OK, Falcons fans: Would you take DeAngelo back?
He was overrated and overstated, but he still made the Pro Bowl and made some plays. Which leads us to today’s fanciful question, directed toward Falcons fans:
Were DeAngelo Hall available, would you take him back?
I ask because the Falcons, as you’ve observed, aren’t aswarm in cornerbacks. Brian Williams is out and Tye Hill didn’t last long in his delayed debut, leaving with cramps, and Chris Houston has this thing about not turning to play the ball and Brent Grimes is 5-foot-3. (OK, I exaggerate about that last part. Grimes is taller than 5-3. And he can, as we saw in the Superdome, really jump.)
D-Hall comes to the Dome for Sunday’s game as a Redskin, having worked his way out of Oakland in record time last season. (And if you can’t stick with the Raiders, that’s about as bad a sign as there is.) And he popped up in the pregame blather, as D-Hall was wont to do, by saying Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff “lied to me several times.” (No word on whether the alleged lie went along these lines: “DeAngelo, we think you’re a great player.”)
So that got me to thinking: Were Hall again unemployed, would I sign him? I welcome your thoughts on this weighty non-issue, but first I offer mine.
No. Heck no. Not in a million years. I’d rather re-sign Charles Dimry than DeAngelo Hall. I’d rather have Annie Hall play for me than DeAngelo Hall. I’d rather make a deal with Monty Hall than DeAngelo Hall.
But maybe that’s just me. Your feelings are not only welcome but encouraged.
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Elvis has left the building
November 6th, 2009
9:28 am
No way. Absolutely not, I would not bring him back even though we desperately need a DB. Not a good influence in the clubhouse….
MeAngelo
November 6th, 2009
9:28 am
Heck no. Glad we purged the VT trash from our roster.
Mark Bradley
November 6th, 2009
9:30 am
I figured I wasn’t alone on this. But I did want to ask.
ThisIsAJokeRight
November 6th, 2009
9:31 am
Only if WE were paid!
NO-NO-NO-NO-NO
November 6th, 2009
9:32 am
NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO
Octavious Landoquin
November 6th, 2009
9:33 am
Yes we should sign him. Then we should cut off his hands and stone him to death.
E's Dirty Bird's
November 6th, 2009
9:34 am
Absolutely not!!! Most egotistical, cocky and arrogant person in the NFL. He embodied everything that was wrong with the Falcons during the Mora Era. I wouldn’t even trade him for Chris Houston…LOL!!!
Jt
November 6th, 2009
9:35 am
HELL NO!!!!!!
Morton
November 6th, 2009
9:35 am
Let’s see. WHich teams has he improved since leaving here?
VoiceOfReason
November 6th, 2009
9:35 am
Just the fact that you asked taints your reputation as a journalist.
Jt
November 6th, 2009
9:36 am
The only difference between D Hall when he was a Falcon and now is that when he was a Falcon he was OVERRATED! Now everyone knows how bad he is
Eric
November 6th, 2009
9:39 am
No, we need him on other teams so Roddy and Jenkins can burn him for more touchdowns like last year in Oakland.
Sonny Clusters
November 6th, 2009
9:40 am
Second chances to players that was traded away or went away to another team is always appreciated. Say, a player is a hometown boy and always wanted to play here and did for awhile and then got stubborn and wouldn’t take coaching and wouldn’t take a pitch and then got traded and went to the big city and found out they was no Dairy Queens there and realized taking a pitch and putting the ball in play was worth being home and close to the Dairy Queen action. That would deserve a second chance. DeAngelo? No way.
E's Dirty Bird's
November 6th, 2009
9:41 am
Most egotistical, dispicable, self centered indivdual in the NFL. He disgraced the Falcon logo and he embodies everything that was wrong with the Mora Era. I wouldn’t even trade Chris Houston for him… HaHa!!
dshep
November 6th, 2009
9:43 am
What a cancer this guy is!! NNNNOOOOOOOO WWWaaaYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Funniest thing eva was when he was talking shiznit to Randy Moss and Moss then wnt on to absolutely torch and humiliate D-Hall. I love the Falcons, but I was literally cheering for Moss.
Bobby P
November 6th, 2009
9:43 am
@Morton. He dramatically improved the ATL Falcons by leaving here!
E's Dirty Bird's
November 6th, 2009
9:44 am
Can’t believe you would even waste your time asking this question!! Can’t even believe I wasted my time posting to this question!!
Sonny Clusters
November 6th, 2009
9:45 am
Let’s say it was a Clusters. What if a Clusters was traded and went to another team and then the team chemistry was all messed up because they was no Clusters? Wouldn’t having that Clusters back and having a Clusters on the team be important? Yes, Clusters on a team is like coffee in a cup. So, if it was a Clusters (or a close Clusters friend) we would say, “bring him back”, but since it isn’t a Clusters or a close Clusters friend and it is DeAngelo we would say again, “no way”.
Brandon
November 6th, 2009
9:45 am
No way. “ME”Angelo will be out of the NFL and broke soon.
GSU Eagle 91
November 6th, 2009
9:46 am
No way…I believe his nickname with the “Two Live Stews” was “Toast” Hall, because he got burned so many times…He’ll go to the list of Falcons made up of Pickens, Dimry, Lawrence…
No more VT players,ever, on this team…
PMC
November 6th, 2009
9:47 am
Personally I have no issue with him. He’s generally a nice guy. Very cool in person. As a football player? Absolutely positively not. He’s been outplayed by Brent Grimes at far less salary.
He’s got loads of talent and ability but he isn’t humble or team oriented enough to use it effectively and that leads to the moments he has like the dual personal fouls on Steve Smith that cost the Falcons a game, the interception try vs New Orleans that cost the Falcons a game. He gets out run by Hines Ward in sock feet… then after he’s traded and paid boatloads of money he gets abused by a rookie on simple go routes.
It’s not that he’s untalented he’s just not a very good football player. His agent… that guy is brilliant. Deangelo Hall is a creature of potential. All Pro talent but entirely uncoachable.
He’s just not the type of guy you want around you on the football team because he won’t play within the scheme. At least he didn’t when he was here.
It’s just unfortunate really. He should be an All Pro… he could be one of the best but he’s not self aware enough to understand that he’s not a great player. He’s a hero in his own mind.
Big Ten Sleeper
November 6th, 2009
9:47 am
Yes & Bring Back Petrino Too
Mike Smith's Fluffy White Hair
November 6th, 2009
9:49 am
No to DeAngelo. The secondary is getting better.
Please vote for Falcons @ Panthers for the Birmingham, AL market. I am tired of having to watch Saints when I am not able to make it to the game. http://www.myfoxal.com/Global/category.asp?C=173971
csquared
November 6th, 2009
9:50 am
My Granny would be a better cover corner than MeAngelo. And to Falcons wouldn’t sign her EITHER. I, for one, welcome his appearance back at the Dome. “what’s that smell?” That’s D getting toasted.
PMC
November 6th, 2009
9:51 am
He doesn’t want to win. He wants to be a star.
Herschel Talker
November 6th, 2009
9:52 am
MB:
Seriously, you’re really stretching for content these days. Clearly the early NBA and NHL seasons will do that to a sportswriter. Your latest have been far from your usual brilliance. You’re selling out.
HT
mike
November 6th, 2009
9:52 am
ha i bet these new school fans have no idea who dimry is… ahhh the dimry, deion, case, butler secondary.. i believe that is the secondary that montana torched for 6 td’s (5 to rice) at fulton county.. my first pro game
Larry
November 6th, 2009
9:54 am
I’d rather get a root canal without an anesthetic.
La Jolla Dawg
November 6th, 2009
9:56 am
Nope. I don’t think Mike Smith has room in car, so it wouldn’t work out anyway.
Halberstram
November 6th, 2009
9:56 am
No way would he be good for the Falcons right now. He’d demand big money and not have the results for it. DeAngelo was way to feast or famine, not to mention his constant trash-talking led to way too much distraction.
sad brotha
November 6th, 2009
9:57 am
I cannot believe this is even being axed!
chzbykr
November 6th, 2009
9:57 am
Was curious! so checked his height and this so called pro bowl cb is only 5′ 10″. Maybe Grimes is not too short after all. Anyway no way” meangelo half a cb” to come here.
Wille
November 6th, 2009
10:00 am
Yeah, offer him a minimum wage contract! That way he could get paid like he performs. Of course his mouth would say something different.
Let's Go
November 6th, 2009
10:00 am
Hall’s a joke, a wasted draft pick. DeAngelo Hall is the only person on the planet that thinks DeAngelo Hall is good. I bet Steve Smith of the Panthers would love to see back in Atlanta. In 06 & 07 DeAngelo Hall had a cameo in almost every play from Steve Smith’s highlight film.
EW
November 6th, 2009
10:02 am
MB, No way…it seems like the Falcons finally have good chemistry and no player is worth disrupting that. DA has become the TO of defense. While the skills are undeniable for DA and TO, neither is worth the baggage or the headaches.
Carlos
November 6th, 2009
10:02 am
Octavious Landoquin, you are a funny man…LOL
Brent
November 6th, 2009
10:03 am
Slow day for news Mark?
WTH
November 6th, 2009
10:04 am
No VT whiners and thugs.
mountain_jim
November 6th, 2009
10:04 am
Mark knows how to pick topics to stimulate vociferous commentary, that’s for sure. Never to Meangelo.
EW
November 6th, 2009
10:04 am
I bet DA starts yelling at opposing QB’s when he doesn’t get enough balls thrown his way.
Matt
November 6th, 2009
10:08 am
Not even if he was the LAST cornerback on Earth!! I would rather watch someone shove bamboo slivers under my fingernails, rather than watch MeANGELO get torched yet again or meltdown on the field. What a waste of talent that man is.
LONGTIME SEASON TICKET HOLDER
November 6th, 2009
10:08 am
There is a reason Dimitroff didn’t want “Me Hall” on the team. He would rather look for cornerbacks anywhere than have a “me first” player like Hall on his team. That is one reason I like our GM. Hall is exactly the type of player the Falcons have shunned since Dimitroff’s arrival.
Dirtybird3228
November 6th, 2009
10:08 am
Not if you want my season ticket money, and that goes for Keith Brooking as well after his little stunt a few weeks ago. I can’t wait to see Roddy go off on him. I was there a few years ago when he lost it and cost us 45 yards, people were taking off thier #21 jerseys and throwing them away right there in the Dome.
DP
November 6th, 2009
10:09 am
To tie these back to back insane questions from Mark Bradley together, I’d convert Tommy Hanson from a starting pitcher into a cornerback before I’d have MeAngelo on my team.
stendec
November 6th, 2009
10:09 am
Two words: HELL NO! ++STENDEC++
Westurd
November 6th, 2009
10:10 am
Hey MB, now that Sekou is leaving we would love a good Hawks story/blog….., but thanks for letting us vent about Meangelo (What a waste of space he is!)
Jamaaliver
November 6th, 2009
10:11 am
Yes. In the same way NE Pats brought in Moss and were successful. D-Hall would be an improvement in a serious area of need. But he would need to be kept on a short leash with his on/off field antics.
stendec
November 6th, 2009
10:13 am
That said. Only a very few holdovers remain from forgettable Michael Sick era. Cancer almost eradicated. No old/new cells wanted! Falcons have dug themselves a deep enough hole already. Do not need any more distractions! Peace. ++STENDEC++
Destin Tide
November 6th, 2009
10:14 am
Last memories of Meangelo was of him getting torched last year by Ryan to Jenkins during the Raiders game.
dgroy
November 6th, 2009
10:14 am
I think the consensus here is that D. Hall is not wanted……The Atlanta Falcons have/need players who project a positive image and are a good role model……hall is/has neither. To put it in simple terms…….he’s an idiot.