Largent80 wrote:The defense last year was awful, so getting fresh blood and cutting the fat was inevitable.
Age, Complacency, and an unwillingness to not buy in got all those players contracts elsewhere and this is good. Next year the Hawks will have over 90 million in cap money and a nice selection of draft picks.
This draft is stocked with exactly what the Hawks need, interior road grating linemen and tough running backs. Most will be available in rounds 2-3 so look for a trade back and acquiring of picks and they just signed a good blocking TE. Expect the running game to get going this year.
Largent80 wrote:20th in the league vs. the run was indeed awful, especially considering they gave up this years second rounder for Richardson who is now gone. He was supposed to be a clogger, a dual run stuffer and pass rush up the middle. We saw little of that, but what we did see was teams breaking off huge plays, see SF and Tenn. and Ram games. We also saw huge mistakes giving teams first downs on long 3rd down plays. It was dreadful to watch.
And if you do some research this draft is extremely deep in very good backs and interior linemen that will make it to the 2nd and 3rd rounds.
RiverDog wrote:Up tempo needs to be used strategically. I think it was Anthony that advocated that we should go to it for the entire game, which was pure lunacy as demonstrated by Chip Kelly. But I do agree that we should have used it more often. I'm wondering if all the injuries on defense is the reason why we didn't see more of it.
trents wrote:It's a foregone conclusion that the Hawk's defense will be a shadow of what it has been because of all the salary cap related releases
But I also think the offense is taking a hit as well in that regard, though not nearly to the extent of the defense. P. Richardson is already gone and J. Graham will likely be gone too. That leaves D. Baldwin as the only remaining starting receiver.
It would be a different story if we had the bucks to bring in some top notch replacements but that is the problem. We don't have the bucks. Seattle is a seller this year, not a buyer. And we aren't in a good position to get some top talent from the draft either. We'll probably snag some has beens recently released by other teams that once were productive players.
Largent80 wrote:Evidently Tyler Lockett is invisible, like is not even on the roster?.
He's a playmaker and had a decent year after a horrendous injury. Look for huge plays from him. P Richardson had 1 decent year out of 4 and people are freaking out.
Largent80 wrote:We only need a couple earlier picks (just like the ones we gave up for Brown and Richardson) to get a good OG and RB. After that, there is good value in this draft later on in places we need depth. 3 5th rounders is good in this draft and can be also used in packages to move up if there is a guy they really want.
I am firmly in the camp of getting that OG (think Wynn, Henandez, Corbett etc.). There are too many RB's to pass on especially with Prosise being injured almost all the time and Rawls, and Davis not being tendered.
Hawks had dinner with 2 defensive players from Wisconsin last week and Reid (S) from Stanford is coming for a pre-draft visit. This could be ET related or not.
MackStrongIsMyHero wrote:I don't think a 1st and a 3rd is out of the question. He's still one of the best in the business, and, while the loss of Sherman will hurt, Thomas is essential to the defensive scheme. Any club that believes they are 1 or 2 moves away from a Lombardi would be crazy not to consider this or at least counter with something substantial.
Thomas, Wagner, and Wilson are the big three this team can ill-afford to lose, so a king's ransom, or something close to it, should be the asking price.
MackStrongIsMyHero wrote:Any club that believes they are 1 or 2 moves away from a Lombardi would be crazy not to consider this or at least counter with something substantial.
Largent80 wrote:Cowpies have $600,000 in cap space. They couldn't sign Doodly Squat even if he was available.That deal with them is a non factor. That vaunted OL for the last few years is getting paid now. See, you can't have nice things for long. So to every jackwad calling for Pete and Johns head, guess what?, cut your own head instead.
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