Comments on: Nobody talking about benching Poppinga

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:23:50 +0000

“Wasn’t Poppinga responsible for the big play by Vonta Leach when the Packers had the Texans pinned back up against the goal line late in Sunday’s game?”

Yes. Painful.

By: The Linebackers Are A Mess | Cheesehead TV

The Linebackers Are A Mess | Cheesehead TV — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:52:36 +0000

[...] over at PackerGeeks highlights a truly troubling Desmond Bishop quote from today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel regarding how playing time is being divvied up [...]

By: awhayes

awhayes — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:23:10 +0000

Amen Bucky. That was Poppinga dropping Leach coverage. I’ll start emailing all the local coverage people demanding for this question to be asked. Wilde, D-List, Homer, Bedard. Surprised that Silverstein didn’t ask a follow-up question to McCarthy or someone after getting that great quote.

By: bucky

bucky — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:16:09 +0000

Wasn’t Poppinga responsible for the big play by Vonta Leach when the Packers had the Texans pinned back up against the goal line late in Sunday’s game? If Bishop is held accountable for the blown coverage on Daniels, why wouldn’t Poppinga be similarly held to account for blowing it on Leach? The difference is, of course, that Bishop actually made some big plays during the course of the game; did Poppinga do the same?

I really would like Bedard or someone to ask McCarthy about Bishop’s statement, and follow it up with questions about their on-field performance. Why is Poppinga playing and Bishop not? Is there something going on behind the scenes that we don’t see on the field on Suinday? Because looking at performance in the games, one of these players is making plays, and the other is not. Yet the one making plays remains on the bench.