Underrated former Bengals.

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(07-16-2019, 02:04 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I should have mentioned him earlier.  Hall was a very good CB who should have gone to some Pro Bowls.  He did not start until the middle of his rookie season but over his first three seasons ('07-'09) only Darrelle Revis (64) had more passes defended than Hall (60) and only Charles Woodson (20), Asante Samuel (19), and Antonio Cromartie (15) had more interceptions than Hall's 14.  But none of those top 4 cover corners had as many tackles as Hall (214)

What hurt him with Bengal fans was the fact that he got burnt once in college by Ted Ginn.  After that he was called "too slow" despite being one of the fastest CBs in his draft class (4.38 forty).

There was a game early on where his former teammate, Braylon Edwards, owned him as a Brown.  Ironically, it wasn't but a season or two later where Hall completely shut Edwards down and Edwards was still in his prime.  I remember thinking he had avenged that early game, but he got beat so badly that early game against Edwards, that I felt that was why he was always underrated as a Bengal.  He struggled very early but became a top 10 CB for many years.  He even came back from the dreaded achillis injury.