WP: Redskins’ Hall takes shots at ref and own coaches after 18-16 loss to Cowboys

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by SouperMeister

There isn't a corner in the league that will cover Bryant with that much space to defend when the blitz doesn't get to Romo. I understand D. Hall's frustration being put in the situation, but obviously, he needs to keep his comments behind closed doors.

yeah, im not a big fan of d hall, i dont hate the man either but i dont blame him for the dez catch.

it was basically him and dez alone on that entire half of the field (the side of the field romo would roll to since hes right handed and not have to throw across his body), alone for 5 plus seconds with dez ... most WR could get separation in that situation.

im surprised so many call in fans are blaming hall. oh well . . .should have never put 7-8 down lineman in that situation imo . . . basically told romo what you were going to do and he knew he had to roll back and to his right, buy time until dez got some room on hall . . .

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

yeah, im not a big fan of d hall, i dont hate the man either but i dont blame him for the dez catch.

it was basically him and dez alone on that entire half of the field (the side of the field romo would roll to since hes right handed and not have to throw across his body), alone for 5 plus seconds with dez ... most WR could get separation in that situation.

im surprised so many call in fans are blaming hall. oh well . . .should have never put 7-8 down lineman in that situation imo . . . basically told romo what you were going to do and he knew he had to roll back and to his right, buy time until dez got some room on hall . . .

I think it would have been prudent for Hall to use the 21 yards to go to his advantage.

Sure, it's easy to second guess him now for playing aggressive assuming the ball would come out fast (because it had all day...so the call couldn't have been that bad). But I don't think Antoine Winfield gives up a first down there. I think knowing the game situation is critical.

The playcall unquestionably put Hall in a tough spot, and the reason the Cowboys won the play had nothing to do with Hall. But still, it's probably not asking too much of a $9 mil a year corner to prevent a 21+ yard completion in a one on one situation. Even one without great cover skills.

[tc2deuce]

I hope London slaps the ^#% out of him! DHall will win you games and he will cost you games.

[skinsfan69]

The facemask call was bad but they got one too. We got a break on the personal foul when Santana got hit in the chest yet the ref said it was a head shot. Maybe the worst call of the year. Last night the refs were pure garbage.

[Alvin Walton]

I agree about the bad officiating. We also got away with at least two false starts that were quite obvious.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

I agree about the bad officiating. We also got away with at least two false starts that were quite obvious.

and a blatant hold/trip too.

[Longtimefan]

I agree with the coach....Coach Mike Shanahan defended Haslett’s decision, saying “You could go back and second-guess everything. At the end of the day, we had a chance to have the sack there, and he did a good job scrambling, made a play, and hey, it happens. That’s the nature of this game. … Hey, it didn’t work, and Romo made a play.”

Had we gotten the sack there, second guessing would not have been an option. The tally would have been what a great job the defense did..... S**t happens.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

I agree with the coach....Coach Mike Shanahan defended Haslett’s decision, saying “You could go back and second-guess everything. At the end of the day, we had a chance to have the sack there, and he did a good job scrambling, made a play, and hey, it happens. That’s the nature of this game. … Hey, it didn’t work, and Romo made a play.”

Had we gotten the sack there, second guessing would not have been an option. The tally would have been what a great job the defense did..... S**t happens.

Yeah but when the game's on the line you can't leave Hall exposed on a 3rd a 21. If it were in the 1st or 2nd q then fine.

[44ever]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Yeah but when the game's on the line you can't leave Hall exposed on a 3rd a 21. If it were in the 1st or 2nd q then fine.

^^^^^ The playcall was wrong plain and simple...

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Yeah but when the game's on the line you can't leave Hall exposed on a 3rd a 21. If it were in the 1st or 2nd q then fine.

There's an old saying...the same thing that makes you laugh will make you cry.

Last week we won a game on the other teams mistake, last night we lost a game on our own mistake. Time to move on to the next one.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

I agree with the coach....Coach Mike Shanahan defended Haslett’s decision, saying “You could go back and second-guess everything. At the end of the day, we had a chance to have the sack there, and he did a good job scrambling, made a play, and hey, it happens. That’s the nature of this game. … Hey, it didn’t work, and Romo made a play.”

Had we gotten the sack there, second guessing would not have been an option. The tally would have been what a great job the defense did..... S**t happens.

Exactly. D hall needs to control his rants we know he runs his mouth and that will never change, but throwing your d coordinator under the bus is unacceptable. I really hope he gets reprimanded by the staff, possibly sit out the first drive or two vs the rams, calling out the coach publicly is completely unacceptable.

[skinsfaninok]

Can't hate on Dallas for our shitty mistakes

[dgack]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Can't hate on Dallas for our shitty mistakes

While this is true, I can still hate on Dallas, for the simple fact that the media love-fest for Romo is (once again) covering up for the fact that their team was really, really bad last night. (Anyone want odds that this wasn't a fluke?)

DeAngelo Hall has always been a mediocre player who makes a couple of highlight reel plays a year and gets burned just as frequently, if not more. The problem is all the yapping. We expunged guys like Haynesworth and Portis for similar attitudes. The main difference between those guys and Hall seems to be that Hall practices hard.

Maybe Fletcher and 30 will tell him to shut the hell up and let his play do the talking for the rest of the year. Haslett should bench his ass for calling out the coaches, though. Right or not, you just don't do that.

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by dgack

While this is true, I can still hate on Dallas, for the simple fact that the media love-fest for Romo is (once again) covering up for the fact that their team was really, really bad last night. (Anyone want odds that this wasn't a fluke?)

DeAngelo Hall has always been a mediocre player who makes a couple of highlight reel plays a year and gets burned just as frequently, if not more. The problem is all the yapping. We expunged guys like Haynesworth and Portis for similar attitudes. The main difference between those guys and Hall seems to be that Hall practices hard.

Maybe Fletcher and 30 will tell him to shut the hell up and let his play do the talking for the rest of the year. Haslett should bench his ass for calling out the coaches, though. Right or not, you just don't do that.

No argument, the Cowboys really were bad last night. But I'd be careful about stating that because they were just bad enough to win.

[dgack]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

No argument, the Cowboys really were bad last night. But I'd be careful about stating that because they were just bad enough to win.

It's all relative. The difference between DAL and WAS is that one of us is a team whose goals for this season were probably to win some games and get better on both sides of the ball, and the other team was expected to contend for the division title.

Or, to put it another way: a lost opportunity is always a bad thing. But I'll take a lost opportunity at the end of a game where the lesser team played up to the competition over a sloppy win from a more talented team that played down to theirs and barely escaped.

We'll find out next week who both of these teams are. If Dallas beats Detroit and we lose to St. Louis that will be one thing. If Detroit runs over the Boys and we put away the Rams, it will be quite another.