Leroy Hill A Free Agent!!

[Sean"Big Hurt"Taylor]

I was watching NFL Network and they stated that the Seahawks took the franchise tag off of Hill making him a free agent. He is only like 26 years old and has been playing the strong side linebacker for them for the past 4 seasons. If we can sign him then we could concentrate sorely on the offensive side of the ball for the remainder of the draft (C. OG, T, and QB).

[MTK]

Sure why not give him a look

[Nflnick11]

Let's see how we draft first

[ncskinsfanatic]

I'd sign him asap, we'd be set on D and could focus on OL.

[MTK]

2008 Scouting Report - Scouts Inc.
Grade: 72 | Key
Alert: None

Comment: Hill is a very athletic linebacker has the kind of speed that allows him to be effective as a blitzer or take-on defender. He has played both the strong side as well as the weak side in his career and gives Seattle a lot of flexibility in its linebacking corps. He has excellent instincts, does a great job of locating the level of the ball and flowing to the play. He is active and consistently ends up near the play at the whistle. He has an explosive pop to him when he makes the tackle and can consistently put the ball carrier on his back. He generally does not stay blocked for long, which is more due to his athleticism than his ability to step up and take on blockers. He is a little undersized and can struggle when matched up on some of the bigger tight ends. He is improving, but still needs to work on his ability to control blockers with his hands and show a quick burst off the block to make the play, as he escapes. He can run himself out of plays when he tries to run around or avoid the block. He gets good depth in his pass drops and can mirror most tight ends on vertical routes or combination routes underneath

[Superman13732]

Can we get a link to this report?

[Lotus]

Hill was their franchise player. My guess is that he will want big bucks.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Sure why not give him a look

seems like every time you say that we end up signing the guy

[Redskin Warrior]

He could take MW's spot at linebacker

[tryfuhl]

Might as well call up his agent and put some feelers out.

[mrreddman]

I would sign him in a heartbeat. Even though he just got into some legal trouble for some weed, but hell half the league smokes anyway....maybe it would lower his price. That would be sweeeeeeeeet and then draft OL the rest of the draft.

[an23dy]

Although all my knowledge of the cap is based on the updates on this site and it hasn't been updated in a while I don't know if we have enough room to sign a guy like him. I think I saw about 5 million in cap space, so we still got to sign our rookies and then that's what we have left. Although I'm sure we can cut Wynn or Daniels now, which would save maybe a million or two.

[WaldSkins]

Originally Posted by Redskin Warrior

He could take MW's spot at linebacker

Why not just sign MW?

[Superman13732]

MW is getting old, this kid is young and has a ton of talent, and potential. Only problem is price tag... thats why we might see more of MW in 2009, we can probably pick him up for vet minimum.

[WaldSkins]

Originally Posted by Superman13732

MW is getting old, this kid is young and has a ton of talent, and potential. Only problem is price tag... thats why we might see more of MW in 2009, we can probably pick him up for vet minimum.

Im hoping Levi Jones gets cut by the Bengals. Better then MW but not Hill and would be cheaper.