DeAngelo Hall is a fan of Kirk Cousins, but he doesn't think the quarterback was fully committed to the Washington Redskins last season.

"We kind of felt like the commitment wasn’t there from Kirk," Halltold ESPN. "We obviously wanted Kirk. We franchised him because we wanted him there. It was up to ownership and the front office to kind of work those numbers out. They couldn't get the numbers worked out, so he signed franchise tags those two football seasons. Everybody in that locker room was behind Kirk, wanted him there, but we wanted to feel like he wanted to be there as well. Having played 14 years, I understand, 'Let's go get the money,' but at some point there has to be mutual interest from both parties to want to get better collectively as a team. Paying Kirk probably the $30 million he's going to get, we couldn't do that and get better as a football team."

Hall later said that he didn't think the uncertainty of his future affected Cousins' play.