How bad is it?

Everytime I go to Vegas, I always drive, mainly to bring some bud. Always bring atleast a half O.

I never really gave any thought to the laws there and thankfully I never have been caught. I would always have a huge stash on me driving around, blazin n cruisin, sparkin up blunts in public, rolling blunts in the car, shit I do in Cali and not worry at all. Now some people I knew that moved out to Vegas tell me that I shouldnt be doing that stuff in Vegas and that I should be more downlow on that. Is it really that bad? I could get locked up for a fuckin roach? its a felony? Ill be in vegas on May 22nd till sunday that weekend. This time I'll be more careful and not bring my stash with me and only smoke in my room.

Q&A with D HALL

I love how this offseason has been going. With much talent coming in this offseason and the money spent by Al Davis, I still dont believe we will go into the playoffs this upcoming year. I am hoping though that we go .500 at 8/8. But you never know, with our weak schedule combined with a weak division, anything can happen. Only team to really worry about is SD. All these offseason moves has gotten me excited and even earned us two primetime games which we havent had for 5 years. My prediction, .500 season this upcoming season and a playoff run in the 2009 season. Heres the Q&A if anyone is interested in what HALL has to say.


Cornerback DeAngelo Hall’s session Thursday with the Bay Area media:

Q: (Hall is wearing No. 23). Is that your new number?

Hall: Yep. That’s the number. New and improved. Numbers don’t mean a whole lot. Came out here for a new start so thought it’d be fitting to get a new number, too.

Q: Were you sure the Falcons were going to trade you?

Hall:You know what, for a long time it was kind of up in the air. I made it known that I definitely wanted another contract. They were just kind of going back and forth with the idea of going back and forth. For me, the thinking was if you have a franchise player, 24 years old, why wouldn’t you go ahead and lock him up and secure him? When they had a whole lot of doubt in their mind, that kind of let me know that maybe I wasn’t in their plans for the future. That was fine with me, I understand the business part of the game. I just wanted a quick fast resolution to the situation. That’s why I was at the Combine. They even arranged for a couple visits with teams while I was at the Combine. That’s when I kind of knew something was going to happen.

Q: Did you definitely want to go to a winner?

Hall: My whole thinking behind getting out of Atlanta was just going somewhere where I was wanted. When I was there, early on, I felt wanted. I felt like it was a good fit. My rookie year we played in the NFC Championship game. We had a lot of success early. After coach Mora left they brought in coach Petrino and things kind of went downhill from there. The situation there wasn’t so bad. It began to get bad as the offseason came about and they were releasing a lot of the veteran players and a lot of the guys who made a lot of plays for that team over the last couple of years. You could just kind of see the changing of the guard. With (G.M.) Thomas (Dimitroff) getting there, the new GM, you could just kind of see the mold he wanted in a player. A lot of us didn’t fit that mold, which is cool, which is fine. The whole thought behind coming out here was obviously teaming up with Nnamdi, Stanford, once Gibril signed, Mike Huff, Stuart, it was kind of a no-brainer. To be part of a secondary like that would just be amazing. It would be fun. I had a lot of teams that wanted me that were contenders. The Giants were up in there. Jacksonville was up in there. Did that play a part in my final decision? Not really. I feel like the moves this team has made opposed to the moves the Falcons have made, I feel like we’re light years ahead of them right now. That still doesn’t translate to wins. We gotta get out there on the field and get wins.

Q: Was it up to you to close this deal?

Hall: Not really. They tried to big-time me the whole time. They didn’t give me permission to seek a trade. They were kind of hands-on, talking to teams, telling them what they wanted. Once they got their side of the deal worked out then it was up to me to meet with the Giants to try to get something done or meet with Jacksonville, Washington, Dallas, to try to get something done. I just couldn’t get anything done with those teams.

Q: Any reservations about coming here with the coaching situation?

Hall: Not really because I had a chance to talk to Lane. I know him and I know his dad real well. Had a chance to talk to some of the players here and they never gave me the feel as though there was something bad going on. You can ask anybody last year who was a part of our organization, I think everybody knew what was going on. Even from the other coaches. Even the media knew what was going on. Here it’s a lot of speculation, he said, she said. But behind closed doors I don’t see a problem at all.

Q: Do the Raiders fit your personality?

Hall: Definitely does. This organization is built on so much tradition and so much honor. It’s just an honor to put it on, a honor to put on the silver and black and just come out here and compete every day. When I come here I don’t feel like I’m the lone star here to try to save everything. I’m teamed up with another great corner in Nnamdi. Stanford (Routt), God the kid can play himself, too. I feel like I have guys around me that all I have to do is just go in and do my part. I don’t have to go in and try to follow this guy around for the whole game or what I’ve been doing ever since I was 20 years old, 19 years old.

Q: Does the defensive style, primarily man-to-man, fit you?

Hall: Obviously it does. When your D-coordinator tells you just to go out there and check your guy, I think any great corner loves to hear that. There’s no gray line anywhere. It’s just go out and get your guy, period. However you want to get him, it don’t matter. Just get him. That definitely holds well with me because I can go out and attack a receiver, play off of him, and I can mix it up. It’s going to be fun. I’ve been kind of handcuffed last year as far as what I could do and how I could do it. Just to get here and be able to let my hair down and have fun, it’s going to be amazing.

Q: Have you been able to see any kind of leadership structure in Oakland?

Hall: A little bit. I actually saw Warren Sapp down in Atlanta a couple weeks ago and I was begging him to try to come back out for one more. I told the big fella, ‘I just need one more out of you.’ This team is young but definitely has some leaders. There’s some older guys here who definitely know how to play football. The offseason isn’t over yet. Hopefully we can bring in a couple more guys and get a couple more pieces solidified. I feel like this team is primed and ready to go. We are young but at the same time just because you’re young it’s not an excuse to lose games.

Q: What kind of role do you see yourself in terms of leadership?

Hall: I don’t want to come in and step on toes. I think everybody when they see someone come in with a big contract they expect the guy to be overzealous and just push himself into the door. I’m not like that. No matter what people might say about me, I’m not like that off the field. On the field I definitely can get a little scrappy at times but off the field I’m just as laid back as the next guy. I take whatever responsibilities are thrown toward me but you won’t see me fighting with anybody trying to break down huddles and things like that. I’m here to try to win ballgames and get the Raiders back to where they were.

Q: What did Warren tell you?

Hall: He started laughing at me but we exchanged phone numbers. I’m going to still be in his ear a little bit.

Q: Think Greg Knapp, Tom Cable or Justin Griffith, former Atlanta guys, had anything to do with telling the Raiders about you?

Hall: I think so. Knapp definitely knows the kind of player I am. He was there with me the first three years in Atlanta. Cable was there only one year. But Knapp definitely was around me from day one, from the time they were in the draft room talking about me until me making back to back Pro Bowls. So I know Knapp definitely knows a lot about me. Hopefully he doesn’t try to throw me on offense like they did in Atlanta.

Q: Is it important to you that the Raiders lock Nnamdi up?

Hall: Real important. I don’t want to get into contract talks but real important. That was part of the formula that brought me out here was being able to team up with him for a long time to come.

Q: Are you guys the best cornerback tandem in the league?

Hall: Hands down. Champ and Dre will attest to that too. I talk to them all the time so they’ll definitely tell you me and Nnamdi, we’ve got them beat.

Q: Have you talked to Nnamdi?

Hall: I have. I talked to him on the phone several times. My old DB coach at Virginia Tech, Lorenzo Ward, was actually out here the year that the Raiders were number one in pass defense so I had a chance to talk to him several times.

Q: Which game you looking forward to more, Atlanta or Carolina?

Hall: Oh man. Probably Atlanta. Me and Steve (Smith) obviously have a little tumultuous relationship but I love the guy to death. Me and him were at the combine together during the advisory committee with the commissioner. We talked, had lunch together. I don’t have a problem with Steve. On the field me and him get a little riled up but that’s just the game. That’s part of the game, part of the emotions. It’s probably what makes great players great. But Atlanta’s definitely one that I’m going to have circled. I trained a lot of those young guys, the receiving corps. So I can’t wait to get on the field with those guys and see if they’ve got a little better.

Q: Describe your meeting with Al Davis?

Hall: It was good. Very interesting. The first time I flew out here, I did the physical and did a couple things here. My agents were here with me. Really didn’t get a whole lot done. Then I think a couple days later they flew me back out and I just sat down and talked with him for about five or six hours, just in the room locked upstairs conversating about everything from football, where I grew up at. The guy’s just a sponge. He knows everything. He was shouting out high school stats and guys who graduated from my high school in 1980 when I wasn’t even born yet. It was just amazing.

Q: Important for you to get a pass rush for the secondary?

Hall: It’s big. Any time you have a pass rush it definitely covers up your secondary. I don’t think necessarily we need to be covered up. I feel like we can go out there and hold our own against anybody. I think we pretty much solidified the defense. I think it’s time to go out there and get more weapons on offense, help JaMarcus come into his own. Whichever road they take, it wouldn’t bother me one way or the other. If we get more weapons on defense, good. If we get some more on offense that’s even better. Whichever road they go down will be fine for us.

Q: Do you consider youself an all-around corner who can defend the run?

Hall: I do see myself as an all-around corner. By saying that, I’m not a safety though. I’m not a linebacker. I’m not going to be a guy that gets you 150 tackles a year. I’m not a linebacker in that sense but I am a guy, if you need a tackle on the edge, I am capable of coming up to make that tackle. I do feel like I can do that. But just being around a lot of the guys I don’t know how that’s a problem, stopping the run. We’re going to definitely get that fixed. We’ll be able to put a couple more down in the box. Definitely put Gibril down there, take Mike Huff and throw him back where he needs to be in the free, let him roam around a little bit.

Q: Do you want to return punts?

Hall: Want and I guess have to is two different things. I don’t know if I’m going to have to but I always want to. Even in Atlanta I wanted to but they didn’t want me to get hurt or this and that so they kind of kept me away from the action. I’m definitely looking forward to doing what they need me to do, whatever they allow me to do.

Q: How closely did you follow JaMarcus in college?

Hall: Didn’t follow him a whole lot in college. Started to watch him a lot when he was coming out for the draft. I love watching guys come out for the draft, watching guys rise to the occasion. I got a chance to follow him there. Didn’t really get to follow him last season when he got to play here but just looking at him, man, he has all the intangibles. The way he throws the ball. I can’t wait to get out on the field and try to break on a route, to try to compare his ball speed versus Mike’s (Vick) ball speed. Mike was a guy who no matter if you were breaking on that ball he still found a way to squeeze it in. I think JaMarcus has that same kind of arm strength, to just be able to throw balls into tight places.

Q: Are you in communication with Vick?

Hall: I haven’t talked to him in a while. I can contact him if I need to or if I want to. I haven’t talked to him in a while.

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Full Tilt Poker Game #2139145421: Daily Double - B (15694766), Table 99 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:19:09 ET - 2007/04/04
Seat 1: gushni (4,130)
Seat 2: greyghost61 (2,190)
Seat 3: Shift_350zz (2,060)
Seat 4: istylez (595)
Seat 5: dubs1322 (740)
Seat 6: ConchieJoe (3,105)
Seat 7: GR8ONES (3,285)
Seat 8: Lucky2448 (770)
Seat 9: fkbigslick (1,125)
gushni posts the small blind of 15
greyghost61 posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Shift_350zz [Kh Ks]
Shift_350zz raises to 105
ConchieJoe: sorry
istylez raises to 595, and is all in
dubs1322 raises to 740, and is all in
ConchieJoe folds
GR8ONES calls 740
istylez: oops
Lucky2448 raises to 770, and is all in
istylez: ooh my
fkbigslick raises to 1,125, and is all in
gushni raises to 4,130, and is all in
Shift_350zz: what the hell is this
greyghost61 folds
Lucky2448: wtf
Shift_350zz calls 1,955, and is all in
GR8ONES calls 2,545, and is all in
Lucky2448: lol
gushni shows [8h Qs]
istylez: 7?
Shift_350zz shows [Kh Ks]
istylez shows [7d 7c]
dubs1322 shows [Qh Kd]
GR8ONES shows [Tc 9h]
Lucky2448 shows [Kc Ad]
fkbigslick shows [Ac Ah]
Lucky2448: coooooler
Uncalled bet of 845 returned to gushni
*** FLOP *** [2h Jd Th]
*** TURN *** [2h Jd Th] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [2h Jd Th 2d] [Qc]
gushni shows two pair, Queens and TwoJDean0012 (6:58:46 PM): GR8ONES shows two pair, Tens and Twos
gushni wins side pot #5 (2,450) with two pair, Queens and Twos
Shift_350zz shows two pair, Kings and Twos
Shift_350zz wins side pot #4 (2,805) with two pair, Kings and Twos
fkbigslick shows two pair, Aces and Twos
fkbigslick wins side pot #3 (1,420) with two pair, Aces and Twos
Lucky2448 shows a straight, Ace high
Lucky2448 wins side pot #2 (150) with a straight, Ace high
dubs1322 shows two pair, Queens and Twos
Lucky2448 wins side pot #1 (870) with a straight, Ace high
istylez shows two pair, Sevens and Twos
Lucky2448 wins the main pot (4,195) with a straight, Ace high
fkbigslick: unreal
istylez stands up
dubs1322 stands up
GR8ONES stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11,890 Main pot 4,195. Side pot 1 870. Side pot 2 150. Side pot 3 1,420. Side pot 4 2,805. Side pot 5 2,450. | Rake 0
Board: [2h Jd Th 2d Qc]
Seat 1: gushni (small blind) showed [8h Qs] and won (2,450) with two pair, Queens and Twos
Seat 2: greyghost61 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Shift_350zz showed [Kh Ks] and won (2,805) with two pair, Kings and Twos
Seat 4: istylez showed [7d 7c] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Twos
Seat 5: dubs1322 showed [Qh Kd] and lost with two pair, Queens and Twos
Seat 6: ConchieJoe didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: GR8ONES showed [Tc 9h] and lost with two pair, Tens and Twos
Seat 8: Lucky2448 showed [Kc Ad] and won (5,215) with a straight, Ace high
Seat 9: fkbigslick (button) showed [Ac Ah] and won (1,420) with two pair, Aces and Twos


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