DeAngelo Hall to Raiders, why?
March 21, 2008 by James Edwards
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This is the report.
The Raiders and DeAngelo Hall agreed to terms Thursday on a $70 million, seven-year contract that cleared the way for the former Pro Bowl cornerback to be dealt from Atlanta to Oakland.
Hall arrived in the Bay Area to meet with Raiders owner Al Davis, coach Lane Kiffin and other team officials Wednesday and the deal was completed the following day. Hall will be guaranteed a little more than $24 million in the new deal, a person familiar with the contract said on condition of anonymity because terms were not released.
This is the question.
Why?
Your team is light years from winning.
Why lock up so much money in a veteran cornerback?
It gets worse. Here are the terms.
The Raiders wanted to sign Hall to a new contract before completing the deal with the Falcons in order to make sure they would have Hall for more than one year. Oakland sent a second-round pick, the 34th overall, in next month’s draft, and a fifth-round pick in 2009 to Atlanta in the deal.
Think that is bad? It gets worse.
Oakland has only one pick in the first four rounds of the draft, the fourth overall selection in the opening round. The Raiders previously traded their third-round pick to New England for the pick used to select offensive lineman Mario Henderson in last year’s draft, and its fifth-round pick to Denver for defensive tackle Gerard Warren.
Sure going to do a lot of building with that lone 4th round pick.
DeAngelo is going into his fifth season and has 17 picks in his career. He does add a certain amount of toughness to Oakland’s team, but other teams will just throw away from him.
You lost Sapp. You need a defensive end. You need a tackle and maybe a guard.
Don’t know, this free agent signing just seems to put a lot of your money into an emotionally volatile corner.
Wonder how DeAngelo will handle all the losing. Oh, that is right, he came from the Falcons.
NFL Football Fan Question Well, Raider nation, was it a good deal or not?
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As an Atlanta fan… I’d like to thank Oakland for helping us continue our purge of players that have no class whatsoever.
And they paid up the nose for that right!