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Originally Posted by The Goat

I will shocked and awed if Springs has more INTs in '09 than D. Hall. I think Springs mailed it in the 2nd half of last season i.e. he got beat by his WR more than I ever remember seeing and he just did dumb shit like jumping in front of Hall's easy INT and then bobbling it. But more than that Springs looks like he's quickly regressing... i bet the Pats get burned in this move.

I care less about the interceptions than I do about the change in the amount of TDs we're giving up through the air.

The point is that we could have had an improved secondary without bearing any risk beyond 2009. That would have been such a great deal for us, improve secondary depth, and if our No. 2 corner isn't good enough, simple solution: Don't bring him back in 2010. Springs wouldn't have been brought back anyway, but we really could have used one more year of his services.

Instead, we now bear 20-30 million dollars in risk. And for what, really? The opportunity to have the position locked down for the next five years, assuming we can throw another huge contract at CR a year from now? It's silly, silly risk. Sure, we're looking for this move to pan out. Of course we want DHall/Rogers to be a CB tandem for many, many years into the future. And if it works out, we certainly can pay that contract.

Vinny feels really confident, apparently, that Hall won't fail here. Financially, way more confident than either the Falcons or the Raiders were when he failed there.