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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat
Hall has been successful everywhere he's been except oakland, where he was horribly misused. as someone else pointed out, he's had the third most interceptions of active cornerbacks in the league since 2004. Not sure where Bodden is on the list, but hes not up there. Bodden really just had one GREAT year. Prior to 2007, he was just slighty above average (not that theres anything bad about that). 2008 was a really bad year for him, but then again, he was playing for detroit.
Hall is coming of a stellar end of the 2008 season. He was clearly the best corner on our roster, beating out Rogers for a starting role, despite the fact that Rogers had been in the system for 4 years and Hall had been in it for less than 4 weeks.
I agree we shouldnt overpay for Hall, but 5-6million a year is very reasonable for a starting cornerback, especially one with Halls playmaking ability and upside. its even moreso when you consider who the player salaries have been increasing 10-20% every year, and 5-6 million looks like a bargain. If Hall is willing to sign a 6 year, 48M contract with 15M garaunteed, with cap figures under 6M for the first 3 years, we would be getting one heck of a bargain. he would definitely garner that much, if not more, on the open market.
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Well, Hall's
best two years have been his last two,
if you exclude some of the Oakland data, at least. He does seem to have made a small jump after 2006, because before then, he could have been charitably described as below average.
I understand the whole interceptions thing, and he does catch a high % of balls I understand, but he also gets thrown at a ton, which is why that high INT stat is likely to stay. If we turn it into a TD-INT rate against, I'm sure it paints him in a different light.
Bodden's best two years were in 2005 and 2006 (ages 24 and 25, or the same as Halls best years), he actually had somewhat of a down year in 2007 before the trade, I thought, and then was only decent in 2008 compared to the rest of the DBs in Detroit. So he's two years removed from his last pro bowl caliber year.
DeAngelo Hall has never had a pro bowl caliber year. I understand he's made two pro bowls, but you are talking to a guy who thinks the selection process has become a joke, and that's one of my biggest points of evidence.
I am trying to be open minded here. Hall is getting better, and at a rate where the improvement seems real, at least statistically (as long as you average his Oakland play with his Washington play). Perhaps at a young age, there's a chance he might get even better. Or, he could go the way of Bodden now that he's at 25, and start to deteriorate physically. That's the crazy thing about being overrated...is that the money you are getting is generally going to exceed your on-field contributions.
I figured that getting released 7 games into a 70 million dollar deal would be a corrective measure for his value, but apparently, DeAngelo Hall's charm trancends logic.