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<blockquote data-quote="TOPHAT" data-source="post: 162311" data-attributes="member: 781"><p><strong>BACKUP LBS: PREVIEW</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=650433" target="_blank">http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=650433</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Packers want backups to step forward. Linebacker picture remains muddled</strong></p><p></p><p>Abdul Hodge was a third-round draft choice. Rory Johnson has the most talent. And Desmond Bishop has been on the field every single day. <strong>Veteran Tracy White, the Green Bay Packers' best special-teams player a year ago, appears to have nailed down one of what is expected to be three backup berths at linebacker on the 53-man roster</strong>. After that, it's probably<strong> too close to call among Hodge, Johnson, Bishop and versatile Spencer Havner.</strong> Hodge continues to work behind both Nick Barnett and Bishop at middle linebacker. However, in the nickel defense, it has been Hodge and White as the No. 2 set. Johnson is No. 3 on the weak side behind A.J. Hawk and White. Havner has maintained the No. 2 spot on the strong side behind Brady Poppinga. Reggie McKenzie, the team's director of pro personnel, is confident there will be three backup linebackers worth keeping on the final cut Sept. 2. </p><p></p><p>Bishop must make his own amends. Seattle's Maurice Morris was able to zip 15 yards up the gut for a touchdown because Moss said Bishop took on a lead block with the wrong shoulder, creating a gap. Still, Bishop remained ahead of Hodge in the base defense this week. "We want to see if Bishop can handle that role and be the backup," Moss said. "But I have not seen a clear-cut person emerge as the No. 2." Hodge's reactions were a bit off in Pittsburgh, partially the result of missing the entire off-season with patellar tendinitis in both knees. Hodge said he developed the tendinitis shortly before the combine in February 2006 and it has dogged him since. Hodge made six tackles against Seattle, including three or four in which he pursued almost to the sideline. Moss described the tackles as mostly routine. Havner started from 2002-'05 at UCLA, the first two outside and the last two inside. McKenzie raves about his elusiveness as a pass rusher. He's rangy and instinctive, just not all that physical. "He's fighting the good fight," Moss said. "Steady, athletic, trying to get it done</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TOPHAT, post: 162311, member: 781"] [b]BACKUP LBS: PREVIEW[/b] [url]http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=650433[/url] [b]Packers want backups to step forward. Linebacker picture remains muddled[/b] Abdul Hodge was a third-round draft choice. Rory Johnson has the most talent. And Desmond Bishop has been on the field every single day. [b]Veteran Tracy White, the Green Bay Packers' best special-teams player a year ago, appears to have nailed down one of what is expected to be three backup berths at linebacker on the 53-man roster[/b]. After that, it's probably[b] too close to call among Hodge, Johnson, Bishop and versatile Spencer Havner.[/b] Hodge continues to work behind both Nick Barnett and Bishop at middle linebacker. However, in the nickel defense, it has been Hodge and White as the No. 2 set. Johnson is No. 3 on the weak side behind A.J. Hawk and White. Havner has maintained the No. 2 spot on the strong side behind Brady Poppinga. Reggie McKenzie, the team's director of pro personnel, is confident there will be three backup linebackers worth keeping on the final cut Sept. 2. Bishop must make his own amends. Seattle's Maurice Morris was able to zip 15 yards up the gut for a touchdown because Moss said Bishop took on a lead block with the wrong shoulder, creating a gap. Still, Bishop remained ahead of Hodge in the base defense this week. "We want to see if Bishop can handle that role and be the backup," Moss said. "But I have not seen a clear-cut person emerge as the No. 2." Hodge's reactions were a bit off in Pittsburgh, partially the result of missing the entire off-season with patellar tendinitis in both knees. Hodge said he developed the tendinitis shortly before the combine in February 2006 and it has dogged him since. Hodge made six tackles against Seattle, including three or four in which he pursued almost to the sideline. Moss described the tackles as mostly routine. Havner started from 2002-'05 at UCLA, the first two outside and the last two inside. McKenzie raves about his elusiveness as a pass rusher. He's rangy and instinctive, just not all that physical. "He's fighting the good fight," Moss said. "Steady, athletic, trying to get it done [/QUOTE]
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