D. Hall is our lone Pro Bowl selection

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Originally Posted by Ruhskins

I've said this in the past, the INTs by Hall would have been more meaningful if the offense would have actually turned those turnovers into points. Unfortunately they didn't turn those TOs into points, so a lot of those INTs were for nothing (literally).

Well, the field position we get on his INTs has value in terms of winning the game, even if the team doesn't move the ball. Maybe less value now that our punt returner is a home run threat, but 5 of Hall's 6 INTs this year had value (exception: the Philly hail mary).

Hall's issue isn't that his INTs aren't paid off by the offense, its that he gives his offense field position, then does a lot to take it away the rest of the game. But he's made measurable improvements against the run, and so a lot of short completions against him go for meaningless amounts of yardage. He's improved a lot against short passes.

I think the biggest issue for Hall's apologists is that many don't seem to want to admit that most teams have a corner who is more valuable than Hall. Sometimes, as an analyst, it's frustrating to see people ignore reality by such a gap as is frequent with Hall. Sometimes, people have to put down Rogers to make Hall look better, which seems really silly to me (I suppose you could say the same about the reverse). But he's a valuable player, and though I think one of the ways to improve the defense would be to use Hall differently (or not at all), I definitely wouldn't want to give back the big plays he gives us while looking for an upgrade.

When Hall pulls the ball out, he usually aims to score. Our defense did none of that under Blache, and it hurt my brain.