Wide out....With out.

I know all of this business with Lofa has been getting a lot of press around the northwest but I still think we have a more serious situation with the WR corp.

Yes Bobby Engram is holding out on voluntary mini-camps but will he hold out when it comes time to show the young guys what this game is all about in training camp. Sure, voluntary mini-camps can be missed without peril or much consequences. What about training camp? Sure guys hold out on training camp an awful lot in the NFL for many reasons but Money is usually the segway for these holdouts. Unless you are Walter Jones and have an amazing work out regimen and can come in and contribute without participating in training camp than you should be participating along with everyone else on the team. Afterall, there is no I in team right.

With a situation like Engram's you have to look at it from a fan's point of view first because hell the fans want to see everyone play and start off the year with the porper preperations. Secondly, I think you have to look at it from the players point of view. Put yourself in Engram's shoes, would you like it if a mediocre wideout like Burleson and a WR who can't really seem to get going at an elite level "Branch" got paid more than you, Especially when those players haven't been with the team as long as you? Lastly, I think you owe it to yourself to look at it from the view of the Front Office. What is going to happen if the Hawks give Bobby more money? Will he play up to the standards that a pay increase demands? How will this translate to touchdowns and catches for Bobby? These, among others, are the questions the front office will be asking themselves.

So what next? Do the hawks give in to the requests of Engram or do they simply say your not worth it and risk losing a solid WR who has been very productive for them? This is a hard one to swallow all at once. "that's what she said" END...