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Roy Williams: DeAngelo Hall not all that
Posted by Bill Emkow October 31, 2006 08:17
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Roy Williams doesn't understand the hype about Falcons' cornerback DeAngelo Hall, a 2005 Pro Bowler. In his weekly interview on Sports Radio 1130 Detroit, Williams says he's a good player, but mainly a product of media hype. He's a zone defender, and that's how he gets his interceptions. He's not going to shut any one player down.
"I don't understand how he's the best DB. I think the media pumps him up. He's not a man-to-man guy, he's a zone guy. He's in the right place at the right time for his interceptions. It's not like he's in man-to-man, and jumping routes, to pick balls off.
"He is a talker. He's a good player. He's a zone player. He's not a man-to-man, shut-down corner like the media pumps him up to be."
What does he talk about?
"A lot of bad things that he don't mean. Only during the games do he mean it. Then after the game, we're buddy-buddy. He's a good player. This is going to be a good task for us. He might travel with me everywhere I go, but I doubt it because he's a zone player."
Who is the best corner in the NFL, excluding your teammate Dre Bly?
"The best corner, in my opinion, is Al Harris from Green Bay. He's not going to get you those picks. But that's a shut-down corner. He's going to pressure you all game, he doesn't want no help up top, he's going to pressure you all game, he wants that No. 1 guy every week. It's a tough task getting by him because he's so long, he's so lanky, and so strong.
"You don't never hear nothing about him because he don't have the picks like these other guys because he don't play zone. He plays man-to-man, and you won't catch any balls against him."
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Give Harris a little bonus.... Please T.T. 
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