Henry Melton to Visit Hawks this Friday

[Maxman186]

All the Raiders fans are so pissed on Twitter

 

[DeathbyTalons]

Well I am pumped and full of wine time to go watch the Blue Ray DVD of our CHAMPIONSHIP season once again. When we wake up tomorrow kiddies it will be Christmas and we will have a new DT.

Be sure to save room of your shelf for next years disk.

 

[Blitzer88]

All the Raiders fans are so pissed on Twitter

When are raider fans not pissed?

 

[gadgor]

I am still skeptical because he did not produce well before he went down with that ACL injury last season....I don't even think he had a hurry.

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

All the Raiders fans are so pissed on Twitter

When are raider fans not pissed?

25 years ago?

 

[ErikG803]

I am still skeptical because he did not produce well before he went down with that ACL injury last season....I don't even think he had a hurry.

Not that this would necessarily reflect well on him, but I think he could have easily been playing pissed off at Chicago due to being franchised. Just a thought.

 

[King Dog]

I am still skeptical because he did not produce well before he went down with that ACL injury last season....I don't even think he had a hurry.

I think he went down after the 3rd game though. He got the franchise tag, and our FO wants him. Good enough for me.

 

[Hasselbeck]

Not Erskine, but Rappaport chimes in:

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 1m
Meanwhile, #Seahawks and DT Henry Melton are deep in negotiations tonight, per source. We’ll see if he makes it to Dallas for his visit

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[dbmack]

I was reading over some of his old Twitter posts. This is from Super Bowl Sunday:

Henry Melton ‏@HenMel Feb 2
#SuperBowlSunday I was very close to playing in this game once....and one day I will

 

[jake206]

Competitor...check, pro bowl type player...check, boulder on shoulder check. Acl okay? Check. Sign please.

 

[Sports Hernia]

All the Raiders fans are so pissed on Twitter

Because Raider fans = niner fans and vice versa.

 

[gadgor]

I am still skeptical because he did not produce well before he went down with that ACL injury last season....I don't even think he had a hurry.

Not that this would necessarily reflect well on him, but I think he could have easily been playing pissed off at Chicago due to being franchised. Just a thought.

Hmm maybe...I mean don't get me wrong I am super stoked about this potential signing. He was a beast in 2012, but I still question his effort...

 

[Spleenhawk2.0]

I am still skeptical because he did not produce well before he went down with that ACL injury last season....I don't even think he had a hurry.

Not that this would necessarily reflect well on him, but I think he could have easily been playing pissed off at Chicago due to being franchised. Just a thought.

And also don't forget the other factors that played into the entire Bears defense playing historically bad. They switched defensive coordinators, and lost two starting linebackers (Roach and Urlacher). Peppers was also a year older, and seemed to have lost a step (how Green Bay justified paying him $10 million a year.....wow). They were also decimated by injuries - really from training camp on (if I recall). The 2013 Bears defense was just bad. Melton's production would not worry me nearly as much as his injury recovery

 

[DavidSeven]

I am still skeptical because he did not produce well before he went down with that ACL injury last season....I don't even think he had a hurry.

Not that this would necessarily reflect well on him, but I think he could have easily been playing pissed off at Chicago due to being franchised. Just a thought.

Hmm maybe...I mean don't get me wrong I am super stoked about this potential signing. He was a beast in 2012, but I still question his effort...

He played three games in 2013 before his knee injury. You're judging this on three games?

 

[gadgor]

I am still skeptical because he did not produce well before he went down with that ACL injury last season....I don't even think he had a hurry.

Not that this would necessarily reflect well on him, but I think he could have easily been playing pissed off at Chicago due to being franchised. Just a thought.

Hmm maybe...I mean don't get me wrong I am super stoked about this potential signing. He was a beast in 2012, but I still question his effort...

He played three games in 2013 before his knee injury. You're judging this on three games?

Yes I am. Just making a qualitative observation.

 

[SalishHawkFan]

Just before 2 a.m. on December 23, 2013, surveillance video shows a bartender telling a customer to leave, pointing at the door several times.

"When he was asked to leave, his belligerence and unruliness turned into violence," said attorney Darren Wolf, who represents Donald Payne, the owner of Chill.

The surveillance video clearly shows at least one punch was thrown. Wolf said it took four people to remove the customer, who they later discovered was Henry Melton, a defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears and a former Texas Longhorns player. Melton graduated from Grapevine High School.

"It took four men to do this because he's a big guy," Wolf said. "And in the process, my client — Mr. Payne — received a really really horrific bite from Mr. Melton. He bit him in the side, near the kidney, through the skin."

Wolf said Payne was treated at a hospital and sent home.

Melton was arrested.

Payne has now filed a lawsuit against Melton, seeing monetary relief "in a sum greater than $1 million," according to court documents. But Wolf said they would leave it to a jury to decide an exact monetary award.

The attorney said there were injuries beyond medical bills. "There's some psychological injury there," Wolf said. "The thought of another human being you don't know biting through your skin, piercing your skin... it's a pretty frightening experience. And it's dangerous."

According to the lawsuit, at the bar the night of the incident, Melton was telling restaurant workers that he "was a millionaire and the bartenders were nothing but poor white trash."

http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Surveill ... 94261.html

This was posted in NFL forum. Don't like to judge a man before walking a mile in his shoes but this is worrying.

Alcohol is a hell of a drug. Stupid things happen when people get drunk, I'm sure some (most) of us can all attest to that. Luckily, this team has shown a penchant for understanding the human element. If this is just a bad, one time episode, ehh, it happens. If Henry Melton is constantly going out, getting hammered, and biting dudes and spouting at the mouth about being a millionaire... yeah, there's a probably a problem. However, the incident occurred when he was injured and that can have a serious effect on these dudes. Not making excuses or anything, just trying to understand what probably went down.

And personally, I want my DT's to be as nasty as possible. That's why I love Suh and am still holding out hope that one day, he too will be a Seahawk. Oh, and don't forget this...

January 2005 McDaniel assaulted fellow University of Tennessee student, Edward Goodrich, during a pick-up basketball game for which Goodrich received 4 broken bones and needed a metal plate inserted into his face to repair injuries. McDaniel, originally charged with aggravated assault, a felony, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and agreed to pay restitution to Goodrich for an undisclosed amount. Goodrich had filed an $800,000 lawsuit against McDaniel in Knox County Circuit Court.[2]

This is life. Crap happens. I would love signing Henry Melton, regardless of his legal problems. The dude's a beast, when healthy, and even if he were to get cut in Camp, that would just mean that Jordan Hill or Greg Scruggs or whoever stepped up big time. Either way, the Seahawks win, and that's what it's all about.

Alcohol brings out a person's true character and magnifies it. This guy is a douchebag. Screw him. We can win without douchebags.

 

[Hasselbeck]

Alcohol brings out a person's true character and magnifies it. This guy is a douchebag. Screw him. We can win without douchebags.

How's the view from that high horse?

 

[-The Glove-]

Just before 2 a.m. on December 23, 2013, surveillance video shows a bartender telling a customer to leave, pointing at the door several times.

"When he was asked to leave, his belligerence and unruliness turned into violence," said attorney Darren Wolf, who represents Donald Payne, the owner of Chill.

The surveillance video clearly shows at least one punch was thrown. Wolf said it took four people to remove the customer, who they later discovered was Henry Melton, a defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears and a former Texas Longhorns player. Melton graduated from Grapevine High School.

"It took four men to do this because he's a big guy," Wolf said. "And in the process, my client — Mr. Payne — received a really really horrific bite from Mr. Melton. He bit him in the side, near the kidney, through the skin."

Wolf said Payne was treated at a hospital and sent home.

Melton was arrested.

Payne has now filed a lawsuit against Melton, seeing monetary relief "in a sum greater than $1 million," according to court documents. But Wolf said they would leave it to a jury to decide an exact monetary award.

The attorney said there were injuries beyond medical bills. "There's some psychological injury there," Wolf said. "The thought of another human being you don't know biting through your skin, piercing your skin... it's a pretty frightening experience. And it's dangerous."

According to the lawsuit, at the bar the night of the incident, Melton was telling restaurant workers that he "was a millionaire and the bartenders were nothing but poor white trash."

http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Surveill ... 94261.html

This was posted in NFL forum. Don't like to judge a man before walking a mile in his shoes but this is worrying.

Alcohol is a hell of a drug. Stupid things happen when people get drunk, I'm sure some (most) of us can all attest to that. Luckily, this team has shown a penchant for understanding the human element. If this is just a bad, one time episode, ehh, it happens. If Henry Melton is constantly going out, getting hammered, and biting dudes and spouting at the mouth about being a millionaire... yeah, there's a probably a problem. However, the incident occurred when he was injured and that can have a serious effect on these dudes. Not making excuses or anything, just trying to understand what probably went down.

And personally, I want my DT's to be as nasty as possible. That's why I love Suh and am still holding out hope that one day, he too will be a Seahawk. Oh, and don't forget this...

January 2005 McDaniel assaulted fellow University of Tennessee student, Edward Goodrich, during a pick-up basketball game for which Goodrich received 4 broken bones and needed a metal plate inserted into his face to repair injuries. McDaniel, originally charged with aggravated assault, a felony, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and agreed to pay restitution to Goodrich for an undisclosed amount. Goodrich had filed an $800,000 lawsuit against McDaniel in Knox County Circuit Court.[2]

This is life. Crap happens. I would love signing Henry Melton, regardless of his legal problems. The dude's a beast, when healthy, and even if he were to get cut in Camp, that would just mean that Jordan Hill or Greg Scruggs or whoever stepped up big time. Either way, the Seahawks win, and that's what it's all about.

Alcohol brings out a person's true character and magnifies it. This guy is a douchebag. Screw him. We can win without douchebags.

With that attitude, you must hate Marshawn Lynch

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

Alcohol brings out a person's true character and magnifies it. This guy is a douchebag. Screw him. We can win without douchebags.

How's the view from that high horse?

I wouldn't know given I like Marshawn Lynch and alcohol.

 

[QuahHawk]

Competitor...check, pro bowl type player...check, boulder on shoulder check. Acl okay? Check. Sign please.

Yup, seems like a perfect fit and a great under the radar signing. This is a buy low with limited risk and a very very high reward.

Just get it done already.