Thread: Any regrets about not getting Kerney?

I'm sure most of you are watching the Hawks game. I can't help but wonder if we would be in the playoffs right now if we would have got Kerney?

I wanted him bad when we made our move for him. The guy is a stud. He's in the back field almost every play. Not just that, but even on the run plays. He eats up both the RT and TE allowing the LB to get a clean shot on the ball carrier.

I know the Hawks have better LB's then us, But our guys would have been so much better if they weren't always having to fight off an O-lineman.

I wish we would have offered him more money last year If we had both him and Doom rushing the passer, we would have been a lot better on all those long 3rd downs.

Not me, he could have been the band aid that gave us a one and done in the playoffs. I would rather overhaul the engine instead of putting in a fuel treatment.

Hawks DT tackles are better as well. I do not think he would have had same output in Denver.

Originally Posted by fcspikeit

I can't help but wonder if we would be in the playoffs right now if we would have got Kerney?

This team was not just one player from making the Playoffs ...

Kerney would have made a nice addition to DOOM on the ends but would not by any means would have shored up our biggest weakness, stopping the run.

He wouldn't have solved out offensive line problems nor our DT problems. If you get some legit defensive tackles in you will see an increase of sacks, pressure, and run stopping. Dumervile is a legit pass rusher, but he has been the only one that has made any real progress on the D-Line this season.

Originally Posted by LoyalSoldier

He wouldn't have solved out offensive line problems nor our DT problems. If you get some legit defensive tackles in you will see an increase of sacks, pressure, and run stopping. Dumervile is a legit pass rusher, but he has been the only one that has made any real progress on the D-Line this season.

He would not have solved all are problems but he sure would have been a good start. Big, strong, and quick in a defensive ball player doesn't suck.

Originally Posted by Skinny

This team was not just one player from making the Playoffs ...

wanna bet on mikeys EOY press conference comments about this one.. one no more than two players away..

Originally Posted by Jrwiz

wanna bet on mikeys EOY press conference comments about this one.. one no more than two players away..

Why would he mention Kerney in his end of the year press conference? This doesn't seem to pertain to the gist of the thread.

Originally Posted by fcspikeit

I'm sure most of you are watching the Hawks game. I can't help but wonder if we would be in the playoffs right now if we would have got Kerney?

I wanted him bad when we made our move for him. The guy is a stud. He's in the back field almost every play. Not just that, but even on the run plays. He eats up both the RT and TE allowing the LB to get a clean shot on the ball carrier.

I know the Hawks have better LB's then us, But our guys would have been so much better if they weren't always having to fight off an O-lineman.

I wish we would have offered him more money last year If we had both him and Doom rushing the passer, we would have been a lot better on all those long 3rd downs.

Kerney would have help the pass rush, but I'm not sure his presences would have changed our dysfunctional run defense.

It's hard for me to regret not having a guy that chose another team. I really don't think we really had a shot at signing him in the first place.

I am more angry we didnt get Adalius Thomas as far as defensive free agents go.
Heck, I am probably more angry we didnt trade a second for Jenkins.

Kearny would have been an everydown linemen for us, but he wouldnt have near the same impact as he does in Seattle. There are just too many good players on that front seven to double team him, which would be done here.

Most have said it, but I'm not upset. I didn't want him in the first place. He did do more than I thought he'd do, but he also wouldn't have made nearly the impact here that he did in Sea.

I remember a guy back at the Freak who said in the off season that it was a mistake to spend so much money on Travis Henry and that they would of been better off spending that money on defensive talent and Kerney was one of the guys he mentioned but a lot of guys joked on him and said that Kerney is old and doesn't have much left in the tank and that Henry would be a beast in Denver.

Originally Posted by BOSSHOGG30

I remember a guy back at the Freak who said in the off season that it was a mistake to spend so much money on Travis Henry and that they would of been better off spending that money on defensive talent and Kerney was one of the guys he mentioned but a lot of guys joked on him and said that Kerney is old and doesn't have much left in the tank and that Henry would be a beast in Denver.

I remember that guy...he also said that Tony Hunt was the second coming of TD.

Originally Posted by slim

I remember that guy...he also said that Tony Hunt was the second coming of TD.

I don't remember him going that far, but he did have a lot of good things to say about Hunt... I wouldn't doubt if he was right about that either since Tony is only 21 years old and Westbrook is already draining that knee every week. Shouldn't be too long till he gets some serious playing time.