I have always said that the best pass defense is a good pass rush. The seahawks front office is going a magnificant job of finding talent. Finding Chris Clemons was like finding a needle in the haystack. To acquire Clemons was amazing in my opinion. However getting back to generating a pass rush. The front must consider all avenues to getting the QB. Not just from the defensive end position. The front office needs to find linebackers, defensive tackles and defensive ends that can put pressure on opposing QBs. Brock: You mention one time about the lack of depth. That might have been the reason the Hawks lost to Atlanta. There was no one to take the place of Chris Clemons. PS: I just absolutely love what Pete Carroll, John Schneider and company are doing. They are going the extra mile to find talent.

Go out and get a few impact Free Agents with the room the Hawks have under the cap which in turn will free up you can do on draft day. I hope they are aggressive in the FA market - get 2-3 players - WR, DL, LB, nickel back, OG - whatever you get in the FA , allows them to be even more creative on draft day - I hope they go for it windows close quickly and if they are agressive in both the FA market and draft, they ought to have every "hole" addressed at least on paper. Pass Ruch, OLB, Nickel, WR, OG and then from there - quality depth - get it done, otherwise the 49ers win the division and at best you are playing on the road come playoof time and that is tough. Take advantage of the 12th man - you have to which means YOU HAVE to win the division which means YOU HAVE to be aggressive in the FA and Draft - take a leadership role and get after it. This is the year to put the stake in the ground. Building time is over. Carpe Diem - Rams will be on your tail in addition to having the best team in the 49ers in your division.

Cal Bear: It sounds like a good idea to go out into free agency. But the Seahawks are going to have their own problems in a couple of years trying to resign their own players. Right now Richard Sherman is probably making the minimum. Sherman is going to want to be paid top dollar. Which might be in the 8-10 million range. Plus down road Russell Wilson is going to cost a HUGE chunk of cash. These to guys alone will probably add over 20 million to the Seahawk salary cap.

I was checking some prospect rankings and it looks like there are a few worth looking at but there's not much at the top as far as 4-3 OLBs go. Of all the would-be Hawks, Chase Thomas of Stanford seems like a Carroll/Schneider type of player. Also seems like the type of player Brock describes in the vid. Other than that I'm not seeing much. Thomas is currently projected as a 2nd or 3rd round pick.

If we're going to go out & make a splash picking up FAs this guys is @ the top of my Christmas list. I like him in Hawk's Blue even more than Kruger(no disrespect) just think we identify a much more pressing need @ probably a more difficult role to fill, the 3 tech. I suppose I just flat out like Melton more than any of the other guys in FA this year, hes head & shoulders the top choice. That being said we'll have to wait and see what the FO does. GO HAWKS!!