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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat
This is good news. We should not overpay for hall, but a six year deal with about 15M garaunteed and a total value of around 45M would be very reasonable in the long-term picture. He would average less than 8M/year, and while that may seem somewhat steep now, its reasonable for a starting cornerback. I would certainly rather pay Hall 15M garaunteed for the duration of his contract than pay Springs 8M to play in 2009. We certianly cant afford to let both of them go. We have to pick one or the other, and the smart moneys on Hall.
And when you consider how new contracts for positions seem to inflate 10-20% every year, the contract would look like a real bargain in 3-4years. And with 2010 looking almost certain to be an uncapped year, i imagine we could pay him all his guaranteed money in that year, so if his play declines later on, we can cut him without paying much of a penalty. Hall also gives us another option for a chance-of-pace guy returning punts.
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The article states that the Skins is about to throw more money at D Hall, I hope not more than the Raiders or even close to it. He is a good corner but the Raiders went overboard when they reisgned him.
BigHairedAristo... is the 6 yr deal $45m total salary what the skins are thinking of offering or your opinion. I hope that is what they are looking at. If they offer around $10m a year, I think we are better served to go after Leigh Bodden, Kalvin Hayden or Dunta Robinson that will command less $$$. I don't like the idea of locking a huge part of our cap in one player when we have many holes to fill/replace in our roster.