Critics can say all they want about Dante Hall losing a step due to his ripe old age of 28, but they say the same thing about Isaac Bruce year in and year out about this has got to be his last year, he's bound to retire, he's lost a step here and there, etc. Yet every year Bruce comes back, there's no signs of lost steps or old age setting in. So why should it be any different for Dante Hall.
What a lot of people need to understand is that perhaps it's not the fact that Dante has lost a step or two with so called old age (geez how can they say 28 is old), but it's more that each team was terrified of him and would do their best to keep the ball away from him.
That being the case, this does not mean he's losing it. What we have here on our team now is a threat on the field, someone that we all know if he gets the ball he's going to do his damnedest to make sure that he does something with any opportunity that he might see on that field. We now have a player that actually would prefer to play special teams than wide receiver. He knows his niche and he loves his niche. How refreshing is that? How exciting is that?
Maybe Dante won't get us a huge run back every time that he touches the ball, but he will give us the threat and put fear into the opposing teams hearts. And we know that if it's there, just one little hole of sunlight, he'll be gone and there won't be anything anyone can do to stop him.
And that's what is going to make our hearts skip a beat. Just the sheer thought of the possibilities that Hall gives our team each time he stands back there waiting for a punt or kick off.
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