Patience to the Hawk fans who sit idly by an wait to see what happens with several popular players.
And also, Patience to me, who has been struggling all day because my Verizon DSL service is about as useful as a poopy flavored lolly pop. Apparently there was an outage in my area, but that has been resolved since 2pm. Mine is still out. To show my dedication to the loyal readers, i am eating dinner at an IHOP (free wifi) and blogging while doing it. Pay the price, right? Anything it takes! Lucky for me, Tim Ruskell seems about as capable of resigning a player as Verizon is at fixing my
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So here is some happenings from this afternoon, none really deserve a blog post, but since I felt like explaining my absence, here goes: UPDATE TOO!..New UPdate(6:59pm)
--Lito Sheppard, CB, from the Eagles has been given permission to find a trade and new deal, if it is out there. He is a nice player. A good physical corner. Unfortunately he can't make it through a whole season healthy and therefore not worth a draft pick and more money.
NEW UPDATE-- The Eagles are completely denying this report. I guess Lito has been shopping himself around and telling fibs. That probably gets him traded anyway.
--Moose Muhammed was released by the Bears. He would fit that veteran, Joe Jurevicous type receiver. He would have to play that role on the veteran minimum for one year for the Hawks to be interested.
--UPDATE--Along with Moose, Darwin Walker, DT, 30yrs old, was made an UFA when the Bears declined his option. He is a big DT whose strength is rushing the passer. Stay tuned, the Hawks may show some interest.
--UPDATE-- Almost forgot, Jared Allen and Stacy Andrews(cin) had the franchise tag applied to them today. If you missed it, the Cards used theirs on Karlos Dansby a couple of days ago. Spin the wheel round, and the Hawks tag goes on....who?
Anything I missed? Except for a another heated TE debate. And for the record, Mel Kiper ranks up there with Verizon DSL with me, I just used the name cause I was trying to show that both football people and draft experts like Davis. I use Rob Rang and NFL Draft Scout for my info, and by the way, Rang is high on Davis (and Jermichal Finley for those who want to wait). Hopefully there will be Hawk news to report soon.
Thanks man, you are great. I check the site often, but I don't post much.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work. By the way, you remind me of someone I use to know. I think his name was........ Mike Sando.
Wow, you knew Sando....just kidding. Thanks a lot. Wait till the season, I think I am going to try and chart plays in excel!
ReplyDeleteYou should have a poll.
ReplyDeleteWho gets the F-tag. See what the blogosphere thinks.
Spencer
ReplyDeleteThese polls are almost up and then you will get new ones! read title of post!
ReplyDeletequestion for Michael Steffes:
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think about Martellus Bennett? Think he's any good? Also, do you think Davis is worth the 25th pick? One more thing, if Mendenhall and Stewart are both gone by pick 25 do you think there is a chance we trade with Atlanta for their 2 2nd round picks. (this assumes that one of the top 3 Quarterbacks fall to 25 and they want one of them, but I think that will happen.)
Rob Rang liked Kevin Boss last year. He has been pretty good at his guesses for who the Hawks will take. If this blog gets more momentum maybe you'll be able to get guests on. I'm telling all my Hawk Addict friends about your site.
ReplyDeleteI went to the TNT site today to see if anything had changed. I felt like Clint Eastwood rolling into one of those old West ghost towns. Nobody had posted anything of late. I guess Frank took some time off and Divish is with the Mariners. Oh, well. I guess their readers will find another place to go.
Thanks again for doing this. I will look here to see how the franchise tag stuff goes.
-Papahawk
Here is what I have heard about Bennett. I have heard that he is not really a Seahawk type player. He is not really a self motivator. They had trouble getting him to live up to his true potential at A+M. That said, if he figures things out he may be the best TE when we look back 3 years from now. He played in a running dominated offense so he is a capable blocker, but he also put up good #'s in a running dominated offense, so imagine if he was in a pass first offense.
ReplyDeleteThanks Papa Hawk! Your comments always contribute a lot to a thread. Keep em coming!
ReplyDeleteI actually didn't even check the TNT page today. It's not Frank's fault he's on a well deserved vacation (even though he did MUCH less than we were used to with Sando)... but it's a joke the paper has NOBODY covering the team in his absense.
ReplyDeleteAny chance of us picking up Edge? Any desire?
ReplyDeleteThe rotoworld article pegged us with getting Derick Ward? What are you guys' thoughts on that?
Derrick Ward? If we're going to grab a free agent RB I'd prefer Musa Smith.
ReplyDeleteAs for Bennett, I just don't like the Big 12 on pricinple. Most of their guys wind up being overrated. An interesting guy as a pass catching threat is Jacob Tamme from Kentucky. Small guy for TE at 240, he's more of an H-back and bigger wideout. If we wind up with a blocking TE who catches well like Carlson, Tamme would be worth a look in the mid rounds. Carlson, Heller and Tamme would be a really go trio.
I like would not be against Carlson, Heller, and Finley, not Jacob Tamme. Finley is a big, tall, quick, athletic recieving TE who is young and has room for additional growth. I think in a few years Finley could be the best of this bunch, and that Carlson could be good in our offense this upcoming season.
ReplyDeleteEdge? Musa? How about M.Turner if we end up in the RB market?
ReplyDeleteAs to M. Turner: why would we go after him? He will be good, granted, but so what. He will cost a lot of $$$ and that is something we won't be able to give him. Edge could catch the pass, and Musa could be good, but I hope we address the issue in the draft, not FA.
ReplyDeleteNice one mate. Good blog as stumbled across it last night. You gonna get RSS for it?
ReplyDeleteUK Hawk fan
Depressingly, most of the newest mock drafts have both Stewart and Mendenhall going well before the Hawks pick, and thus they get Davis. I just have such a hard time getting excited about a TE. If we got either of those backs we are set for 6+ years...they are both virtual guarantees to be superstars. Honestly, I think it would be worth it to trade up to get one of them if it comes to that. (i know it would never happen)
ReplyDeleteMight be a wet blanket on this one, but I can't help remembering Kijana (sp?) Carter. No.1 overall pick who tore up his knee right off the bat and never recovered from it. That's always the danger of pinning your hopes on any 1st round pick, but look at other 1st round RB's who didn't live up to it like Cedric Benson. Reggie Bush hasn't proven to be the savior that he was predicted to be either. I wouldn't be surprised if we took an OT in the 1st round like Jeff Otah, especially depending on what happens with Locklear.
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