2009 Skins Off Season Plans Ideas, Draft and FA plus cuts

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

So, hopefully by the end of next week we may know something about Hall's future with the Redskins:

Washington Redskins interested in keeping DeAngelo Hall - ESPN

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 garaunteed 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.