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Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

I guess I'm one of the few in thinking we got a great deal with Hall. In fact paying him a high contract now will reduce the likelihood of a holdout down the road. Plus in a few years his contract is going to look like a bargain. They always do, I mean remember the numbers that Free Agents like Joey Porter and Justin Smiley got last season and compare them to our 2006 spending spree.

The fact of the matter is that 2009 is Hall's age 25 season, which tends to be THE critical year for a Corner (it was CR's breakout half-year in 2007). So while, I can't back your assumption that the value of contracts is going to keep going up until the end of time (which implies the NFL product is not subjected to basic principles of marketing, or at the very least, hyper-inflation in the US within the next 2 years or so), we may very well see the Hall deal as fair market value if he continues to develop.

But it's absolutely not worth the risk that 8 months from now, if the Skins are 3-7 in November, we're counting down the years until we can rid ourselves of an albatross contract. Because if Hall regresses significantly in his 6th NFL season at age 25, I mean, that's it, he's officially a bust. And he's a bust who would be due 20+ million in guaranteed money over the next 6 seasons. This, in no uncertain terms, would be a franchise-ruining deal if he doesn't pan out.

The difference between his deal with the Raiders, and his deal with us, is that the Raiders were able to get away from him when they realized he wasn't worth it. We're just screwed if he goes the Oakland way.

A CB tandem of Smoot and Hall in 2010 would likely mean a bottom five pass defense. Hopefully, Rogers is still here, but if there's a salary cap, we could just be screwed on defense. And it's all because of a 6 week romance with the hot girl who simply isn't worth the time or money you'll invest in her.