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DeAngelo Hall Not Sounding Confident About Redskins Turnaround

Posted Oct 14, 2009 3:45PM By Matt Snyder (RSS feed)

Filed Under: Redskins, NFC East

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Considering the opposition, the Redskins should be in much better shape right now. They have played four really bad teams and emerged from those games with a 2-2 record -- barely scraping out victories over the still-winless Rams and Buccaneers. Obviously, this is little real reason for optimism. We can probably see through any public talk where someone says something like "things are going to be just fine, we'll get it going."

Don't count DeAngelo Hall in the camp willing to do that. He's far from confident, in fact, he doesn't think the woes are the fault of head coach Jim Zorn ... because Zorn hasn't been given a good group of players.
"I think a lot of people made the comment, '[Zorn's] not out there playing in the games.' That's the truth of the matter," Hall said. "If you want to blame someone, look at the film. Look at the guys who are out there trying to play. We haven't been doing a great job, bottom line, we haven't been doing a great job. I think the blame lies with us. I think the blame lies with us. I think we're the ones out there playing every day, practicing, trying to do the right thing, but I don't know if we've got the right personnel here to do it."
OK, DeAngelo, why you don't tell us how you really feel? So, the problem ultimately lies with general manager Vinny Cerrato and owner Dan Snyder -- at least that's what it seems like Hall is implying. It's a bit of a gutsy thing to say, considering they could cut him if they want. He wasn't done, though.

Remember, Sunday, I took the Redskins to task for not doing anything much to fix their offensive line in the offseason. Hall seemed to agree when he was asked if the line could handle more injuries.
"Nah, not at all, not at all," he said. "Chris Samuels going down was a devastating loss for us, you know, devastating. We go from having a what, four-, five-, six-time Pro Bowler in there to a guy who hardly has played in this league. Not saying anything to Batiste, he was with me in Atlanta for a little while, but that's a big drop-off, that's a big drop-off. And heading into the offseason and preseason we said we needed to address the offensive line.

"We felt like we did get better ... but that's a position where you can always get better. You can always have proven guys out there backing other guys up that have played in this league, have had starts in this league. That's something we're lacking."
Hall noted that he wasn't in panic mode just yet, but it was getting close to that point. He basically said this Sunday against Kansas City is a must-win game in order for Washington to salvage their season.

If things don't get better really soon, there's gonna be a lot more of this in store for us from the DC-area this season. The Redskins play the winless Chiefs this Sunday. If they lose that, it's gonna be an ugly week. Even if they don't, though, the schedule really firms up after that. Check it out: vs. Eagles, at Falcons, vs. Broncos, at Cowboys, at Eagles, vs. Saints, at Raiders, vs. Giants, vs. Cowboys and at San Diego. Simply put, if the Redskins keep playing like they have been, they're looking at a 4-12 season (with wins over K.C. and Oakland). If that comes to fruition, expect heads to roll. Lots of them.

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