DeAngelo Hall Calls Al Davis 'Great Guy', Explains Why He Got Run Out of Oakland

The Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg caught up with the newest Redskins player, DeAngelo Hall, and we finally learn why the self-proclaimed* "Fastest Man in the NFL" got run out of Oakland after just two months. Shockingly, it had nothing to do with his inability to shut up long enough to actually cover somebody. Weird.

"It wasn't so much that it didn't work. Al Davis is a great guy, he's an honest guy, and what he told me was, 'We're not as good as I thought we were as a team, so we need to try to clear up some [cap] room.' Obviously I was the last guy to come in. That's just the kind of person he is. He's a very honest, straightforward, to-the-point kind of person, and he said I was the last one to come so I was the first one to go. He's a stand-up guy, he's very true to his players and that's what makes him so likable in this league."

First, it's hard to take somebody seriously when they begin with "Al Davis is a great guy." Maybe he is, but his current reign of terror and not-so-great-guy organizational decisions suggest otherwise. Second -- and Steinberg points this out -- Hall was the first cut because he was the last player to join the team?

That's how it works in Oakland? Does this mean Darren McFadden could be out of work in the near future?

I applaud Hall for taking the high road -- players have been known to take a shot or 12 when they've been unceremoniously dumped -- but he comes off as a crazy person here. Maybe this'll clear things up:

"Al Davis said he thought the team was going to be better than it was, obviously it wasn't. At the time they were what, 2-6? The team just wasn't as good as he thought it was, he needed to make some moves as far as solidifying some offensive linemen. They had to protect that quarterback. You know, you're only as good as your quarterback, and we weren't able to do that out there."

Nope. Still crazy.

* slight embellishment