For all you D Hall lovers

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Originally Posted by Ruhskins

- If one of them has to go, the best situation would be for Rogers to be traded. We could have as CBs Hall, Springs, FA CB as insurance for Springs, and either Smoot/Tryon or Rookie DB/Tryon. At the least, we could get a draft pick out of a Rogers trade, whereas if Hall were to leave, we would not get any type of compensation.

I thought you made a good point in another thread about how Rogers and Hall seem to complement each other in that: you don't want to create a situation where Hall is matched up in man to man defense on a team's first or second receiver whom he just cannot cover. Rogers takes the number one guy, still draws a lot of the throws (more teams targeted their No. 1 WR against the Redskins than any other team), and against most oponents, Hall is an asset, not a weakness.

Taking Rogers out of the equation -- even if you leave Springs in -- turns Hall from a strength into a weakness. Springs, at this point in his career, can not go man to man to shut down anyones number one receiver, so Hall ends up as the number one corner once Rogers is traded, and in all likelyhood we see the Atlanta/Oakland Hall instead of the guy we had here for seven games.

They'd make an interesting tandem for sure, but if it's a cost effective approach we are looking for, the unquestionably correct decision is to resign Rogers (likely around midseason) and just let Hall walk.

Luckily though, I think the most likely outcome is that Hall and Rogers become our long term CB tandem. I just hope we don't pay Hall No. 1 money in the process, being that he is clearly not, and the rest of the NFL knows that as well.