Holy Smokes!! It's our pick!
Looks like our mock draft pick is going to preempt my TE piece. Briefly, here's the lowdown: Zach Miller is an awesome route-runner and receiver who was hurt too much by his combine performance. Tight end is a "skill position" and therefore is less about a player's forty or bench and more about his ability to see holes in the zone and compete for jump balls. Miller is the best receiver in the draft and the Hawks might just be lucky enough to have him fall to them. Also, tight end has a vast middle class this year. The best of which is Kevin Boss. I would be elated to see Boss in Seahawk grey next year. But on to our pick...
For the next 60 minutes I will keep this thread open so everyone can discuss who we should pick. To narrow the discussion here is a short list of players I'm considering in no particular order: Paul Soliai, Baraka Atkins, Kevin Boss, Josh Beekman, Allen Barbre, Brandon Frye, and James Marten.
Soliai is the best talent. Atkins could be a force at defensive end. Both have shown that most deadly character flaw, though, lack of motivation. Boss is a second round talent who suffered a shoulder injury that has pushed his stock way down. I think he is far and away the best available talent of the remaining tight ends, but, again, it's a deep class. Beekman is severely undersized for the guard position and is probably more of a center prospect in the NFL. Barbre, Frye and Marten are all quality guards, but one is almost certainly going to slip to the second day.
Boss fills the most pressing need, but if Marcus Tubbs fails to return healthy, Soliai could be godsend for a team that couldn't stop the long run in Tubbs' absence. Atkins is a nice combination of need and value, the kind of third rounder with first round talent. Truthfully, I'm not too worried about his character concerns. He's very smart player and one that could take off under the right coaching.
So, roughly, I'd rank them: Atkins, Boss, Soliai. Now it's your turn. Take it away.
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Hmmmm
Tough decision and I am glad I don't have to make it.
by Ben in Va on Apr 24, 2007 12:08 PM PDT 0 recs
What I wrote was longer
by LantermanC on
Apr 24, 2007 12:12 PM PDT
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Anyone who reads this site even semi-regularly...
by John Morgan on
Apr 24, 2007 12:12 PM PDT
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That worries me too
by Ben in Va on
Apr 24, 2007 12:15 PM PDT
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What was he suspended for
by LantermanC on
Apr 24, 2007 12:17 PM PDT
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It was never disclosed
My best un-educated guess is he was out late partying or something along those lines and he got made an example of. If it was the U of Miami the coach probably would have given him two aspirin and told him to forget about it.
by Ben in Va on
Apr 24, 2007 12:24 PM PDT
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Yeah, Soliai's problem isn't really...
Oh, and DE is definitely a need for the Hawks.
by John Morgan on
Apr 24, 2007 12:30 PM PDT
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It said at nflscouts or whatever
by LantermanC on
Apr 24, 2007 12:15 PM PDT
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I gotta go with Soliai
by Scruffy Lefty on Apr 24, 2007 12:09 PM PDT 0 recs
I never heard of Boss til just now
Atkins looks good, but I wonder how much we need a DE, and a guy with motivation isn't something I'd see us draft, unless we think Lofa and Kerney's constant motor will help rev him up.
I actually LOVE Soliai because I think Tubbs will always be injury prone, and while I love our DT's, we need a big run stuffer, and Soliai is 350 pounds. His biggest knock is character and appearing sluggish, but... again, with only 2 bad apples on a team, I think he will be a good boy (though this doesn't apply to the cross country team I'm on now). And with the weight thing, we rotate our tackles a lot so I like him at his big 350 weight.
I'm leaning toward Soliai because I hope Boss will be availalble in round 4 (I know we're not doing round 4 on these websites). IF you think Boss's stock is rising too much as of late, I"d take Boss. But for now, my vote is take an area of Need and one where we have good value for the round.
by LantermanC on Apr 24, 2007 12:11 PM PDT 0 recs
So, it looks like everyone is leaning towards...

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by John Morgan on Apr 24, 2007 12:26 PM PDT 0 recs
Also
I gotta believe he made just the one mistake, learned his lesson and will move on. He has absolutely 0 history of dumb behavior.
by Ben in Va on Apr 24, 2007 12:27 PM PDT 0 recs
Yeah, Soliai is the best two-gapper not named...
by John Morgan on
Apr 24, 2007 12:32 PM PDT
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I'm almost indifferent between the three
And DE we have Kerney, Fischer, and Tapp.
So I feel only TE is where we're not deep, but I like how all three of these guys are 2nd round talents and dropped for things I don't consider too serious.
Can't go wrong
by LantermanC on Apr 24, 2007 12:32 PM PDT 0 recs
Out of curiosity
by LantermanC on Apr 24, 2007 12:37 PM PDT 0 recs
Boss is big, fast, has a 35.5 vert and the...
by John Morgan on
Apr 24, 2007 12:45 PM PDT
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