Interview with TE, John Nalbone from ProInterviews

by Max Strauss on Feb 11, 2012 2:07 PM PST

Editors Note: Pete Carroll singled Seahawks TE John Nalbone out during his season-ending press conference as a player he was particularly excited about going into next season. He's a practice squad/futures tight end out of Monmouth that was drafted by the Dolphins in the fifth round of the 2009 Draft and has spent some time with the Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals.

Hey Seahawks fans,

I've been here before to share interviews that I have had with Leon Washington, Anthony Heygood, Jason Babin, Chris Maragos, Nate Ness, and other Seahawks players. I'm a high school senior and I work really hard to interview NFL players. My name is Max Strauss, but anyways... I'm here for the interview.

Here is the link to the interview: http://prointerviews.org/JohnNalbone! If you want to read a teaser to the interview, use the jump.

Strauss : Do you have any relationships in the NFL that you think have helped you become a better tight end?

Nalbone : Absolutely. When I was with the Dolphins, Anthony Fasano and I worked together. He’s a great guy. He helped me while I was a rookie. He’s a great and well-rounded tight end. I see that he had success down there this year with Miami. He’s a hard worker. He helped me out a lot and showed me a lot of things. He helped me with the offense too. Watching him play and watching film with him was great. I was a rookie from a small school, and he does it right. He’s a complete professional. He was in Dallas for some time too. I don’t think it could have been better for me. I’m very thankful for that.

Strauss : How do you describe your style of tight end play?

Nalbone : I think I’m more of a balanced tight end. I think I’m better at blocking than receiving. I usually play at around 250-260 around that area. I have run routes pretty well. I guess you can I’m balanced. I don’t want to brag about myself.

Here is the link to the interview: http://prointerviews.org/JohnNalbone!

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by Max Strauss on Feb 11, 2012 2:07 PM PST reply actions

I was wondering what your "in" is with the NFL players you interview? Do you just hit them up on Facebook or Twitter?

Eternally looking forward to someone making a Seahawks song based off of Lil' Jon's "Shots" song named "Hawks!"

by Bobby Cink on Feb 11, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions

Hahaha. I work really hard on the interviews.

Players realize it too!

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by Max Strauss on Feb 11, 2012 6:31 PM PST up reply actions

As far as the interview goes, it would have been nice to see some more Seahawk related questions.

Eternally looking forward to someone making a Seahawks song based off of Lil' Jon's "Shots" song named "Hawks!"

by Bobby Cink on Feb 11, 2012 3:31 PM PST reply actions

Yeah, I am going to try to do a followup with him maybe once the preseason starts!

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by Max Strauss on Feb 11, 2012 6:31 PM PST up reply actions

That would be awesome!

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by Danny Kelly on Feb 11, 2012 7:26 PM PST up reply actions

Definitely! Thanks Danny!

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by Max Strauss on Feb 11, 2012 7:48 PM PST up reply actions

And the legend of NFL guru Max Strauss ccontinues to unfold..

Thanks for sharing again. The addition of that photograph to your profile was a smart move. Stand proud my fellow Max. Stand proud.

On another note, Pete’s intrigue with Nalbone does make a reasonable amount of since as outside of the Miller signing, Anthony McCoy stands as really the only legitimate TE prospect Pete & Schneider have put significant resources into. Sure there was was Dominique Byrd whom many were disappointed to see go, but they put into him was a futures contract for one offseason. Konz? Who knows were the hell he ends up.

For me, I’ve always seen Morrah and McCoy as two players with similiar value potentials. They may not have the exact same attributes and abilities, but they’re ceiling is similar as a catch first tight end in this league. And despite having two seasons together now, neither has particularly distinguished themselves and one or both could be seeing the door soon. Funny how the average NFL career is around 2-3 seasons..

The more I think about it the more I see Carlson as being a rather undervalued commodity on this years market. With Jermichael leading the pack as the uber-hybrid beast, followed by Fred Davis & Shiancoe as the reliable ’ole pass catchers, with young prospects like Martelleus Bennett sprinkled throughout, this TE free agency class is not without its intrigue Mr Carlson could very well fall thru the cracks, seeing Seattle as a reliable backup given his familiarity. At the least, the ’Hawks with extend an offer, my guess a 1-2yr contract at a little above 2.2m per. Seattle retaining him on a nice 1 or 2 year deal at 2.34m per.

A trio of Miller, Carlson, Nalbone could be very intriguing. Miller, the most talented, acting as the versatile hybrid guy, Carlson seeing plenty of opportunity to run routes and Nalbone taking to Cable’s teachings and becoming that solid H-back blocker the team often missed last year. Check out the tape breakdowns by Beaks’; Morrah/McCoy whiffed blocks? /COPY /PASTE again and again.. Let’s see John go and ‘Nail-Bone’ some defenders!

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by mjkleko on Feb 12, 2012 3:02 AM PST reply actions 1 recs

Thank you for taking the time!

I am happy you like my profile photo. I took it at the NFL Headquarters and that’s sometimes where Schefter used to report from when he worked for the NFL and not for ESPN (lol).
And… I definitely think it’ll be interesting to see if Nalbone can make the jump to the 53man roster and as the 3rd TE.
haha nice, Nail-Bone defenders. He definitely was one of the most balanced TEs coming into the NFL Draft. That could help him or hurt him

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by Max Strauss on Feb 12, 2012 8:19 AM PST up reply actions