DeAngelo Hall
5-foot-10,
195 pounds
The Redskins paid Hall a handsome salary before free agency started. In return, they expect him to play like a No. 1 corner. That was not the case vs. New England. Hall was beaten for a 26-yard touchdown by Randy Moss in which the size mismatch hurt him.
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Had this been a regular-season game, the bigger Carlos Rogers might have covered Moss. Hall also failed to get a good jam on another route where Moss wound up with a 27-yard touchdown against safety LaRon Landry.
Kevin Barnes
6-foot-1
188 pounds
The rookie corner from Maryland intercepted a third-quarter pass for one reason. He did exactly what he was supposed to do. On the play, Pats quarterback Kevin O’Connell wanted to hit his receiver breaking to the sidelines. But Barnes pounced for the interception.
“The receiver ran an out, up and a comeback,” Barnes said, “which I’d never seen before, a triple move. But I have to be underneath and the safety is over the top. The receiver did himself an injustice by doing all that. Whatever he does, I just have to stay between the receiver and the quarterback and look like I’m deep.”
LaRon Landry
6-foot
210 pounds
The third-year safety also intercepted an O’Connell pass, this one tipped by linebacker Rocky McIntosh. However, Landry also was badly beaten on a touchdown pass to Randy Moss, in which he appeared flat-footed and expected the Pats’ receiver to break inside. Instead, Moss broke up to the end zone. Landry said he anticipated some sort of run on this third and 1 play from the Redskins’ 27. “I’ve got to keep my eyes on the man,” Landry said. “It was a great play.”
