So last season the Hawks started with:
2 Quarterbacks
5 Running Backs
5 Wide Receivers
2 Tight Ends
10 Offensive Linemen
Then on Defense:
11 Defensive Linemen
7 Linebackers
9 Defensive Backs (4 safeties)
And on Special teams (3):
P Jon Ryan, K Steven Hauschka, Snapper Clint Gresham...
So the ex-pro baseball player uses soccer training to help him be one of the best QB's in the NFL...
Yet we still have parents making their kids "focus" on one sport year 'round to supposedly increase their chances of going pro (all youth coaches have dealt with this).
I would feel much better about this if:
1. I hadn't seen Robert Turbin run the ball.
2. I had seen Christine Michael run the ball (and he was good).
This reminds me of Emmitt Smith in 1993.
Coming off a Superbowl, he held out too (although he was a restricted FA, not under contract like...
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There is one place, if you are from Vancouver called Blueline Sports, that has a store in New West, at Lougheed Mall, and I believe in Surrey, and they carry it. Owner is a huge Hawks fan!
Lynch is a funny guy.
In an interview a few years back he said that if he wasn't a football player he could have been a professional swimmer, and that he thought he would beat Michael Phelps in a race.
Or against the Niners earlier this season:
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Let's look at Power Backs:
Lynch has played 7 seasons.
Alexander played 8 seasons (Came back for a 9th with the Skins who cut him after 4 games).
Brandon Jacobs played 7 seasons (Came back for an 8th and left the Whiners after 2 games).
Michael Turner played 9 seasons, came back for a 10th...
Didn't want to post this on the Hawk Board to interrupt our well deserved celebrations.
But I just don't see why all the pundits are talking about the 16 free agents and looming cap problems for the Hawks.
I think there's lots of room to be made cap wise with a bright 2-3 year window...