06 Nov
Thoughts on the DeAngelo Hall situation
Posted by: Zach
The Oakland Raiders released starting cornerback DeAngelo Hall yesterday. This comes halfway through his first season with the Raiders. What makes the move so shocking is that he signed a 7 year, $70 million deal after his trade from Atlanta. He’s been less than stellar on the field lately, but is that enough reason to make such a drastic change?
Let’s hear some feedback. There have to be some strong opinions on a change of this magnitude.
My opinion is that the move doesn’t make sense. I understand Awful Al is trying to send the message that he isn’t happy with the output on the field. I’m not a DeAngelo fan, but he probably deserves more than 8 games to show what he can do. The defensive scheme Oakland uses is far different than what he had at Virginia Tech and Atlanta. Awful Al has already invested a fortune in Hall. He could have given him the rest of the season to see if he got it together.
If sending a message was the reason, he had a lot of other poor performers to choose from.
November 6th, 2008 at 9:44 pm