GREEN BAY – Desmond Bishop doesn’t believe that he was ever on the trading block, and he doesn’t buy that he’s lost his starting job, either. Regardless of the three-year, $11.75 million contract the Green Bay Packers gave his replacement, Brad Jones, the veteran inside linebacker is certain that once he’s cleared for action, he’ll reclaim what’s rightfully his – even though he’s seen firsthand that a starter can lose his spot due to...
Read MoreBishop says he’ll be ‘110%’ ready for training camp
Green Bay — Linebacker Desmond Bishop says he doesn’t want to hurry back too soon from the torn hamstring injury that ended his 2012 season. He may be cautious and sit out the start of organized team activities this week. But he does expect to be a full go by training camp. “Oh, training camp, I’ll be 110%,” Bishop said. “For sure.” For more on Bishop and the forces that led to this 2013 season for him, we sat down...
Read MoreObstacles nothing new for Packers’ Desmond Bishop; he’s setting goals high
Green Bay – This is the notebook he opens every day. Page 1 is Desmond Bishop’s daily vitamin, his list of goals for that season. And page 1, in 2012, disgusted the Green Bay Packers inside linebacker. Empty promises bled across the page. Goals, unfulfilled. This number of tackles. That number of sacks. His winning percentage on blitzes. Each goal Bishop set for himself was hijacked by a torn hamstring in the team’s...
Read MoreBishop pitching movie script to Hollywood
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Three years ago, Desmond Bishop had an idea for a movie. Still early in his NFL career, the Green Bay Packers’ linebacker had no training or writing experience, but Bishop knew this was a story he wanted to tell. That story idea has now become a legitimate movie script that his co-writer has given to some people at Lionsgate — the studio that produced “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2” and...
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