DeAngelo Hall still isn’t a Raider.
SI.com reports if a deal isn’t done today, the Raiders might end talks with Hall.
If that’s true, expect talks to go long into the night.
Word is the Raiders are trying to short Hall what he wants in guaranteed money while other report the structure of the deal is at issue.
That sounds a lot like JaMarcus Russell’s situation last year.
Russell’s deal was completed once Al Davis took a more active role in talks. Davis is doing that so I still expect the deal to get done.
Too many people with the Raiders want Hall so I can’t imagine them not coming to a compromise.
Hall arrived in Oakland assuming a deal would get done. And there’s no guarantee a team would pay him ransom reportedly offered by the Raiders (7 year, $70 million, $28.5 million guaranteed) next year in free agency.
But it’s still early in the day and Davis has no problem working late into the evening, especially for a player he wants.
--Jason Jones
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