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The Redskins looked dominant in their 24-6 Week 1 win over the Cardinals on Sunday, but it was not a particularly good day for Josh Doctson.
The 2016 first-round pick made one catch for 11 yards against Arizona, and was targeted just three times by Alex Smith.
"Doctson's not a guy that's gonna beat you with speed. He's a guy who can beat you at the point of attack," Hall said. "He's a jump ball guy that needs a quarterback that's gonna trust him and throw that ball."
"We didn't see Alex throw it yesterday (Sunday), but Alex will throw that ball. He's thrown it to (Chiefs tight end Travis) Kelce on several occasions. I just think he needs a little more practice time, just to create that rapport with Doctson. But he's a very capable receiver, but he's just not that guy who's gonna be two steps open and leading to the endzone.
Hall then went on to compare his former teammate to some of the NFL's best receivers.
"I can tell you from practicing against him, I always compare his pure hands to Larry Fitzgerald," Hall said. "And Larry Fitzgerald is a Hall of Famer, I've been going against him since we were in college, and he had the best set of hands I ever saw when it came to catching the ball."
"And Doctson, I'm telling you — I haven't been around A.J. Green a lot, but playing against A.J. Green, he has those same set of hands. But Doctson is right in that category, man. I'm talking elite ball skills."
"All I keep seeing are drops!" Bickel interjected.
"I'm telling you though, he has those hands," Hall responded through a chuckle. "I don't know if he's thinking about somebody's about to hit him, or what. Terrelle Pryor caught a pass every time you put him in a game."
"Doctson has to get a little tougher I think, mentally and physically. But, I mean, the kid has all the ability in the world."
"If a former player who was your teammate is saying that, then I don't know what more to say," Keim said. "There were times last year that he was pretty good, and I still think you're gonna see some of that this year. To what degree, I don't know. I never looked at him as a high volume-type guy."
"I know there were things last year that he had to learn about, because it was really his first full year of games, where you have to learn about how to run certain routes. How to adjust when you get a different look on a route that you were going to run. And those are all legitimate lessons. But, again, it's not like this summer that you saw anything that said, 'Ok, wait.' I think this is a very big, crucial year for him."
