Once again, the Minnesota Vikings have looked to a division rival in an effort to improve their team. After adding wide receiver Greg Jennings in free agency, Minnesota went the defensive route this time, agreeing to terms on a one-year contract with inside linebacker Desmond Bishop, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com. The 28-year-old Bishop, who was released by the Green Bay Packers last week, missed the entire 2012 season after...

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 – 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...

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...

Packers LB Desmond Bishop is among 22 current and former NFL players who will participate in the second annual “NFL Pro Hollywood Boot Camp” at Universal Studios in California. The four-day program runs from March 11-15 and will cover a wide range of topics in the movie industry, including screen writing, directing, producing and film financing. Among the industry executives leading the camp will be Legendary Pictures partner/producer...