Al Davis Gets Real?

[qtlaw]

Report is that he's waived DeAngelo Hall ($8M for 8 games) and likely Javon Walker ($16M). http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2008/11/04/raiders-dump-hall-maybe-walker-too-oh-man-al-must-be-mad-at-the-guy-who-signed-them/#comment-130356 Wow. Hard to come up with anyone else who has made such quick decisions and swallowed such a pain pill.

The Raiders are horrible (obviously) but maybe they are finally making a small move in the right direction.

 

[Trey Beamon]

Wow. That was an interesting blog entry.

Then again, I've never read Kawakami's stuff before.

 

[imjustagirl]

This hit last night.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3683124

I'm sad as someone who loved DeAngelo Hall. Unless he goes to a team I like better.

 

[imjustagirl]

Wow. That was an interesting blog entry.

Then again, I've never read Kawakami's stuff before.

Trey, Tim was involved in a very public, um, thing with a Davis flunkie at a presser.

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/61446/

I don't think the Raiders are too keen on him.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I want to know which team will pick up Hall. He has the talent to be one of the best corners in the league.

Kawakami does a great job.

 

[nmmetsfan]

Jerry Jones' ears just perked up

 

[hockeybeat]

That's quite an operation they having going on in the East Bay.

 

[Pastor]

Does this mean he is no longer an animatronics?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Jerry Jones' ears just perked up

I think the only question is if a team with a worse record will put in a claim... If not, Hall will be a Cowboy.

 

[Pancamo]

I want to know which team will pick up Hall. He has the talent to be one of the best corners in the league.

Kawakami does a great job.

Hall has been abused this year. He either gets burned deep or sits 10 yards off the wr. The other corner, Asomugha has talent and can cover. Hall is full of ****.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

That's quite an operation they having going on in the East Bay.

Of late, it's been more like malpractice.

 

[Armchair_QB]

 

[pseudo]

I'm really starting to love Kawakami's blog.

And that. Cracks me up every time.

 

[The Big Ragu]

In the Raiders' opening night game against Denver -- the one they lost 41-14, or something close to that -- DeAngelo Hall was abused by Eddie Royal. It wasn't a mild case of abuse. It was almost criminal. Nine catches, 140+ yards, a TD and Royal got under the Raiders' skins and drew a couple of personal foul penalties. Hall has an overrated reputation. He earns a lot. Royal was a rookie in his first pro game. Denver showed a ton of respect to Nnamdi Asomugha on the other side and isolated the rookie on Hall--their game plan was actually to abuse Hall. And these are two guys with history of lining up on each other in practice at V. Tech, so they were out their trying to make personal statements and Royal embarrassed Hall. Davis was an idiot for giving Hall that much $$ in the first place. Waiving him now is beside the point.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I want to know which team will pick up Hall. He has the talent to be one of the best corners in the league.

Kawakami does a great job.

Hall has been abused this year. He either gets burned deep or sits 10 yards off the wr. The other corner, Asomugha has talent and can cover. Hall is full of ****.

Hall is lazy and gets even more so when he's on a bad team. He's not without his baggage, but put him on a good team and get him motivated and he has the talent to be one of the best in the NFL.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Million dollar physical ability, two cent brain, non stop mouth.

He makes some big plays, but he gives up just as many.

Caveat emptor.

 

[D-3 Fan]

If he was even on a decent team, Hall would still draw personal foul penalties, and act an ass.

Could have not happened to a nice, eh, punk-ass jerk.

Good for Atlanta to not only purge themselves of Vick and Petrino, but also Hall and Joe Horn: the mouthy and malcontent cancers in that locker room. No leadership, all trash-talk.

 

[Diabeetus]

Man, Falcons fleeced the Raiders by dumping Hall and getting the second-round pick.

 

[D-3 Fan]

Diabeetus, it was worth bamboozling Raider Al!

 

[shockey]

after all the crap jerry jones has done to his beloved "america's team," i'd certainly hope he resists signing hall. we shall see.