flyerhawk
Well-Known Member
The Hawks were lucky last season to not have a losing record that was because of the talent the Hawks have at QB. The Offense is good enough the defense is not and has very little talent depth but that changed in the past 4 months. What were they again? 10-2 in one score games lol come on now. Thats insanely high and that is because Wilson is the man.
I'll be the first to say that we need resign Clowney but it's not like we are devoid of talent outside of him. Griffin, Diggs, and Reed are all good players. Flowers was up and down last year but partly that was because we go zero pass rush. But now he'll slide to nickel back or maybe play a safety like role in dime umbrella coverage.
Wagner is still an All-Pro LB. KJ may have lost a step but is still useful.
Ultimately it boils down to the pass rush. Last year, Ansah was a complete non-factor and probably was one of the 3 or 4 worst edge rushers in football, maybe even the worst.
If Clowney comes back then the pass rush SHOULD be dramatically better than last year if for not other reason than we won't have Ansah doing nothing on the other side.
If we don't bring back Clowney, things get murkier. If we don't get Clowney or Griffen then things look really grim.