Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Cowboys at Redskins)

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Never did I say the Redskins should cut DeAngelo Hall. For the record, they would be crazy to cut him because he is, in fact, the best CB they have.

I do not "hat" - - or hate - - DeAngelo Hall any more than I "hat" the guy at the local Starbucks who takes my order. "Hatting" is reserved for people that I personally know are evil or for people I do not kno who do really heinous things like molest children.

You can defend Hall's play yesterday; he was the best CB the Skins had on the field. The fact is that the important plays that I outlined in my post all involved him and all involved him being unsuccessful. That fact does not change even if you go and watch the game a second or a third time.

I think you made some good points, although I think EVERYONE f*cked up in that Witten TD. And you are giving Hall a lot of credit, there was no way in hell he or any DB stops Witten.

My only issue with the Hall criticism is that:

a.) People act like he is the only thing wrong with the team (a.k.a. the Jason Campbell effect)

b.) A lot of the people that complain about him, do so because they don't "like" him (which is pretty childish if you ask me)

As I've said before, any issue with the defense is minor compared to the leaps and bounds that this team has to do on to fix the offense. Even yesterday when the offense played well, they still were very inept during the first quarter and failed miserably at putting the team in a better position to kick the field goal in OT.