How many Hawkeyes starting in the NFL ?

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HawgEyeState

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ESPN has a feature on their website, currently that projects each NFL team's starting lineups.

THeeeeeeeee IOWA HAWKEYES are ALL OVER that report, saturating the NFL with formers Hawks.

To wit Marshall Yanda, Balt Ravens
Anthony Hitchens, Cowboys, strongside LB
Riley Reiff, Det Lions
Bryan Bulaga Pack
Micah Hyde Pack
Brandon Sherrif Whoever drafted him 'skins
Chad Greenway still projected starter for Vikings
Matt Tobin Philly Eagles, starting Guad
Christian Kirksey, Browns
Scott Chandler (probable part-time starter Pats)
Charles Godfrey ?
Bradley Fletcher ?

OK, these were off top of my head. James Morris is said to be pushing for PT with Super Bowl champions.
Who else ??
 
HawgEyeState said:
ESPN has a feature on their website, currently that projects each NFL team's starting lineups.

THeeeeeeeee IOWA HAWKEYES are ALL OVER that report, saturating the NFL with formers Hawks.

To wit Marshall Yanda, Balt Ravens
Anthony Hitchens, Cowboys, strongside LB
Riley Reiff, Det Lions
Bryan Bulaga Pack
Micah Hyde Pack
Brandon Sherrif Whoever drafted him 'skins
Chad Greenway still projected starter for Vikings
Matt Tobin Philly Eagles, starting Guad
Christian Kirksey, Browns
Scott Chandler (probable part-time starter Pats)
Charles Godfrey ?
Bradley Fletcher ?

OK, these were off top of my head. James Morris is said to be pushing for PT with Super Bowl champions.
Who else ??
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Hyde is not a starter for GB. He started a couple of time last year until Clinton-Dix took over. Hyde still plays 50% of snaps or more as 5th or 6th defensive back. Mike Daniels, however, is a starter on the d-line for Green Bay. I think your list is complete otherwise. Godfrey was not a starter last year for Carolina and Fletcher did start some for Philly.
 
Godfrey started for Atlanta at least a few games after being released from Carolina. I believe Adrian Clayborn will start for Atlanta if hes healthy.
 
HawgEyeState said:
Hyde started most games for the Packers, last year. Yes, he is a starter and a
Punt Returner, as well for Green Bay.
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Pretty risky of Green Bay to have him returning punts. They should probably play it safe and put a slow white guy back there who's really good at running away from the ball while waving his arms.
 
PCHawk said:
Pretty risky of Green Bay to have him returning punts. They should probably play it safe and put a slow white guy back there who's really good at running away from the ball while waving his arms.
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Dripping with sarcasm.
 
Micah Hyde has some of the best Open field moves, naturally in all the NFL.
Most Green Bay fans are..............well,
Forget it...........Micah Hyde is a helluva Footall player
 
Seriously folks...it's really great that we have a high amount of Ex-Hawks in the NFL doing nice things. But it has become slightly bothersome that due to our collegiate failures we seem to live vicariously through Ex-Hawks NFL success. So and so will make two (2) catches for "Name the NFL team" at TE for 18 yards and someone will jump on here to report it. I'd rather hear that Iowa went into Camp Randall and kicked Wisconsin's a**, and scored an FU meaningless TD at the end instead of running FB dives the last five (5) minutes. Get my point?
 
Atlanta could have Babineaux, Clayborn, Moeaki and Godfrey all playing significant minutes or starting, depending on how things work out. I just hope they can all stay healthy!
 
Does Houston still have Owen Daniels at tight end? Or is there a chance CJ starts? (Yes, I can look it up, it just popped into my head so I asked)
 
ATLHawkeye said:
Atlanta could have Babineaux, Clayborn, Moeaki and Godfrey all playing significant minutes or starting, depending on how things work out. I just hope they can all stay healthy!
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Thanks ATLHawk.............Babineaux has been a Starter for Falcons for years. That's another and
I was remiss in leaving him off my list.

Did I really see PCHawk race-baiting in the above post, here? Really?? What a ridiculous, useless post.
 
Well its not the NFL but I believe Jovon Johnson and Nolan MacMillan start for the Ottawa Redbacks in the Canadian Football League.
 
Mebe the Iowa athletic department should reword the question to be: Iowa fans, which would you rather have happen? Players graduate? Have the team play the right way? Or have many Hawk footballers go to the pros?

Is Iowa a farm team for the NFL? 'Cause it seems fans care more about that than winning...
And yawn.
 
HomerChampless said:
Mebe the Iowa athletic department should reword the question to be: Iowa fans, which would you rather have happen? Players graduate? Have the team play the right way? Or have many Hawk footballers go to the pros?

Is Iowa a farm team for the NFL? 'Cause it seems fans care more about that than winning...
And yawn.
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Exsqueeze me, here, just a minute. Because I started a thread about the PLETHORA of HAWKEYES that are starting in the NFL has
ZERO correlation to how much I want the Hawkeyes to win.

WTF is so difficult to understand about this ????????? He**, I've been a Season ticket holder since
Mark Vlasic was our QB.

Sheeeeeeeeeeeesh.................I certainly want the Hawkeyes to win every time out. My thinking is that having a PLETHORA of NFL Players will
HELP get great young men to be recruited to Iowa. Is this really that hard to comprehend ?? Really
 
Hawks always described as a 'developmental program'.....

Believe I saw Carl Davis is splitting 1st team DT reps w/ the Ravens
 
Focusing on non-winning aspects of the sporting experience like friendly confines, or cold beer, or great ballparks is the thinking of a sports fan base that can't see winning around the horizon (in Iowa's case, fans can't see anything but mediocrity). Do some fans reply they don't care about winning 'cause (here I have a roadblock 'cause UI/KF has taken away so many experiences of the football experience) they've fulfilled the tradition of going to an Iowa game?

Here's my question: if Iowa trains all these athletes to be good enough to play in the NFL, what's holding the athletes back from playing well in college?
 
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HomerChampless said:
Focusing on non-winning aspects of the sporting experience like friendly confines, or cold beer, or great ballparks is the thinking of a sports fan base that can't see winning around the horizon (in Iowa's case, fans can't see anything but mediocrity). Do some fans reply they don't care about winning 'cause (here I have a roadblock 'cause UI/KF has taken away so many experiences of the football experience) they've fulfilled the tradition of going to an Iowa game?

Here's my question: if Iowa trains all these athletes to be good enough to play in the NFL, what's holding the athletes back from playing well in college?
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The athletes that make the NFL did play well in college. But the question I think your really asking is why isn't this translating into more wins. It's a fair question. Here are what I believe to be the answers.

1)Depth/Quantity/pure #'s (not having enough good/great athletes at any one time). Seems like we always have too many "holes". A tiny margin for attrition/misses, especially at key/skill positions.

2)yes, recruiting...specifically at Wr and RB. As a whole, you can make up a ton of gap in talent at the OLine, Dline, LB, Safety, and even DB and TE positions with development, weight training, and technique, which are the positions we put in the NFL. QB, WR, RB...well, much less gap can be made...and if you miss or have attrition at those spots...combined with #1 above....

3)and yes, game day coaching and poor schemes/philosophy have accounted directly for 1(unfortunately 2-3 for a couple years) losses over about 6 of the last ten years.

Iowa is and likely always will be a team that relies on development. But they also must limit attrition and improve in recruiting at certain positions.
 
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