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Back to the actual topic, I am glad to see that Joseph is listed as a starter, that must mean he is mostly healed from the broken foot that he suffered a few months back. I think the best case scenario is that Joseph is healthy enough to start on one side, and O'Neal feels threatened enough by Hall that he elevates his game back to his '05 Pro Bowl form. This would allow us to bring Hall along slowly as a nickel back, just as we did Joseph last year. Then, assuming O'Neal has a solid season, we could trade him after the season and actually get a decent return, then allow Hall to become the other starter in '08.

I meant Hall on passing downs as Hall in at corner and Joseph in as the nickel back since Hall's probly a better one-on-one corner and Joseph's probly comfortable at the nickel back since he played his first year or so there (I'm not saying that you misunderstood my post or anything, I'm just quoting your post to clarify what I was trying to say.)

I never thought about trading O'Neal after next season and getting a solid return for him, might be a good idea though.