CallMeADawg":6pe41dcf said:
Hawkscanner":6pe41dcf said:
I certainly AM excited about this ... but my enthusiasm is tempered somewhat because there are a lot of unknowns at this point. Is Michael Robinson truly healthy? Has he gained back the weight that he lost? Is he not merely in shape -- but in football shape? If all of that is so, how quickly will it take for him to get back in to the rhythm of things ... and could the offense even potentially take even a tiny step back as he gets back up to speed? IF Robinson is healthy ... IF he's gained back the weight he lost ... and IF he's in football shape (or close to it), then naturally I'm really excited. Maybe that's the reason Schneider picked up the phone and called him, as he's and his staff have been monitoring his progress and Coleman now being banged up gave them the reason they needed to bring him back in. On the other hand, this simply could be Schneider and company simply doing what they always do when a roster player goes down to injury, making calls to a prepared list of street free agents. Bringing Robinson in for a physical could simply be the Seahawks doing their normal due diligence, leaving no stone unturned. We'll certainly find out more as the day unfolds tomorrow.
How much weight did he lose? What do you have to support your negative view of him? The armchair GM is strong in this thread. MikeRob is a proven PRO BOWL quality player... The Seahawks made a bet, which has failed on them (both Ware and Coleman FAIL at FB compared to MikeRob) and we have a section of the 12's drinking the kool-aid and asking dumb questions.
The league is going away from the FB... Our offense defies the league and its status quo, does it well, and people ask questions here that are about as absurd as a pack of crappy ESPN analysts in a coffee room on Monday morning.
SMH at you guys.
WOW, did I say that I had a negative view of him? Not at all. Look, the MRob that we all saw from last year on the field IS a Pro Bowl level FB. The question is, "Is that the player that he is at this moment in time?" I LOVE Michael Robinson too for everything he brings both on and off the field. However, I honestly think that in this case you have to step back and try to evaluate things dispassionately, logically, and objectively. I promise you that John Schneider most certainly is. If we employed that same kind of thinking, then Lofa Tatupu would have probably been a part of this team for maybe a year or 2 more. Look, it's no secret that I wasn't a fan of MRob being cut ... and I've never been a fan of Coleman's. But I get it. Robinson wasn't healthy at the time and there weren't a whole lot of other viable options at the time. So, if he's truly the MRob from last year (or looks like he's going to be), then as Pete says I'm all in. If he's not though (or doesn't look like he's going to be in short order) then pass. That's it, that's all.