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By Dawgbyte

September 10, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

“Me” Hall gone. Good riddance. I said it then. I say it now.

By birdbrain

September 10, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

I’ve never been more happy that he’s gone. Hall is definitely one of the most over-hyped, overpaid players in the league and certainly my least favorite player, period. GOOD RIDDANCE

By Daddys357

September 10, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this

D-Hall got roasted, toasted and burnt to a crisp and I’m glade we traded him. I lost respect for the man when he cost us a game last year for running his mouth and getting i think 3 flags on one drive and then argueing with the coach when he was told to shut the hell up. Grimes and Houston are hard workers and i think they’ll hold there own… Great start to the season…GO FALCONS!

By Daddys357

September 10, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

D-Hall got roasted, toasted and burnt to a crisp and I’m glade we traded him. I lost respect for the man when he cost us a game last year for running his mouth and getting i think 3 flags on one drive and then argueing with the coach when he was told to shut the hell up. Grimes and Houston are hard workers and i think they’ll hold there own… Great start to the season…GO FALCONS!

By Alan

September 10, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

Never look back, whats done is done, thank goodness. The 2008’ Atlanta Falcons do not resemble the 2007 version. The new birds are for real and they play on a team that supports one another and I will bet you that they will support each other when the first loss comes. Go team.

By GEORGIE

September 10, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

looking forward to a few more games. what I saw with detroit was encouraging If the offensive line can continue to protect the QB.. should be a fun year

By theBurner4seven

September 10, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

DeAngelo Fall? How many penalties did he commit against Denver? This guys is a joke. Sam Baker will be a perenial pro-bowler.

By Dave

September 10, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

I would think Hall would be on the all overpaid team no doubt about it.

By Kenny

September 10, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

Hall also had two 15 yard penalties, he did that to us last year and now he is doing it to the raiders. Im so glad he isnt here to be a cancer to this team. We dont need his stupid penalties for no reason, he looks good as a raider though, he fits well on that team.

By falconite

September 10, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this

Addition by substraction. The Falcons locker room is better off without him. MeAngelo Hall is a selfish, undiciplined player.

By Falconite

September 10, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

Addition by substraction. The Falcons locker room is better off without him. MeAngelo Hall is a selfish, undiciplined player.

By Arkansas transplant

September 10, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this

D Hall who? What exactly did he do for Atlanta? I can’t remember. So much hype and so little material. How about we look only for team players for now on.

By Falconite

September 10, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this

Addition by substraction. The Falcons locker room is better off without him. MeAngelo Hall is a selfish, undiciplined player.

By Smokey Bell

September 10, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this

Too early to tell yet, but so far i’m glad to see him gone.

By bill

September 10, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

D-Hall was always missing something. He’s not a pro he’s a child that gets burned by rookies and then blames everyone else. Did anybody see him throwing a fit with the Oakland coaches monday night?

By CA

September 10, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

I cant begin to express my gratitude for Thomas Dimitrof. Thomas gave our Team a long overdue High Colonic!

Our new corners will take their lumps, but these guys are and will be TEAM Players, who hate to lose.

CA

By igotxx3

September 10, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

wow over one game come on

By pond scum

September 10, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this

I also am glad he was moved and Houston was allowed to earn his job. I think both Houston and Grimes will be ok, I loved their spunk also- that mentality of not hanging their heads low over a bad play and considering their first real game in a brand new system……playing against 2 guys who have massive amounts of talent(Williams a Pro-Bowler?) I think all 5 of our guys in the secondary played pretty well.(LOVED MILLOY AND COLEMAN TOO!!) Much better than when Hall was here. Foxworth should be a good backup at all 4 spots in the secondary(he’s got the experience at them all) and get some playing time. All the youth will sometimes have it’s growing pains,but I’ll trade that off for the fact of they are all hungry to play and want to win,not just make pro-bowls and pad their stats and wallets. I do like them all much,much better than what we’ve had in years past.To bad Hutchins got hurt. If a bad game does come along for either corner,I just hope we all remember the youth and allow them to actaully grow and get better instead of just hunting the next quick fix. I can see Houston being another AL Harris type of corner IMHO. Here’s to Chris Houston(OR ANYONE ELSE) taking a Griese pass to the house this sunday to redeem for our guys giving them their first ever kickoff return for a TD from last season.

By This Gets Old

September 10, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this

Who in the H* gives a D* about DeAngelo Hall? Too much time is spent on these blogs on guys who are no longer associated with the Falcons.

We need to start giving some of this crap a rest. Kill it and let it gone and buried.

By FJR

September 10, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this

In the short run its been a good trade. But more than anything it was clear that A) we weren’t going to pay him and B) He was going to be an absolute menace if we didn’t pay him, constantly taking shots at the organization.

So regardless of how D. Hall plays, I am glad we got something positive out of it, because we were going to have to get rid of him regardless.

I wish D. Hall the best, I really do. I just wish the Falcons a little bit better. He was a very good corner for us, we were all calling him one of the best in the league up until last year.

I really am just going to forget the last two years. I hold no grudges against any of the players on those teams, they were put in impossible positions. Its a little harder to forgive Bobby Petrino, but now he’s a rival SEC coach, so I don’t have to.

By Mark C.

September 10, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this

What are you people talking about? The Raiders got outschemed. DeAngelo said so. Clearly, the coaches should have known Hall wouldn’t be able to cover a rookie receiver one on one.

By tfm

September 10, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

Hall never played at a high level, and you saw the real D-Hall the other night. My only hope is that getting called out by the Denver QB as the week link will finally give him some humility to actually bother to play the CB position.

By North FLA Falcon

September 10, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this

Grimes really has a lot of work to do. I watched him in preseason and I was convinced he was going to get cut. He’s going to get beat a lot. He’s very small, but also fast. Chris Houston also needs to step it up. As long as we continue to stuff the run — GO GRADY JACKSON! — and pressure the QB, we are going to minimize the damage to our secondary. We’re occasionally going to get torched. BEAT THE BUCS Go Birds.

By Singletary

September 10, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

DeAngelo was/is talented, but he’s no longer a Falcon so I’m not wasting any tears. He may live to regret going to Raider Nation, no matter the $s.

I think TB is going to be a wake-up call. I mean, the romp that was Detroit… was Detroit. A victory would be incredible but not expected in TB. We’ll see if the pedal hits the metal on this next game. If we don’t get blown out, THAT is a good sign. Should we win, I’m going to start singing that “worst to first” song tho NOLA & CAR looked great.

By Scotty

September 10, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

I know Steve Smith ain’t too happy bout D.Hall bein gone. He can’t have career games twice a year anymore. He was an absolute disgrace to the #21. Grimes ain’t no worse then Hall was (or is). Hall wouldnt’ve been able to stop the TD pass to R. Williams either. It was a perfectly thrown pass only he could catch. Ledbetter, quit takin notes from T. Moore over there and let last year be least year. This Gets Old, you are absolutely right sir. hey theBurner4seven, shouldnt that be theBurner4six?

By FJR

September 10, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

Tampa is bad. I think we beat them, and then KC. Then we’ll hit a tough stretch where we can see what the team is really made of.

I just hope we can steal one win in the 4 game stretch between KC and Oakland.

After Oakland the schedule turns BRUTAL again.

I look for 5 wins this year as what we should win, anything above that is gravy. To get to 5 we have to win the games we should win, but I think that will this team’s strength. The schedule is just brutal for long stretches. I think we’ll possibly finish ahead of Tampa in the division.

Anyway, what I look for from this team is to win enough to be positive and have a winning attitude going forward and then have a good draft and get ready to surprise people in year 2.

By Scotty

September 10, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

Its hard to say how good we really are with just one game behind us. How good (or bad) is Detroit? This week will be more of a measuring stick for us. Division rival on the road. Gonna be nice to see if we can stick to pounding the ball and executing like we did last week. If we win, I expect to have a better than 500 record in our division. Plus wins at home against KC and STL. One road win against OAK and we got 8 wins this year.

By Regan

September 10, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this

Grimes is too small to be great and cover Big(5’11” or bigger) receivers. He is like a Knat that is just annoying for a while but, then you just KILL HIM. I love the fact that this MAN(small in stature) made the team and plays with all his heart and talent but, we need 6’1” or better D Backs.

By gary acitelli

September 10, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

It’s just Angelo Hall now. There’s no “D” there.

By Scott

September 10, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

The secondary performed better than the stats indicate. Two of Abraham’s sacks came because of good coverage downfield. And how many times did you see Kitna check down & dump the ball over the middle for 5 yards? A couple of times he even tried to run. All of these are a result of tight coverage downfield.

By RCD

September 10, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this

D-Hall is nothing be a getto thug just like Vick ,it was funny seeing him getting burned on Monday night

By Soryu

September 10, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

But Hall is exactly where he should be. Oakland is the perfect team for a player like that and reflects the ownership of the team—Al Davis.

Go Broncos!

By WHITEY.

September 10, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

AJC suck.all the things going on in football yall choose a topic of D.HALL.I guess you chose that subject because you knew the atlanta fans known as the worst fans in all of sports will talk negative trash.D.HALL is not here so why talk about him.AJC,your just like the atlanta fans,wishy washy and simple minded.

By WHITEY.

September 10, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

AJC suck.all the things going on in football yall choose a topic of D.HALL.I guess you chose that subject because you knew the atlanta fans known as the worst fans in all of sports will talk negative trash.D.HALL is not here so why talk about him.AJC,your just like the atlanta fans,wishy washy and simple minded.

By country boy

September 10, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this

Great trade for the Falcons. We were able to move up in the draft and select a solid OT as well as remove a team cancer. Yes we are thin at corner but this is not a Super Bowl contending team. We need a couple more drafts. I agree with comments about the spunk and attitude of our corners even though the “shut down” corner talent is missing.

By voice of reason (formerly known as P Dawg)

September 10, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

Oakland is a perfect place for that idiot. Serves his a* right to have to play for Al Davis and lose every year! If he must play, hope he stays in Cally.

By SHOTYME

September 10, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

are yall crazy, grimes is one of the best players on defense. small, but gives 100 percent. he deflected just about every pass that came his way in the preseason.I have big expectations for him this season.check the stats before you start taking shots. Its not all about height, he has tremendous speed, and can jump with the biggest receivers.

By FJR

September 10, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

@ Regan:

6’1” players with speed play wide reciever. Grimes is really small, but 6’1” corners are generally slow and don’t have the agility to keep up with elite WRs. WRs have the advantage, because they know where they are going, the DB has to react.

There are a HANDFUL of good 6’1” corners. Players like Deion Sanders are truly exceptional players. Saying we should have 6’1” corners or taller is just, well, it shows a lack of knowledge about the NFL.

Last year’s pro-bowl corners were:

Al Harris, 6’1” (he’s probably 6’0” and he’s huge for a corner)

Marcus Trufant, 5’11” (more like 5’10”)

Champ Bailey, 6’0” (again, probably 5’11”)

Asante Samuel, 5’10” (he might actually be 5’10”)

By your criteria, none of the 4 pro-bowl starters would be tall enough. The average NFL corner is 5’10”. players who are much taller than that are usually too slow and/or not agile enough. Players much shorter than that are Brent Grimes.

Yes, Grimes is slightly shorter than you’d ideally want, but aiming for 6’1” corners is both wishful thinking (not that many exist) and stupid (because other than a couple of them, 6’1” corners are slow and not agile).

I’d much rather have a corner that is right there, but gets outjumped because he’s too short than a corner who is 6’1” and gets blown by down the field. At least the short corner makes the QB have to put the ball on the money.

By Shadyman

September 10, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

Me-Hall has always been a great athlete but has only been an average corner. He has terrible technique and tries to rely on his physical skills too much.

Plus we all know he has never been a TEAM player, it was hilarious watching him get owned Monday night. Then I read his comments the next day and the first thing out of his mouth is �we got out schemed�

Royal has already gone in my league. Dang.

I feel fine with Houston and Grimes as long as they keep playing like they have. Foxworth should add some depth and experience. We�ll see what he can do soon I guess.

By WHITEMENCANJUMP.

September 10, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this

Rather you like the D.HALL trade or not,fact is this team wont be winning a superbowl anytime soon.A superbowl is what teams play for right?try 2020 if then.I have been hearing wait til next year for 25 years and you fans are content.its like when you take a dump, the longer you sit there the more you get used to the smell.

By WHITEMENCANJUMP.

September 10, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

Rather you like the D.HALL trade or not,fact is this team wont be winning a superbowl anytime soon.A superbowl is what teams play for right?try 2020 if then.I have been hearing wait til next year for 25 years and you fans are content.its like when you take a dump, the longer you sit there the more you get used to the smell.

By John

September 10, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

D-Hall is a chump. With as much smack as he talks, it’s only fitting that he got burned by a rookie.

It’s amazing that he didn’t try to fight him.

By Mike

September 10, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

I don’t know if anyone remembers the time last year DeAngelo Hall got burned by Terrell Owens on a TD scoring bomb with only one shoe on? That says enough for D. Hall’s ability to cover one on one!!

By T.BAY

September 10, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

AJC,whats your point?your covering oakland news now?AJC, D.HALL makes more money than all your co-workers and everybody who post a comment on this blog put together.So do you think he gives a rat azz about yall trying to expose and bash him from one game?nope he don’t, so pick a real topic to talk about,geeez!

By T.BAY

September 10, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

AJC,whats your point?your covering oakland news now?AJC, D.HALL makes more money than all your co-workers and everybody who post a comment on this blog put together.So do you think he gives a rat azz about yall trying to expose and bash him from one game?nope he don’t, so pick a real topic to talk about,geeez!

By Falcon Fan

September 10, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

Hall is a bum - I’m glad he’s gone, especially to a loser team like the Raiders.

By sc71

September 10, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this

how about a new nickname for d-hall…d-minus.

By Joe

September 10, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

Personally I’m glad he’s gone, he was a cheap,cheap wannabe of Deion Sanders. He could never cover the elite recievers, and when he kept getting beat by them, he would complain like a little b***! Just like how he wanted to go to a winning team but went to the raiders, lol what a dork! He went for the money obviously. I’m glad we have to corners that will adapt to the “Team” concept that the falcons coaches and front office are trying to instill in this team. To see D-Hall get abused by a rookie was the perfect justice, i just laughed at him the entire time i watched the game. I think I would take my chances with Houston and Grimes! SO LONG D-HALL!!!

By Vince

September 10, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

D.Hall is not a shutdown DB, he has always been like that, hes an OK corner not a shutdown very far from it, but he is in for consideration for the”BURNT TOAST AWARD” again for the 2nd season(lol).

By Greg Stroud

September 10, 2008 4:09 PM | Link to this

ME- Angelo Hall is a J O K E! That was the best move in two years. Keep it rolling FALCONS!!

By Unbiased_Blogger

September 10, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

LETS EVALUATE THE “MATT SCHAUB” TRADE - He is not exactly taking the Texans to the promise land.

In fact he was benched during last season, and last Sunday he had 2-interceptions in a blow-out loss.

LETS EVALUATE THAT TRADE.

By AGTFan

September 10, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

This off the subject of this blog. Read Carroll Rogers story about Dunn. While I understood the decision to cut him loose, I do believe that he is one of the classiest human beings to ever play the game.

By MeHall

September 10, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this

Unbiased_Blogger this thread is about Hall. Why talk about Schaub? Because you’re a racist idiot.

By glw

September 10, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this

Unlike a lot of people, I wont knock Meangelo. Sure he was selfish, but he was a team guy and is probably more talented than either of the current corners. But it probably was a good move, in that it would have been unlikely the Falcons would have opened there checkbook and paid him what he thought he was worth. And considering we ended up getting a starting LT, we came out pretty good in the deal.

By bigdawg88

September 10, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

Man, I really thought dhall was better than that. What happened after his rookie year when he looked pretty good? Sounds like another case of the big head.

T.BAY, who cares what he makes? We can still talk about him. As far as the rest of the ATL fans are concerned, YES, WE DO CARE!! And I was glad to see him stink up the joint. Thanks to the AJC for pointing that out. Besides, ESPN and Oakland’s papers also spotlighted his performance as sorry and a waste of Mr. Davis’ money.

By by what!

September 10, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Unbiased blogger,they can trash hall but when you talk about a white man its racist.90% of the topics are not about mv7,but he’s always mentioned.so if its racist to talk about schaub,then people who bash mv7 is racist and the kkk.

By by what!

September 10, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Unbiased blogger,they can trash hall but when you talk about a white man its racist.90% of the topics are not about mv7,but he’s always mentioned.so if its racist to talk about schaub,then people who bash mv7 is racist and the kkk.

By by what!

September 10, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Unbiased blogger,they can trash hall but when you talk about a white man its racist.90% of the topics are not about mv7,but he’s always mentioned.so if its racist to talk about schaub,then people who bash mv7 is racist and the kkk.

By by what!

September 10, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Unbiased blogger,they can trash hall but when you talk about a white man its racist.90% of the topics are not about mv7,but he’s always mentioned.so if its racist to talk about schaub,then people who bash mv7 is racist and the kkk.

By by what!

September 10, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Unbiased blogger,they can trash hall but when you talk about a white man its racist.90% of the topics are not about mv7,but he’s always mentioned.so if its racist to talk about schaub,then people who bash mv7 is racist and the kkk.

By by what!

September 10, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Unbiased blogger,they can trash hall but when you talk about a white man its racist.90% of the topics are not about mv7,but he’s always mentioned.so if its racist to talk about schaub,then people who bash mv7 is racist and the kkk.

By Vince Young is a f*

September 10, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

What a puss vince young has turned out to be. His mommy was qouted as saying “my baby boy” is hurting right now because of the treatment from the fans. They booed mommy’s little boy after he threw two interceptions sunday and jeff fisher had to force him to go back into the game. Now it sounds like he is on a possible suicide watch as fisher had to call the police to make sure he was o.k. These great running QB’s who are stars of the college ranks just don’t transition to the NFL. Vince young, mike vick, tavarias Jackson, none of these guys can read defenses and make the correct throws in the NFL. Vince young is a big cry baby who will be out of the league in a few years. To be a great QB you must have thick skin like terry bradshaw. Pittsburg fans used to threaten to kill him his first few years in the league but ol bradshaw hung in there and won four championships before he was done. Got to have some grit and determination if you gonna play QB in the NFL.

By PRESIDENT BUSH.