Yep, I agree. Management have done great at finding good / very good players in a short period of time since Carroll has been there. Very quietly, the Hawks have built one of the better D's in the league. Still a bunch of missing pieces and upgrades required but they are progressing instead of regressing for a change. I love the huge cornerback philosophy. Browner will get better. Towards the end of the year he seemed to be understanding that you can't maul guys like you can in the CFL. A few fortunate INT's and before ya know it the guy's in the Pro Bowl.
I, too, think they should take a run at Manning. Although it looks like Arizona and Miami appear to be generating the most pundit chatter, the Hawks could throw some serious base salary plus a whack of incentives at him. I can't think of the last Superbowl team that won without an elite QB and that for sure isn't TJ - at least not from what we've seen so far. If not us, then I pray its not Arizona. SF will be tough enough Division Title wise.
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