Crazy, Early Poll for the 2025 Hawks

[SonicHawk]

17-0.

 

[Double Tribble]

8-10 wins, possible playoff appearance with early exit. More purgatory, unless something changes significantly.

You know what they say about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result...

 

[SoulfishHawk]

9 or 10 again. Team has a bright future, but it still feels like it will take another full year to really get it the way they want.
Now, IF they revamp the O Line? I'd def. say 11 wins and a playoff win.

 

[projectorfreak]

Last year i went 12 n 5 and Grubb looked great against scrubs at times and worse others , we had the injury bug bigtime for a few weeks and grubb started to become even more one dimensional so while I feel 12 i said 11
Don't expect too much and be happier when it happens
Go Hawks

 

[Sol Duc]

8-10 wins, possible playoff appearance with early exit. More purgatory, unless something changes significantly.

You know what they say about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result...

8-9

 

[jammerhawk]

The NFC-W is a tough division every year. Truly last season we tied the Rams for final records but lost to them on b/c they had a better record against their division / better SOS.

Had the team beaten the Rams at home in their final seasonal crunch the Hawks would have had a 4-2 Divisional record and an 11-6 seasonal record. I like them to improve by a game to 11-6 and win the Division, after that let’s watch.

 

[Seahawker]

13-4

 

[Jegpeg]

I'll say 7-10.

I think we're due for a considerable regression. Mostly because of two big advantages we had last season that we can't depend on having again:

1. We were one of the healthiest teams in the league.

2. Our division was absolute trash.

That gift of an early season schedule helped too. We lack the means to upgrade where we need to without luck, we have an aging QB who I see having around a 1:1 TD to INT ratio again, and I'm not convinced we're actually well-coached.

We have playoff talent. I don't see us realizing it next season though.

While I am not as optimistic as some I don't see your "two big advantages" that we had last season.

1. According to this reports we were the 11th healthiest team last season, so better than average but not exceptional and we had several players out from the same position at the same time, particularly in the middle of the season in October we were down to out 4th string RT. At the same time at CB we were missing Riq Wollen and Tre Brown.

Which NFL Teams Have Been Most and Least Impacted By Injuries?

Of the teams LEAST impacted by injuries, 9 of the top 10 in our ranking are in playoff contention, but what about those most impacted?

www.sportsinfosolutions.com

2. Our division finished 34:34 so dead on average. The Texans and Buccs finished with the same record as us and walked their divisions.

Geno's Ints last season were a concern though his completion % is still very high. I am hoping that the regression was more due to Grubb and the O-line than Geno but I might be wrong.

The biggest difficulty I for improvment is our cap space, O-line is a big problem and we don't have the cap space or draft capital to fix it, and will have to trade / cut players that we would like to keep to make cap room.

I am looking at 9 or 10 wins.

 

[SeaWolv]

They just put up 10 wins with a college OC, a janky OLine and very little pass rush. With a pretty low 2025 SOS, plus bringing in KK, some OLine help and bolstering the defense with a true edge rusher they could add 2 wins and make the playoffs. If they don't do those things then they will likely go 10 wins or less.

 

[Hawkinaz]

I went with 12-5, Hawks won 10 games last year with the offense not performing well and the defense not coming together until mid season.

A theory I have heard which I agree with is every team will start by at winning half their games (9-8, 8-9) than there could be a handful of plays/ penalties that could change the outcomes of games which than would be the difference between being 12-5 or 5-12.

 

[Subzero717]

I don't necessarily think we will take any significant leap in terms of actually being better. We do play both South divisions and the Rams are in flux (Im not discounting them) so it will appear we are and everyone that supports status quo will be able to pound their chests.

 

[Rat]

While I am not as optimistic as some I don't see your "two big advantages" that we had last season.

1. According to this reports we were the 11th healthiest team last season, so better than average but not exceptional and we had several players out from the same position at the same time, particularly in the middle of the season in October we were down to out 4th string RT. At the same time at CB we were missing Riq Wollen and Tre Brown.

Which NFL Teams Have Been Most and Least Impacted By Injuries?

Of the teams LEAST impacted by injuries, 9 of the top 10 in our ranking are in playoff contention, but what about those most impacted?

www.sportsinfosolutions.com

I think there's a good chance your link about injury impact doesn't tell the whole story. Our best players were remarkably healthy this past season:

17 games - Witherspoon, Cross, JSN, Geno, Bryant, Jarran Reed, Barner
16 games - Leonard Williams, Love, Knight
15 games - DK, Woolen, Mafe

Ernest Jones also was healthy for every game after we acquired him (10 games).

That seems pretty impressive, and unusual, to have so many of your core players available for that many games. Did we even have a single above average player on season-ending IR with like a month to go? Whatever your thoughts are on Geno, having your starting QB miss just one half of a game for the entire season (and we were getting destroyed in that game when he left) is an enormous advantage.

Yes, it would have been huge to have had Lucas the entire season. He only played seven games, but going into the season, a lot of us thought his career was over. Even getting those seven games was a bonus. I'll bet a lot of what got us hit in the "starter games lost to injury" was George Fant, who was a modestly-paid (at best) player we brought in this past offseason who most likely would have ranked in the bottom third among starting RTs if he had played. Bradford missed a considerable chunk of the season, but most of the fan base wanted him replaced anyway. Losing guys like Jerrell and Stone Forsythe; how great are you even doing with them?

Walker's injuries hurt. Around the league though, RB health was terrible. Having a durable backup in Charbs was helpful, which prevented us from having to constantly scan the waiver wire for running backs, like we had been unfortunate to need to do in some more recent seasons.

Having Nwosu more would have been nice. He barely played the year prior either. Hopefully, we aren't depending on him this season.

It was very unlucky to have pretty much the entire DL drop at the same time early on, but none of them stayed out long other than Nwosu. It was shocking how healthy the defense was by the end of the season given that a month in, we were worried it would be "one of those" kind of seasons.

When you look at it as a whole, any team would be thrilled to have made it through the season as relatively unscathed as we did. I certainly would not expect next season to be better in that regard.

 

[Wsumatt1982]

While I am not as optimistic as some I don't see your "two big advantages" that we had last season.

1. According to this reports we were the 11th healthiest team last season, so better than average but not exceptional and we had several players out from the same position at the same time, particularly in the middle of the season in October we were down to out 4th string RT. At the same time at CB we were missing Riq Wollen and Tre Brown.

Which NFL Teams Have Been Most and Least Impacted By Injuries?

Of the teams LEAST impacted by injuries, 9 of the top 10 in our ranking are in playoff contention, but what about those most impacted?

www.sportsinfosolutions.com

2. Our division finished 34:34 so dead on average. The Texans and Buccs finished with the same record as us and walked their divisions.

Geno's Ints last season were a concern though his completion % is still very high. I am hoping that the regression was more due to Grubb and the O-line than Geno but I might be wrong.

The biggest difficulty I for improvment is our cap space, O-line is a big problem and we don't have the cap space or draft capital to fix it, and will have to trade / cut players that we would like to keep to make cap room.

I am looking at 9 or 10 wins.

We, in fact, do have both the cap space and draft capital to improve the O line, and a whole lot more.