The Dagger and DeAngelo

- I sincerely hope you've been joining me and MJD over at Shutdown Corner during this NFL season. You'll notice that I haven't written about much non-Redskins stuff on this site this year, mainly because all my other thoughts are going up over at Yahoo! (Well, not all my thoughts. It's probably best if I don't post 1,000 word rants there about how overrated Eli Manning and Donovan McNabb are. But, seriously, did you watch that game last night? How many balls did Donovan throw at the feet of his receivers? And what about his two-minute offense? Who does he think he is, Jason Campbell?
As for Eli, he's greatly improved over the past two years, which is to say, he's an average NFL quarterback now. I don't understand how him winning a Super Bowl validates his existance when it did nothing for Brad Johnson, Trent Dilfer or Mark Rypien. And don't feed me that nonsense about his magical escape on the Tyree catch. That was bad tackling and a miracle catch. Giving Eli credit for that is like giving a man credit when his wife gives birth.)
Anyway, where was I. Ah, Yahoo. Anyway, tomorrow I'll be debuting on Yahoo's college basketball blog, The Dagger, which has been manned nearly-exclusively by the excellent Eamonn Brennan over the past few months. MJD and I will be joining Mr. Brennan for what will soon become the best national college basketball blog out there. (That's not just hyperbole either, The Dagger is going to be awesome. If you're a fan of college ball, bookmark it or get an RSS feed today.)


Tomorrow I'll be doing an ACC basketball preview, so please stop in.

* I'm still not sure about the DeAngelo Hall signing. I was down on it until my buddy Tony, the most optimistic Redskins fan I know, pointed out last week that Hall could return punts, thus ending the Antwaan Randle El nightmare that we've been living in for two years. If that happens, then the short-term boon might be worth it. The other positive is that DeAngelo Hall is playing for a contract and, thus, will theoretically be playing hard and will contribute in the Redskins depleted secondary. But that's also why I'm hesitant about this.
Guys like DeAngelo Hall only care about one thing: money. He'll play well to get that contract and then what? You know Snyder and Cerrato will give him a huge contract if he shows any flashes of talent over the next seven games. And that's what scares me. He's playing for himself, not for the team. That's OK in baseball (and, to a lesser degree, basketball), but not in football. Look at the Giants and Titans; they are teams with very few egos. Those that are there (Plaxico, Vince Young) have been ostracized and/or suspended. The Redskins don't need to be creating potential problems, which is exactly what DeAngelo Hall is.