We may not know what we know or don't know about Abdul Hodge

[Carolina_Packer]

Enter Harrell...hopefully the DL will continue to improve and take pressure off the rest of the D behind them.

Here's to Hodge. My boy from the University of Iowa. He was a beast there, and I hope he can figure it all out for my Packers sometime soon.

[esoxx]

There's plenty of beasts in college who turn out to be pedestrian at the NFL level. Hope Hodge isn't one of them but he's going to have to show something more than he has so far. His foot speed, or lack thereof, and coverage ability will likely always be a hinderance in the Pro game.

[4and12to12and4]

I still haven't heard any replies to the point I have made twice here that Poppinga and Hawk have also had coverage problems, and Hawk isn't any faster than Hodge is he? So, why aren't we holding them to the same standard? Is the "great white hope" untouchable here?

[BobDobbs]

Hawk is much faster than Hodge. He's also more fluid and instinctual. He did have coverage problems, but not nearly to the level of Hodge or Barnett. Hawk also made plays in coverage because of his superior athleticism and improved noticeably as the year went on.

I think we are holding them to the same standard. Poppinga got used like a tool by Desmond Clark in the first Bears game. The defense had to be adjusted to hide him. Hodge couldn't get on to the field because his coverage skills were deemed too poor by the coaches. Those two are liabilites. Hawk looks like he's going to turn into a pretty good coverage linebacker. Same standard - different players.

[HarveyWallbangers]

What Dobbs said. It doesn't take a scout to notice Hawk is faster than Hodge.

[esoxx]

Hawk also has vastly superior instincts, but I'm probably just being a racist.

[Carolina_Packer]

Wouldn't the racism tend to trend the other way around for athletes?

[4and12to12and4]

Wouldn't the racism tend to trend the other way around for athletes?

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