I'm really starting to like the Richard Sherman. I think I would like him if he played for the 49ers or the Colts at this point. It's going to be sad to see him get roasted this coming year, but it should be great entertainment.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/football/2014/03/14/seahawks-richard-sherman-redskins-deangelo-hall-debate-nfls-best-cornerback-chad-johnson-chimes-in/#21539101=0


If you thought the debate over the NFL’s best cornerback would end after this week’s earlier Twitter battle between Seahawks star CB Richard Sherman and free-agent running back LeGarrette Blount — well, what were you thinking?

On Thursday, veteran Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall reignited the firestorm, sparking another war of words with Sherman on Twitter. And this time, star wide receiver Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson — of all people — jumped in to try to play peacekeeper.

What resulted was another gem of a Twitter tiff about who is the best cornerback in the league and what makes a player truly great. Is it short-term dominance? Is it sustained performance? Is it just about making tons of cash?

Flip through the gallery above to read the entire three-way conversation among Sherman, Hall and Johnson. And check below for a discussion of the whole event on ESPN’s “First Take.”

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10608497/deangelo-hall-not-backing-twitter-exchange-richard-sherman

A day later, Washington Redskins corner DeAngelo Hall didn't back down from his Twitter exchange with Seattle Seahawks corner Richard Sherman.

Hall maintains that Sherman is a product of the system and the talent around him. But Hall did have to assure Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald there will be no trouble when both parties play in his charity softball game later this year.

It was at that game a year ago when Sherman reportedly started having issues with San Francisco 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree, which spilled over into his gestures after his pivotal play in the NFC Championship Game -- and then his rant on TV afterward.

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Hall When I see him it's not going to be a fight and a brawl. We might talk some more, have this discussion more but it definitely won't be fisticuffs.
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-- DeAngelo Hall, on Richard Sherman following their verbal spat on Twitter
But, speaking on the "Grant & Danny Show" on 106.7 The Fan, Hall said assured Fitzgerald, "It ain't that kind of , bro."

The Redskins host Seattle this season.

"When I see him it's not going to be a fight and a brawl," said Hall, who is entering his 12th season. "We might talk some more, have this discussion more but it definitely won't be fisticuffs."

Not that Hall's opinion on the matter changed. He said Sherman is not a top-three corner in the NFL -- Arizona's Patrick Peterson, Denver's Aqib Talib and New England's Darrelle Revis take those spots, he said -- and he won't reach that level until he starts consistently covering the other team's top receiver.

"I'd be a fool to sit here and say his numbers aren't impressive because they are," Hall said. "I'd also be a fool to sit here and say hands down he's the best corner in the game. I don't honestly believe that. I believe he's one of the best corners in the game. But until he adds a little more to his game as far as being able to put him on an island and actually check that guy no matter where he is, it's going to be hard for me to say that."

Hall said he started with Sherman on Twitter after he saw the corner's exchange with running back LeGarrette Blount earlier in the day. Hall told him, like Blount did, that he'd like to see him go against "guys like Calvin, A.J. Green, Dez Bryant all game."

Sherman does have 20 interceptions in three seasons. But that led to another criticism by Hall.

"This kid seems to always get the ball when it's thrown his way, but teams always seem to throw his way," Hall said. "When you're at the top of your game, guys don't throw your way.

"When I was that guy, I went to Pro Bowls with three picks and four picks, because teams knew, 'Heck, we don't want to throw it his way. When we do, he picks it off.' I mean I rarely got targeted in those days, but I still made the Pro Bowl. So for this kid to be at 8 picks, and 7 picks and 6 - it just kind of blows my mind."

The only problem: Hall has made three Pro Bowls -- and intercepted six passes in two of those years and four in another.

Hall said his Twitter shots at Hall were a "little of, Come on man, you're playing on a team with two of the best safeties in the game. Earl Thomas is by far the best safety. That kid covers the field like a missile, like a maniac. Kam Chancellor, one of my good buddies. He started calling me laughing and telling me little things too about Sherman's game."

Hall said Chancellor wasn't taking his side and did not want to spill any negatives, if any, that were said. But Hall's point is for Sherman to look what's around him.

"When you play with guys like that and that front four that just hunts the coverage and they're playing a cover-3 concept with their corners pressing, a football player knows what's going on out there," Hall said. "The average fan might say he's really taking this guy out of the game. But a player like myself who knows the game and knows the defense they're playing, I understand what's going on so I can criticize it more fairly than the average person.

"You come in with a fifth-rounder , a practice squad guy and Browner, who was a CFL player and all of them are playing some of the best ball I've seen some corners play, it has something to do with that scheme. We'd all be a fool to sit here and not say that."

Hall said he knows that he will get beat. He wonders if Sherman realizes that happens to him, too.

"He's under the assumption that he never gets beat," Hall said "I'm like until you really have that true challenge, you probably won't. If you sit on one side of the field like Nnamdi Asomugha did and you play protected, you probably won't get bet. But once Nnamdi got out of the comfort zone of that it was a whole different ballgame. That guy's out of the league now."

The last thing Hall said on the show:

"All in good fun."

To those paying attention, it probably was.




P.S. Crabtree does suck!

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>The only problem: Hall has made three Pro Bowls -- and intercepted six passes in two of those years and four in another.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdeifvGtRHk

MeAngelo FUCKING SUCKS. Who hasn't burned this dude. He's easily the most overrated corner in the league.

Revis wasn't playing man coverage last year. That defense had some quality players on it. Let's not act like he didn't benefit from the players around him in NYC.

Revis and Talib are close having started the same amount of games in the past three years. Talib had 56 more balls thrown his way. My point is Revis/Talib is more of a discussion than Sherm/the rest of the league.

You can't say teams don't throw Sherm's way that often then stare in disbelief at his numbers.

No empathy for white misery (c) BDot

"root for everybody black haters say that's crazy, wow..."