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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #585 on: May 22, 2012, 03:01:59 am »
Lions are out of control. Seems they get some good talent but somehow implode around it. They had Barry but he left prematurely and now they've got Suh but he's a big part of the problem this time. I definately understand intensity and appreciate it in the game but out of control intensity becomes thuggery.

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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #586 on: May 22, 2012, 09:10:34 am »
Their coach is a thug himself...what else would you expect from his team?

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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #587 on: May 22, 2012, 09:16:08 am »
It's rare I have much positive to say about Lovie but one thing I will give him is that embarrassing incidents like that have been relatively few and far between on his watch.  Yeah there was that one incident with Kreutz a few years ago, the Briggs Lamborghini thing, the Tank Johnson stuff and Urlacher's baby-mama drama...  but really, the Bears tend to be one of the better behaved teams in the league. And players who do have a tendency to cause or attract trouble (Tank, Benson, Sam Hurd, etc.) usually aren't kept on the team for more than a couple of seasons.   
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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #588 on: May 22, 2012, 12:39:38 pm »

Almost makes you feel sorry for Megatron and Stafford...  the two best players on that team and also it seems, the only ones who aren't complete tools.

I don't feel sorry for them at all.  NO sympathy.  I'm sure if the shoe was on our foot no one would feel sorry for us at all. 

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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #589 on: May 22, 2012, 09:09:45 pm »
It's rare I have much positive to say about Lovie but one thing I will give him is that embarrassing incidents like that have been relatively few and far between on his watch.  Yeah there was that one incident with Kreutz a few years ago, the Briggs Lamborghini thing, the Tank Johnson stuff and Urlacher's baby-mama drama...  but really, the Bears tend to be one of the better behaved teams in the league. And players who do have a tendency to cause or attract trouble (Tank, Benson, Sam Hurd, etc.) usually aren't kept on the team for more than a couple of seasons.   

True dat.  He is a class act.

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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #591 on: May 27, 2012, 11:33:00 am »
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/27/lions-nick-fairley-arrested-for-dui-eluding-police/

I am guessing this guy is going to get suspended for a few games.  The Lions are a mess.

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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #592 on: May 27, 2012, 03:42:43 pm »
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/27/lions-nick-fairley-arrested-for-dui-eluding-police/

I am guessing this guy is going to get suspended for a few games.  The Lions are a mess.

That was the rap for him before he was drafted.

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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #593 on: May 29, 2012, 08:14:45 am »
It just keeps getting better for the Lions.  What a freak show.  It's fun to watch if you're a division rival though.

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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #594 on: May 30, 2012, 05:38:38 am »
To see the Lions to be competitive would be a good thing.  To see them as competitive with that clown of a coach and those clowns on the rap sheet, no thanks.  They deserve to implode...

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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #595 on: May 30, 2012, 10:27:43 am »
They get no sympathy from me!

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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #596 on: May 30, 2012, 11:14:35 am »
Why not? You have supported thugs in the past.

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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #597 on: June 03, 2012, 08:01:49 pm »


Written by

Rob Demovsky

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Shortly after the Green Bay Packers signed their undrafted rookie free agent class of 14 players, General Manager Ted Thompson was asked whether he thought any of them had a chance to make the team.

“It seems like one or two of them always does,” Thompson said.


This year, it could be outside linebacker Dezman Moses, who has caught the eye of Packers’ scouts and coaches during his first month with the team.


This week, when the Packers held out Clay Matthews from team drills during part of the organized team activities, the 6-foot-2, 249-pound Moses saw his practice time spike. He worked with the second-string defense at right outside linebacker behind Erik Walden, who took Matthews’ place with the starters.


For all the high draft picks the Packers spent to bolster their pass rush, adding outside linebacker Nick Perry in the first round and defensive end Jerel Worthy in the second, perhaps an undrafted free agent signed for a few thousand bucks could help, too.


“I think Moses has a natural feel for the position,” Packers outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene said. “He does a couple of things that just absolutely look natural in his movement for the position. He sees things at a very early stage. In the scheme implementation of our defense, he’s starting to see things early, and that’s always positive. He was a linebacker (in college), so he’s not making too far of a transition playing this position. He really has some good, natural feel about him.”


To be sure, it’s been a few years since Moses played outside linebacker. He was a backup at that spot for parts of two seasons at Iowa but saw his playing time drop after he served a suspension following a public intoxication arrest early in the 2008 season. He then transferred to Tulane, where he played two years at defensive end. As a senior, he had 9½ sacks in 13 games and was a second-team all-Conference USA selection by the league’s coaches.


“It’s like jogging your memory,” Moses said of switching back to outside linebacker. “It’s something you haven’t done in a while. You’ve got to teach your body the muscle memory. I’ve done it before so as you do it more, you become more comfortable with it. I’m just trying to get the overall scheme down so I can adapt and play fast.”




























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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #598 on: June 04, 2012, 11:16:20 am »

More fluff stories about players who might not even make the team.  WRs and QBs are about the only positions that you might get a read on during OTAs.  But any other position, particularly pass rushers or pass protectors, its really difficult to project what they can do when the pads are off.

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Re: NFC North (04.12.11 - 09.10.15)
« Reply #599 on: June 04, 2012, 09:05:55 pm »
I dunno.  The Pack has had several FA rookies start recently.