03-30-2016, 08:28 PM
(03-30-2016, 04:33 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: Hall didn't play outside corner much, and had some early on struggles to the season.
We already have Jones, Kirkpatrick, Dennard, and Shaw.
Shaw actually has more experience playing safety than Hall does.
Hall would not be a starter on this team. He's done great, but there's more potential elsewhere. Cornerback is a position where you only get better with the more play time you get.
This is true. But to be fair he wasn't a starter last year either, but overall he played well, and he was still an important part of that defense. He played in 14 games and only started in 4. He played the 3rd most snaps at CB behind both A.Jones and Kirkpatrick. He played in 61% of the defensive snaps though. Some people are saying Dennard is a clone of Hall, and that would be awesome, but the reality is it's going to be his 3rd year, and he played only about 19 snaps a game when he played last season. In his career he has 28 tackles, and 1 int. Not saying that he can't play well, but I think having Hall on the team and making Dennard earn the job covering the slot over Hall is much better than saying "here ya go, it's your's because it's time". What if Dennard struggles, or there is an injury? They have C. Lewis-Harris, Josh Shaw, and Chykie Brown right now. I would take Hall as our 3-4th CB over any of those other guys.
