Just googled some:Blair, Barton, Lano Hill, Tedric Thompson, Amadi, and BBK... we sure have missed out on a lot of Safeties and LBs.
Eh. One betrayed us, the other just sucked.Let's get this started. The Hawks will miss Cody Barton like...
... the vast majority of the fanbase misses Me3.
Four of those were from the 2019 draft, and Hill and Thompson were from the 2017 draft. Just horrible. That was an ugly stretch of drafting, from 2017 to 2021, 5 drafts that didn't bring a lot of solid, core players to the team.Just googled some:
Blair, 2nd round 47th, currently out of the league.
Barton, 3rd round 88th, currently on one year deal with DC
Lano Hill, 3rd round 95th, released by USFL
Tedric Thompson, 4th round 111th, Cleveland Browns?
Amadi, 4th round 132th, NO Saints.
BBK, 5th round 142th, currently out of the league.
Quite sad.
I have been theorizing that Carroll gave too much input to his coaches into the draft selections. It was obviously a huge mistake and that only after getting rid of his friend KNJ did he start taking control of the draft selections again. Hurtt obviously has some input, but he will have to earn Carroll's trust to get as much input as KNJ and Richard had. Hopefully Carroll retires before that happen as I don't trust Hurtt much at all.Just googled some:
Blair, 2nd round 47th, currently out of the league. Ken Norton Jr. (out of the league)
Barton, 3rd round 88th, currently on one year deal with DC Ken Norton Jr. (OOL)
Lano Hill, 3rd round 95th, released by USFL Kris Richard (OOL)
Tedric Thompson, 4th round 111th, Cleveland Browns? Kris Richard (OOL)
Amadi, 4th round 132th, NO Saints. KNJ (OOL)
BBK, 5th round 142th, currently out of the league. KNJ (OOL)
Quite sad.
He'll always get the Weirdo Whipping Boy treatment, but those who keyed in know that the "worst player ever" talk is outside the realm of sanity. Little soft, little too eager to run into blocks, but worst ever? Not even remotely. He wasn't even the worst LB on the team with Muse playing.
Telling that Ron Rivera, noted LB guru, snapped him up immediately in the first wave of free agency. He can do some tough things in coverage.