Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Hawks Sign Veteran TE Pollard


Pollard is a proven pass-catching TE that should compliment Will Hellar as the priamry blocking TE. The Seattle Times reported:

Pollard, 35, received a one-year contract with guaranteed money, though exact financial terms of the deal are unavailable. The 12-year pro spent the past two seasons with the Detroit Lions and the previous 10 with the Indianapolis Colts.

Pollard gives the Seahawks a proven pass receiver. He has 321 receptions for 4,007 yards and 38 touchdowns in his career. Pollard has caught 40 or more passes in a season four times.
He had 46 catches for 516 yards and three touchdowns in 2005, but dropped off to 12 catches for 100 yards last season.


My main concerns are his age (35) and his drop in production from 46 catches in 2005 to 12 catches last season. But I guess a change in QB from Peyton Manning to Jon Kitna may have had something to do with that. But at least the Hawks have gotten rid of a serious problem in Jerramy Stevens.


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