Monday, November 9: The Unfortunate Culmination Of DeAngelo Hall Week

DeAngelo Hall never pretended that this was "just another game" or that he didn't care about going back to Atlanta, but -- despite what yesterday's AP story claims -- I never felt like his talk got out of control. He was pointedly, brutally critical of Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff, but still said all the right things about the players and coaches.Still, Hall was lustily booed every time he was the spotlighted player -- at player introductions, back to return punts -- and, of course, was involved in possibly the lowest moment of a Redskins season that has seen plenty of low moments.What strikes me watching the video today is how accurate Hall's post-game recounting of the incident is. "I ran over there to help my guy," Hall said in the postgame locker room, "and next thing I know, one of their strength and conditioning coaches started grabbing at me, putting his hands on me. Then other guys put their hands on me. The whole time I'...