All Entries in the "Brady Poppinga" Category
Packers To Release Poppinga, Harrell
Linebacker Brady Poppinga and defensive lineman Justin Harrell have been informed they’ll be released by the Green Bay Packers.
Neal and Poppinga Done For the Year
Mike Neal and Brady Poppinga will need season-ending surgery. Neal’s injury leaves the defensive line in crisis.
Neal, Poppinga, Most Likely Done for the Season
Two more members of the defense could be headed to injured reserve.
Poppinga A Quiet Surprise
While much attention has been paid to the move of Brandon Chillar to the outside, Brady Poppinga has quietly had an excellent camp.
Poppinga Undeterred With Chillar At Outside Linebacker
With Brandon Chillar practicing with the first-string defense at outside linebacker the past two days, Brady Poppinga has been relegated to playing second fiddle.
Poppinga Attacks the English Language
Jason Wilde’s story on the competition between Brad Jones and Brady Poppinga is not to be missed.
Why Are The Packers Screwing Around W/Poppinga?
Playing Brady Poppinga ahead of Brad Jones makes little to no sense.
Poppinga Back In The Mix. Why?
It’s become very apparent over the course of the last couple of weeks that the Packers are planning on mixing in Brady Poppinga at the left outside linebacker position. Good God WHY? Now, I know Brad Jones needs to hit the weight room in the offseason. He’s a bit slight still for the NFL. But the guy [...]
Poppinga Needs To Go
Seriously. Let me get this straight – TWO, not one, but TWO fights had ALREADY broken out and Brady Poppinga thought it was a good idea to decleate an unprotected Kregg Lumpkin? I understand the ‘heat of the moment’ and all that, but in a practice against your own teammates that is just stupid and [...]
If Poppinga Is Cut…
…it won’t be because of his salary. I know many fans (and Bloggers) were critical of Poppinga’s extension last offseason. I understood it from a rewarding a good-locker-room-guy standpoint, not to mention I (mistakenly) thought Poppinga was improving at the end of 2007 and would continue to do so in 2008. Unfortunately, Brady seemed to [...]
The Linebackers Are A Mess
Heading into this season, pretty much everyone from the Packer coaches to the media to the fans were in agreement that the linebacking corps for the Green Bay Packers would be the strength of thier defense in 2008. Fast forward to the present and you find a unit in shambles, somewhat due to injury but [...]
4-4 Makes An Apperance
Great post by Brian over at Railbird regarding the use of the 4-4 formation on the play where Matt Forte was stuffed on a 3rd and 1 this past Sunday against the Bears. (I’ll admit; I was shocked they got the stop.) Per Brian: The defense used a 4-4 front including Desmond Bishop and Brady [...]
Sanders\’ Blitzing Problem
Looking at the game again last night, I confirmed something (in my mind, at least) that I had suspected after the Atlanta game. Bob Sanders can’t design a quality defensive back pressure package. He CAN design a quality linebacker dog/blitz but doesn’t have any quality pass rushers at the linebacking position. The worst offender is [...]
Poppinga\’s Deal
The Packer’s announced today that they have given Brady Poppinga a four year contract extension, including a $4.3 million signing bonus. This is great for both Poppinga and the Packers. Even with the signing of Brandon Chillar this offseason, I expected Poppinga to win the starting strong side linebacker job, and it would seem the [...]
The Good and the Bad (Waiting On Ugly…)
It’s been awhile, but here in the depths of the worst, most boring part of the NFL offseason is my official ‘Good, Bad and Ugly’ – without the Ugly – from the latest Packer mini-camp report. (Yes, I am now reduced to observing and commenting on the observations of others for practices that the media [...]
Chillar A Packer
Right after I post about how smart Ted Thompson is for not signing any free agents – he signs a free agent. Chillar is nice competition for Poppinga, but my gut feeling is Poppinga will beat him out in training camp.
