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Luke Keuchly is out? Thats gonna hurt them. Go Hawks.

No Luke, OLine in shambles... We should roll tonight.

Rawls looked super quick on the TD run! Nice 90 yard Drive

Hawkstar wrote:Rawls looked super quick on the TD run! Nice 90 yard Drive

Yep indeed nice to see that explosiveness on display.

This isn't the same team as the one we watched look like a 49er's clone last week.... Pete must of kicked some serious butt this week in practice.

That play clock sure wound down quickly. I don't mind them going for it, but by the time they were set the clock was at 3 seconds

Weird to say "Its good to see Fant back in there...."

savvyman wrote:Weird to say "Its good to see Fant back in there...."

But not weird to say good to see Rawls back in there.....

Nice to see Rawls fully back! Hot damn, he looks good.

And ETIII has to end the good injury news this week. You win some, you lose some.

ET? Broken leg?

Super funny post about seeing Fant back on the field. We all said something similar watching. Oh boy.

Oly wrote:Nice to see Rawls fully back! Hot damn, he looks good.

And ETIII has to end the good injury news this week. You win some, you lose some.

Would not put much weight on this --- but I am hopeful that it is not too bad as his face was not grimacing in the kind of pain of a really serious injury as they showed him riding the dart to the locker room

Oly wrote:Nice to see Rawls fully back! Hot damn, he looks good.

And ETIII has to end the good injury news this week. You win some, you lose some.

I don't remember Rawls being so quick. He looks great.

Hawkstar wrote:I don't remember Rawls being so quick. He looks great.

I know, right? I don't know how he can be so quick moving laterally.

Is Rawls hurt? That head shot looked heavy - he immediately grabbed his helmet. I hope he's not looking at a concussion

He's already in concussion protocol. That was one bang-bang hit.

Anyone knows what Happened to Gilliam? Sowell is playing right tackle.

jshawaii22 wrote:He's already in concussion protocol. That was one bang-bang hit.

Dang it! I had to step away. It looked like a hard hit. Best to Rawls

savvyman wrote:Anyone knows what Happened to Gilliam? Sowell is playing right tackle.

I think Sowell was named the Starter.

Earl's leg is broken. Like, shattered broken it seems. He just tweeted that he's considering retirement.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUU....

Hawkstar wrote:I think Sowell was named the Starter.

Thanks - Wow What a fall - from Projected Left Tackle to starting right tackle to being benched for a never successful tackle in the NFL.

Oly wrote:Earl's leg is broken. Like, shattered broken it seems. He just tweeted that he's considering retirement.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUU....

Damm - It looks like Earl will be done for the year.

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00522


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Not really sure what Rawls is in now - game seems pretty safe - why not sit him the rest?

Earl is a hyper emotional guy. I am sure his tweeting about retirement is due to the situation. He loves ball too much, he will be back next year.

I agree with Jonesy. Earl's tweet could be a spur of the moment reaction during a very stressful situation.

RiverDog wrote:I agree with Jonesy. Earl's tweet could be a spur of the moment reaction during a very stressful situation.

Yes - Earl will not be retiring for at least another 4 seasons.

I agree it sux to have ET go down and agree that his tweet may have been emotional/pain relieving drugs. At least I hope so. I love that guy soooo much. I hope he stays part of the team even while injured. We need him one way or another.

Hawk Sista wrote:I agree it sux to have ET go down and agree that his tweet may have been emotional/pain relieving drugs. At least I hope so. I love that guy soooo much. I hope he stays part of the team even while injured. We need him one way or another.

I'm with you on that one, sista. One of the top five or ten best Hawks of all time. But, Terrell is a pretty impressive young guy. Not that et is replaceable, but better than losing a corner, lb, or do in my mind. It is a good opportunity to see where our depth lies. I still put the Hawks above the cgirls as favorites for the Superbowl from the NFC.

Jjones84 wrote:I'm with you on that one, sista. One of the top five or ten best Hawks of all time. But, Terrell is a pretty impressive young guy. Not that et is replaceable, but better than losing a corner, lb, or do in my mind. It is a good opportunity to see where our depth lies. I still put the Hawks above the cgirls as favorites for the Superbowl from the NFC.

Outside of the personal aspect, what I worry about most isn't replacing Earl's physical presence as much as losing his mental presence. That secondary doesn't seem to play as well together when one of them is out. We've seen how we've been burned when Kam is sidelined. Earl knows that group of guys better than anyone else, knows their strengths and weaknesses, how far he can cheat, when he needs to give help, etc. Now we're going up against one of the more cerebral QB's in the league, on the road, and in winter conditions.

Fortunately the Packer's D really sucks this year so we should be able to put some points on the scoreboard. But this offense, particularly the OL, has flopped against the weakest of D's and has struggled on the road.

We're not built to play shootouts so it could be an interesting game.
Hopefully we can get a few long drives that take a lot of time off the clock.