DeAngelo Hall Questions Our Personnel Strategy

When asked if the Redskins could afford any more injuries, Hall took on the issue of the team's depth.

"Nah, not at all, not at all," he said. "Chris Samuels going down was a devastating loss for us, you know, devastating. We go from having a what, four-, five-, six-time Pro Bowler in there to a guy who hardly has played in this league. Not saying anything to Batiste, he was with me in Atlanta for a little while, but that's a big drop-off, that's a big drop-off. And heading into the offseason and preseason we said we needed to address the offensive line.

"We felt like we did get better ... but that's a position where you can always get better. You can always have proven guys out there backing other guys up that have played in this league, have had starts in this league. That's something we're lacking."

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He is completely right. Many on here worried about the O-line. But we have too many people in our FO and organization as a whole. Who don't know how to bite the bullet and be accountable. Blache has become accountable and I think Zorn has also. But I think people like Hixon Smith and the FO are fuckign know it alls. Instead of them swallowing their pride and saying I am wrong or I made the wrong moves. They think they still are right and make themselves seem very ignorant. Then Zorn gets the blame. I think he makes some bad play calls. But overall its the ones behind the scene tha I think are killing the team. Not Blache (despite the Orakpo experiment) not Zorn (despite bad time mgmt/play calling). But the people behind them. It does start from the top. You can't be so bull headed that you put yourself and your prdie before the team. This goes for everyone. How the hell did we think we were going to do anything without a O-line????????????

When will these vain a-holes learn? They are destroying the team. Then DS will give a speech with the SuperBowl Trophies in front of him. He needs to keep those locked up until he wins one and stop acting like he was here when we got them!!!!!!!!!!! There is no "I" in team!! From the top to the bottom.


* Deangelo makes mistakes but he also makes plays. But as far as this he is telling the truth and I guess to some the truth hurts or they are in denial!!!

DeAngelo Hall is absolutely, 100% right. We ALL knew the offensive line was a weakness on the team. We ALL knew that the starters were aging and had a history of injuries. Yet, for some reason, we basically ignored the offensive line in the offseason (swapping Kendall for Dockery was basically a push).

DeAngelo Hall is absolutely, 100% right. We ALL knew the offensive line was a weakness on the team. We ALL knew that the starters were aging and had a history of injuries. Yet, for some reason, we basically ignored the offensive line in the offseason (swapping Kendall for Dockery was basically a push).

We should have kept Kendall and Jansen for one more year. They were old but they had experience. They could teach the young guys at least for one more year and then been dropped. FO are idiots!!

When he can tackle an ancient QB who can't run in the open field, then let's talk.

See, DHall is completely right. So is Rogers when talking about personnel. But I hate seeing these guys say it publicly, and in my mind that's an indictment of Zorn.

Gibbs had the team running like a tight-knit family, you aired your issues in-house, and you didn't take it to the media. The inference in DHall's comments is that Anthony Batiste sucks ass. It's totally the truth, but it's totally not cool to suggest that in the media. That causes rifts in the locker room and only serves to drive the team apart.

Zorn clearly is not the leader of men that Gibbs was. This stuff never happened with Gibbs, even though the depth problems were the exact same.

Yeah it's just another sign of how dysfunctional the team is under Zorn. He's got no control. He's done.

Yeah it's just another sign of how dysfunctional the team is under Zorn. He's got no control. He's done.

While that tackle attempt was pathetic, he is right in saying that

I think that everyone (Fans and players) are trying to get some attention on the FO. Maybe we can't be heard, but if the players can't be heard we are really in trouble. We don't know what goes throughout the week. Maybe the players are trying to get their points across, and are getting nowhere. If that's the case, the whole team should go on record addressing the lack talent being brought in. Nobody wants them to lose, but they should be able to put their input in.

While that tackle attempt was pathetic, he is right in saying that

Everyone is talking right now. Portis, Rogers, Hall, etc. I think everyone needs to circle the wagons and get shit figured out on the field. The talk is getting old.

And by extension, Zorn is an indictment of Snyderatto. They were forced to hire Zorn because, quite frankly, no one else would take the job. No one else would take the job, because no one wants to work under the existing front office structure.

Zorn seems like a nice guy. I don't fault him for failing as a head coach any more than I fault Batiste (and last year Justin Geisinger) for getting lit up when forced to play left tackle. CP said it best yesterday on the John Thompson Show - you can't blame a guy (referring to Batiste) when he's giving it everything he's got. I beleive Zorn is giving the job everything he's got. Its just simply not good enough. Zorn worked with Holmgren for the better part of a decade and he never got promoted above being a QB coach. No one else even interviewed him for an OC position - yet Daniel Snyder made him a head coach in one of the toughest divisions in football. Go figure.

As to Hall's comments - honestly, I don't mind them. In fact, I'm happy he's telling it like it is. This team is falling apart at the seams and this is just further evidence of it. Hopefully, things will continue to unravel and, at some point, Snyder will realize the front office structure has to change. So I applaud Hall. No amount of interceptions he catches will do this franchise more good than the words he's speaking now.

I totally agree, and I think this is where I part with the masses. I don't mind and don't care if these guys are calling out the coach and other players. As long as they're not being disrespectful in their tone, I don't really care. How many times have we seen the Giants overcome locker room controversy and players speaking out and go kick ass on Sunday. During the pre-season we thought the Brandon Marshall fiasco was going to sink the Broncos. It didn't. This team looks poised to be a serious playoff contender.

I just think the notion that a player voicing his opinion, publicly, and stirring the waters a little bit is overblown.

Everyone is talking right now. Portis, Rogers, Hall, etc. I think everyone needs to circle the wagons and get shit figured out on the field. The talk is getting old.
The talk is just an extension of what's going on. There's going to be something to talk about all week long... just like we do here on this board.

Snyder will either say damn I've even got my players doing this.. or he'll say we're never re-signing this guy..