After being released by the Green Bay Packers earlier this month, seven year veteran Desmond Bishop became a pretty desired man. The talented linebacker missed the entire 2012 season with a severe right hamstring injury and after he and the Packers were unable to agree on a contract, the team released him when they were unable to find a willing trade partner. A handful of teams were deemed as favorites to sign Bishop but it appears the...

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...

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...

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...