Freddie Bishop is happy to be in America not because of the food, family or anything of the sort. He is simply excited “to get that yard back.” After playing four seasons of college ball at Western Michigan, Bishop decided to head north and play in the CFL following his release from the Lions in the summer of 2013.
While the CFL has a number of different rules than the NFL, one that sticks out for Bishop is that defensive ends line up a yard away from the line of scrimmage. “It hinders the defensive lineman, especially a pass rusher,” he said before today's second practice of the Jets' rookie minicamp.