Redskins release John Hall

gibbs4president · Post by **gibbs4president** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:57 pm

http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=1604

By Gary Fitzgerald
Redskins.com
March 7, 2007

The Redskins have released kicker John Hall, the team announced on Wednesday.
Hall's departure leaves the Redskins with just one place kicker on the roster: second-year kicker Shaun Suisham.

Hall, originally signed by the Redskins from the New York Jets in 2003, has struggled through injury-plagued seasons each of the last three years.

Last season, Hall began the season healthy. He had a critical missed field goal in the Redskins' season opener, a fourth quarter, 48-yard kick that would have tied the game in a 19-16 loss to Minnesota.

On Oct. 9, Hall was diagnosed with a strained groin and strained thigh, and he was placed on injured reserve shortly thereafter.

Nick Novak returned for a second stint with the Redskins, but he was eventually replaced by Suisham.

Suisham impressed coaches with a solid performance down the stretch, connecting on 8-of-9 field goal attempts and 12 PATs.

Hall, a 10-year veteran, has played in 134 NFL games, connecting on 203-of-272 field goal attempts and 280 PATs for 882 points.

He played in 39 games for the Redskins from 2003-06.

In the hopes of restarting his NFL career, Hall has been working with a bio-mechanical specialist in Vancouver this offseason to regain strength in his abdominal muscles.

bwdjr · Post by **bwdjr** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:05 pm

I wonder what took them so long. It's not like Hall was a hot commodity.

oneman56 · Post by **oneman56** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:11 pm

what did that save us?

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:18 pm

I think they're setting up for Bly's acquisition and/or Springs departure.

SkinsJock · Post by **SkinsJock** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:25 pm

I was concerned this would happen - now we only have 1 kicker. What are we going to do - I hope Joe knows what he's doing :wink:

Skeletor · Post by **Skeletor** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:30 pm

How many kickers do we need in the middle of March?

They'll bring in some competition for training camp...

Skins2daGrave · Post by **Skins2daGrave** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:37 pm

that rookie (Vaughn or something like that)looked very impressing when i watched the college all star skills thing on ESPN...i hope we get him

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:50 pm

Skins2daGrave wrote:that rookie (Vaughn or something like that)looked very impressing when i watched the college all star skills thing on ESPN...i hope we get him

The dude from USC (I think) who didn't miss a kick?

frankcal20 · Post by **frankcal20** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:02 pm

I believe it was UCLA and his name is Justin Medlock. He's good. More than anything, he's a hell of a kickoff man.

skinsfan301 · Post by **skinsfan301** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:30 pm

Wasn't the USC kicker the one they found in the bottom of a cannon?

skinsfan1 · Post by **skinsfan1** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:34 pm

we save 1.5 mil.

1niksder · Post by **1niksder** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:38 pm

skinsfan301 wrote:Wasn't the USC kicker the one they found in the bottom of a cannon?

Yep

skinsfan#33 · Post by **skinsfan#33** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:52 pm

1niksder wrote:
skinsfan301 wrote:Wasn't the USC kicker the one they found in the bottom of a cannon?

Yep

That'll hurt his draft status!

sch1977 · Post by **sch1977** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:32 am

skinsfan301 wrote:Wasn't the USC kicker the one they found in the bottom of a cannon?

He was in a cannon? :shock:

Just kidding, you are correct.

frankcal20 · Post by **frankcal20** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:29 am

Thats what I was thinking^