For all you D Hall lovers

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Bodden is only two years older than Hall and unlike Hall, has a track record of success.

With that said, if they were both looking for the same money, I'd take Hall. The problem is that Hall is looking for a deal comparable to the Oakland mistake, and it's amazing that there's not more outrage about this.

If Hall signs here at his market value (3-4 mil per year, no more than 30% of the contract guaranteed), I have no problem at all with it. If he gets closer to 5-6 million per and half of the contract guaranteed, then looking to the future is not a very good defense of the contract.

Hall has been successful everywhere he's been except oakland, where he was horribly misused. as someone else pointed out, he's had the third most interceptions of active cornerbacks in the league since 2004. Not sure where Bodden is on the list, but hes not up there. Bodden really just had one GREAT year. Prior to 2007, he was just slighty above average (not that theres anything bad about that). 2008 was a really bad year for him, but then again, he was playing for detroit.

Hall is coming of a stellar end of the 2008 season. He was clearly the best corner on our roster, beating out Rogers for a starting role, despite the fact that Rogers had been in the system for 4 years and Hall had been in it for less than 4 weeks.

I agree we shouldnt overpay for Hall, but 5-6million a year is very reasonable for a starting cornerback, especially one with Halls playmaking ability and upside. its even moreso when you consider who the player salaries have been increasing 10-20% every year, and 5-6 million looks like a bargain. If Hall is willing to sign a 6 year, 48M contract with 15M garaunteed, with cap figures under 6M for the first 3 years, we would be getting one heck of a bargain. he would definitely garner that much, if not more, on the open market.