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Desmond Bishop - LB - Vikings

There are "no visible signs" of the torn hamstring that wiped out Desmond Bishop's 2012 season.

A week into camp, Bishop is showing burst on blitzes, moving well and hasn't missed a day of work. He's running behind Marvin Mitchell at weak-side linebacker for now, but won't have trouble winning that job or either of the other two linebacking spots if he sustains health.
Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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Has anyone attended training camp?
1. How does Rhoades look?
2. Is Bishop slated to play MLB?
First game a week and 2 days away! Oh Boy!!
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Tark10 wrote:Has anyone attended training camp?
1. How does Rhoades look?
2. Is Bishop slated to play MLB?
First game a week and 2 days away! Oh Boy!!
I haven't attended camp (I wish I could say otherwise!) but from what I've read, Bishop has been practicing with the second team and playing on the weak side. At this point, erin henderson is still slated to be the MLB but that could obviously change over the next month or so. Right now, I think they're just trying to let Bishop work his way back from the injury.

It sounds like like Rhodes is looking good but, like any rookie, he's still adjusting to the NFL. He's been making some plays in camp but supposedly, he still needs to grow accustomed to the NFL's contact rules and get used to releasing players and avoiding contact beyond 5 yards.
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Thanks Mothman!
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Eli wrote:Oh, look. Yet another thread that has turned into an off-topic argument over Ponder.

No wonder some of you people have tens of thousands of posts. And NO, I can't just "not read" it.
Really? You can't just NOT read something that you can obviously can make out to be something you don't agree with? I suggest to you that you have a problem then. Do you have to respond to every "offense" to your perception of some one repeating themselves?

Maybe you need another hobby for a healthy outlook on life.

There are dozens of threads that I don't even read. And, are you post envious? LOL
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dead_poet wrote:Desmond Bishop - LB - Vikings

There are "no visible signs" of the torn hamstring that wiped out Desmond Bishop's 2012 season.

A week into camp, Bishop is showing burst on blitzes, moving well and hasn't missed a day of work. He's running behind Marvin Mitchell at weak-side linebacker for now, but won't have trouble winning that job or either of the other two linebacking spots if he sustains health.
Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikin ... 55501.html
Good news all around. Hopefully this move will pan out and be of benefit to us for years to come.
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Bishop has 'a lot to prove' for Vikings
When the Vikings signed Desmond Bishop to a one-year deal in June, many assumed he'd be starting at linebacker in their regular-season opener on Sept. 8 -- if not at middle linebacker, certainly at the weakside spot that Erin Henderson had left open when he moved to the middle.

Fast-forward two months, and Bishop has plenty of work to do simply to win a spot on the roster.

He missed the team's first preseason game with a groin injury that also kept him out of several training camp practices, and though he recorded a half-sack in the game against Buffalo on Friday night, lighting into a blocking back before helping Andrew Sendejo take down EJ Manuel, Bishop also looked out of sync at times, playing largely in the nickel defense against Buffalo's hurry-up offense. Afterward, he pronounced himself "a little rusty."

The Vikings' plan for him on Sunday, then, could be construed as Bishop's best shot to show what he's only offered in spurts so far. He will play much of the first half with the Vikings' starting defense against the San Francisco 49ers, lining up at weakside linebacker next to Henderson. It remains to be seen whether Bishop will see many nickel snaps with the first-team defense, but two quarters against the 49ers' dynamic offense could be his chance to separate himself from a crowded pack of linebackers on the Vikings' roster.

"I want to be a lot more efficient," Bishop said. "I think with better efficiency comes more plays, and I think that would give me a little bit of comfort. I'm looking forward to it."

If he's healthy, and playing at the level he was at in Green Bay, Bishop could offer the Vikings' defense something it's been lacking: a nasty, physical linebacker who can create turnovers. He forced seven fumbles from 2008-11, or as many as Chad Greenway, the Vikings' Pro Bowl strongside linebacker, has forced in his entire career. In 2010 and 2011, Pro Football Focus ranked Bishop the fifth- and seventh-best pass-rushing inside linebacker in the game, as he totaled a combined eight sacks from the middle of the Packers' 3-4 defense.

The Vikings' plan for Bishop on Sunday night seems like a perfect chance for the linebacker to assert himself against an offense that figures to stretch him. Bishop, a San Francisco native who has a tatoo of the Golden Gate Bridge overlayed on a map of California on his right bicep, will have family and friends at the game on Sunday night, and he'll have plenty of time to show them -- and the Vikings -- what he can do.

"We want to be able to get a good view of him," coach Leslie Frazier said. "In Desmond's case, it's specifically designed to see him against their best players."

Said Bishop: "I feel like I have a lot to prove."
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The Vikings' plan for Bishop on Sunday night seems like a perfect chance for the linebacker to assert himself against an offense that figures to stretch him.
It's about time we see what this guy is truly made of!

As far as him not making the roster, I'll be shocked if he doesn't make it over some of the other guys.
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I'm rooting for this guy. He could make a huge impact on this defense. I don't trust his leg yet though.
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Nice interview. Caution there is a lot of optimism here, watch at your own risk :D
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Purple bruise wrote:Nice interview. Caution there is a lot of optimism here, watch at your own risk :D
http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/vide ... bdcfe60ef1

Thanks for the link. I enjoyed that and I sure hope Bishop can continue coming back from injury and play a significant, positive role for the Vikes on defense.

By the way, since they mentioned it in that video, I just have to add that I think fining Bostic $21,000 for that hit in last week's Bears/chargers game is ridiculous. Let defensive players play defense!
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Mothman wrote:
Thanks for the link. I enjoyed that and I sure hope Bishop can continue coming back from injury and play a significant, positive role for the Vikes on defense.

By the way, since they mentioned it in that video, I just have to add that I think fining Bostic $21,000 for that hit in last week's Bears/chargers game is ridiculous. Let defensive players play defense!
Completely agree. That was just a super good hit. Bostic looks like a beast. There was absolutely nothing wrong with that hit.

Cool Bishop video, thanks for posting it PB. The interviewers asked good questions and Bishop seems to be a really level headed, unpretentious dude. Hope he steps up for us.
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