrect, Kampman did indeed keep contain on that play (though he also gave terrible effort after disengaging from the block) I try to hold myself accountable when I make a mistake and yes, I was wrong about [...]
Does Kampman Look Awkward In Coverage…?
Yes, yes he does. Well, after hearing all offseason about Kampman’s ‘awkwardness’ in coverage from everyone from Bedard to Pelissero to Nickel to Demovsky, I could not wait to see Kampman have to turn his hips and run. While we didn’t get a real chance to see that, we did see him slide off into [...]
Exhibit A: Not Having All the Info
Yesterday, I wrote the following: It’s easy to see a 140 character missive and get an image in your head. But it’s impossible to know the ins and the outs of what is going on in practice. We know when they’re running team drills, one on ones, and passing and line drills, but that’s about [...]
Kampman Quietly Having A Good Camp
Not a whole lot of headlines about it, but all accounts seem to indicate that Aaron Kampman is adjusting nicely to his switch to LOLB. You’ve got to like (most of) this from Pelissero: Kampman seemed to be everywhere, beginning when he got off TE Spencer Havner to stuff a reverse in the screens-and-deception period. [...]
Always Room For Improvement
When I did my series on Aaron Rodgers earlier this offseason (1, 2, 3) about what I felt were the biggest things he needed to work on heading into 2009, I caught some grief from some of my fellow bloggers about going after guys who weren’t perceived as ‘part of the problem’. (Indeed, the series [...]
Demovsky Delivers
In my Cutler/Bedard post, frequent commenter ‘Jayme’ complained that my constant jousting with Greg Bedard is getting old. I responded that I would start picking on Demovsky. Why Demovsky, you ask? Because he’s a constant source of material. In his blog post regarding Aaron Kampman finally speaking to reporters, Demovsky gives us the following: …defensive-end-turned-linebacker [...]
One Tweet At A Time
Apparently that’s how we’ll be getting our Kampman updates during OTAs, by none other than fellow linebacker Nick Barnett. I have no doubt many will sieze on this: Still has things to work like everyone else but so far pretty good. I’m sure that this statement will send some into a panic, but Barnett is [...]
Brandt On Kampman
Good blurb here from Andrew Brandt over at National Football Post on the Kampman situation. Money quotes: This is unlike Aaron and reason to sense that things are not all radiant between the Packers and one of their most indispensable players. And: Kampman is in his contract year once again and strangely quiet. He’s someone [...]
Peppers For Kampman?
Brian over at Railbird overheard something juicy on the radio this morning and Tweeted the following: Peppers unhappy with 4-3 in Carolina, Kampman unhappy in 3-4. Trade possible? The Panthers should be so lucky. Look, as much as I’ve seemingly come out against Kampman, he is leagues better as a football player and teammate than [...]
Much Ado About the Wrong Guy
Kampman still won’t talk. First there was this Tweet from Bedard: Aaron Kampman refused to talk again about his switch to OLB. Packers even urged him to talk. There’s a problem there. Big time. Which was followed up by a lengthy blog post. Money quote: The Packers’ seven-year veteran again declined to speak to the [...]
A Word On Criticism
A lot of reaction, both positive and, mostly, negative to my post regarding Kampman. I’m not surprised. What does surpise me is how many people miss the fact that I think Kampman is a hell of a football player. Indeed, he’s one of my favorite players on the Packers’ roster. That doesn’t make him a [...]
Kampman: Not As Good As His Rep
First, I’m going to begin by saying that I’m an Aaron Kampman fan. He’s a great story, a great man, and a great football player. Over the course of his career, and especially after the 2007 season, Kampman has come to be regarded as one of the league’s premire pass rushers. However, he is not [...]
Kampman\’s Silence
Jason Wilde notes that Aaron Kampman’s decision to pull his name from the list of players available to the media over the weekend is a ‘head-scratcher’, since he is one of the most media-friendly players on the team. That may be so, but I don’t think Kampman is not speaking because he’s unhappy. My bet [...]
Fixing the Run Defense
Interesting little nugget here from new Safeties Coach Darren Perry regarding how the Steelers stopped the run back when Perry was playing: When it came down to nut-crunching time and stopping the run, most of the time we were in a 4-3 look. So just because you have 3-4 personnel out there on the field [...]
Look For Kampman At Linebacker
McCarthy pretty much said as much in today’s presser when asked about Kampman playing defensive end in the 3-4: He’s an outside rusher. Who’s to say we’re going to play him at the defensive end position? There’s two types of 3-4. You look at the old two-gap 3-4, and you look at the 3-4 that [...]
A Note About the Buccaneers
Did you realize that Brian Gresie dropped back to pass 67 (!) times against the Bears this past weekend? And he wasn’t sacked once. Kampman and friends have a challenge ahead this week.
Work To Do
Mike McCarthy during yesterday’s presser: We have a lot of work to do. I say it all the time, and I mean it. We’ll correct it with the players tomorrow. It’s important to get it corrected. We don’t ever sweep anything under the rug around here. That will never change, because we feel like we’re [...]
Bigger Problems
Believe it or not, the Packers have bigger problems than Brett Favre heading into 2008. (And boy did it feel good not typing that name even once in that last post…) If you think about it, however the Favre drama plays out, the Packers will have added value to their team that wasn’t there last [...]
Game Key #2 – Kampman vs. McKenzie
Aaron Kampman vs. Kareem McKenzie Giants right tackle Kareem McKenzie did a decent job against the Buccaneers, although he gave up a sack, and really played an excellent game against the Cowboys and their 3-4 defense. But Aaron Kampman is the best end he’ll have faced in the playoffs. Going back and watching the match-up [...]
Welcome Back To Hawaii, Old Man…
Congrats to Brett Favre for being named the starting quarterback for the NFC Pro Bowl roster. Congrats as well to Al Harris for finally, FINALLY, making it as a starter and not an alternate. And as well to Aaron Kampman for a well deserved trip. Not bad for a 5th round throw-in pick, huh? Donald [...]
Jennings & Kampman ESPN interview
Love it. It does not get any better than this. kudos to Packer Backer blog for the ESPN broadband video hookup. More Cheesehead TV videos Friend us on Youtube!
