DeAngelo Hall was the eighth overall selection in the 2004 NFL Draft for the Atlanta Falcons, and the brash, playmaking cornerback was pretty impactful right away. In the 2005 and 2006 seasons, he put up a combined 10 interceptions, four fumble recoveries, and two defensive touchdowns. If you had to guess after his first three seasons, you would have pegged him as a Falcon for a decade or more.
That didn’t happen, of course. The Falcons brought in a new regime in 2008 with Mike Smith and Thomas Dimitroff, and the team shipped him out for a second round pick.