Pro-Bowl talker

By: T. Love

In a meaningless preseason game, with the best competition he has seen thus far, two-time Pro Bowl corner Deangelo Hall got torched yet again officially making him a bum.

Since stepping into the league as the eighth overall pick in the 2004 NFL draft, Hall has done nothing but talk his way into two Pro-Bowl selections and get toasted by elite receivers.

If Hall is the “shutdown corner” he says he is, this should not be happening. Right? Unfortunately, the truth of the matter is that Hall is not nearly as good as he thinks and needs to quit with the antics, watch some film and keep his damn mouth closed.

Last night on Monday Night Football, Hall was lame enough to shave “I own U 85” in the back of his head. First off, shaving words in the back of your head went out with Kid-N-Play. Second, if your going to talk trash, be sure to back it up. You really showed Chad Johnson and held him to a modest 83 yards on five carries and one touchdown. I guess that would be tight if “Ocho-Cinco” played the entire game.

Since “shutting down” Terrell Owens in Atlanta’s season opener versus the Philadelphia Eagles in 2005, Hall’s ego has grown ridiculously too big. If you call allowing seven catches for 112 yards shutting someone down, then you probably need to set your standards a little higher.

Following that lackluster performance, a total of six picks including one against the helpless New York Jets on another Monday nighter and you so vainly scribbled “Aloha” on a dry erase board.

Great job, Hall definitely talked his way into that one. I guess it didn’t help his ego that Champ Bailey, leaps and bounds the best cornerback in the NFL, told him that he thought he was the best.

Hall followed up his Pro-Bowl season with an atrocious 2006 campaign that featured only four interceptions and a lot of showboating.

Nevermind getting outran by a one-shoed Hines Ward or the fact that Roy Williams called you a “zone corner” then proved his point by catching six balls for 138 balls and a touch. How about Owens, who you shutdown, he came back with a vengeance playing for the Cowboys. Not only did he call you a punk and spit in your face at your house. You let him burn you deep for two touchdowns.

Secret is out D. Hall. You’re not as good as you think and you can’t cover people deep. Their faster than you.

I really have no problem with people trash talking. It makes the game more fun and enjoyable, because it is just that. A game.

Unfortunately, some people just like to talk and don’t do a lot on the field. If there is a term for that, I would really like to know.

A bit of advice for this season D. Hall. Shut the hell up, play some football and try not to let these receivers embarrass you so much.

If last night is any indication of how you are going to play this season, thank goodness you’re here with one of the nation’s top burn units right down the street from your job.