WHY ISN'T THE HAWK SOARING? SHOULD WE START TO WORRY?

[No Mo Moss]

This is so like Packer Fans. We give the guy two weeks and not even a pre-season game before we start to worry about him being a bust. Look he is not going to be a bust. Worse case scenario is you get a guy like Dan Morgan. All is good.

I am not sure what "this is so like Packer fans" is suppose to mean, but I think it is normal to expect flashes of greatness from a top 5 draft pick. I haven't read to many reports that indicate that he has showed up big at even one practice. Now, I think he will be a good LB but I want a great one! Shouldn't Hawk be getting some articles written about his play? Instead, Hodge is the one getting all the headlines. It should make Packer fans wonder!

What "so like packer fans " is supposed to mean is...we are the biggest bunch of alarmists in the NFL. A guy skips an OTA and the world is crashing in. Barnett makes a comment and suddenly we're going to lose him. I find it crazy to even say anything about the guy at this point. They haven't done anything yet.

[jack's smirking revenge]

As always, I advocate patience. It is still preseason. Let's see him perform in a real game. I'm sure he'll be just fine.

tyler

[Terry]

Barnett said Hawk was a starter based on 37 million.

Yeah, true, no one has said he's a bust. But some have said they're worried. What for? Sure, we'd all be delighted if he came in a looked like a combination of The Thing and Mr. Fantastic. Fine. But not doing that is no reason for the converse reaction - i.e., 'worry'. Let's worry later. Now, we can live in the insecurity, which is where most of life is anyway. That's different than 'worry', which is fear of the future.

[KYPack]

Hawk will be OK.

But, he's got a long way to go.

I watched him in a practice on NFL network. He has miles to go in his technique. They were running a Back on Backer drill. Hawk was trying to shed the blocker using a one armed technique he undoubtedly used in college. That's fine & all, but it won't fly in the pros.

In pro shed technique you are supposed to rock back, gather yourself over both legs, then explode with each arm over a leg, like a piston. Hawkdoesn't have this one yet.

He's gotta learn all new reads and all new techniques. he's gotta learn how to shed and flow. He's gotta learn some swim and rip when he blitzes. 80% of what he knows now is worthless. He's a workaholic, & that will come in handy.

He's a good kid and I like him, but it's gonna get real ugly before it gets pretty and that will be awhile.