Nice article on AJ Hawk

[b bulldog]

Young is a winner and you can keep blowing smoke about him but all he does is win, even with crappy talent around him as in Tennessee. He should have been the Texans pick last year.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I don't buy it. You can always find good players at every position. You take the top guy.

Ryans wouldn't have been available with our round 2 pick. Jackson, McIntosh, and Howard would have also been gone. The next 5 LBs that went in rounds 2 and 3 that we would have had a shot at were Abdul Hodge, Chris Gocong, Anthony Schlegel, Jon Alston, and Clint Ingram. That should end the argument supporting your theory. Really, the guys that did well last year (Hawk, Ryans, Sims, Wimbley, Lawson, Howard) were guys we wouldn't have had a shot at in round 2. Most of the other rookie LBs had very minimal impact.

[b bulldog]

I agree to a point in regards to last year even though I posted two things at nauseum last offseason, one was that I liked Mario and two was that we could trade down in round one and still get a very talented LB. I may be dead wrong on the first but I think the second may be correct. This year, even with a solid WR class, any team that passes on CJ is crazy. Hawk was never viewed the way CJ is but imo, Hawk will be a 3 to 5 year probowler who doesn't make mistakes but doesn't make eye popping plays either. I don't think he will ever be an Urlacher but hopefully I am dead wrong.