And Thomas, as fine a player as he is, dropped like 6 picks in his hands this season, and is constantly run over whenever Seattle was dumb enough to try him in run support. He also wasnt great covering WR’s in the slot. Thomas is pretty small, and even though I wanted us to draft him and really like him, he’s pretty much one-dimensional; he’s a deep cover FS. The only other thing he might become good at is bitzing the qb. As I said, he’s simply awful in run support and wasnt great in the slot.

I love the Hawks, and I really like Kam and Thomas. But they need to stop thinking Thomas can do what Eric Berry can; he cant. He will always get run over by guys like AP and Gore, not to mention bigger backs. And the jury is still out on Kam as an every-down SS, IMO. And I know that JS and PC wont hesitate to move guys around or bench them if they get a shot at someone better.

A lot of Hawk fans, like any teams fans, tend to overvalue their guys. I think this year Kam was very overrated and to some extent, Thomas as well, though with him I think it was the coaching staff that got a little too carried away with trying to make him into a guy who can play anywhere and do anything, when he just isnt big enough.

Im not advocating bailing on guys cause they arent prototypical size, but you do have to be realistic.

We know darn well that the twins with do anything on the field to make the team better – Sign bigger CB’s, move Red outside, go small at Safety etc. That is the one thing that I do really like about PC. He will look at non traditional guys and find a way to allow them to be able to contribute. I have always got tired of how teams will pass on a guy because he is not traditional, size, weight, speed for a particular position. and unlike Ruskell who would go strictly for motor (since those Traditional numbers are based on SOME truth)

IF you find the guy that has everything but that ONE thing (height, weight, speed, size, etc) that other teams are passing on and grab him – not all have panned out but many have, but we also have guys that fit that traditional mold to fill in the spots!!