Hawks make a splash in the free agent market. The Hawks have signed DE Patrick Kerney.

The total value of the contract is $39.5 million and $19.5 million is guaranteed. Richard Rosa, one of Kerney's agents, confirmed the deal.

Kerney missed the last 7 games of the 2006 season due to a torn B00b… How do the Lodge representatives of Hawk nation feel about this signing? Excited, nothing special, solid… He looks like a Grant Winstrom retread to me...