I know all the Raider fans out there just wanted to throw up when we watch who the Raiders (or should I say AL Davis) picked in the first round.... and second.... and so on. What are they thinking?!?! I thought we could try for a comeback this year, but alas, I see we will still and continue our road down SUCKSVILLE! Read here on some thoughts from others. Meanwhile I'll burn all my Raiders gear until Al steps down.
Thoughts of the Raiders 2009 Draft picks by TIm Kawakami:
* With the 7th overall pick, and with the Raiders looking at the possibility of taking a supremely productive and tougher WR in Michael Crabtree or a fast and productive WR in Jeremy Maclin or a top OT in Eugene Monroe or a huge DT in B.J. Raji or TRADE DOWN…
Al reached humongously for fast non-productive WR Darrius Heyward-Bey out of Maryland. (There is not a great history of non-productive fast guys going to the NFL and then producing TDs, but Al keeps trying!)
* Then in the 2nd round, Al traded out of the No. 40 spot (to New England), went back 7 spots, then selected S Mike Mitchell out of Ohio University, a total speed-physical guy who was not listed by several draft analysts. Not in the top 10, not in the top 100… NOT LISTED.
I’m sorry, but this guy does not seem like the second coming of Ed Reed to me. More like the second coming of some guy Al could’ve drafted in the fifth or sixth round, but was too stubborn to want to do that.
If Cable had any juice in this organization, he would’ve pushed hard for Monroe or Crabtree or Maclin–all picks that would’ve shown that Al wasn’t going to let his obsession for stop-watch speed warp his judgement yet again.
(Fabian Washington! Derrick Gibson! Napoleon Kaufman! Jessie Hester! James Jett!)
Or Cable would’ve helped Al decide that if Heyward-Bey had to be the pick, Al could move back 10 more picks and still get him.
Nope. Al went loopy for super-speed. Al had to prove he was right, though he has proven how wrong he can be year after year.
And Al proved that Cable has no credibility, just like every other of the last many Raiders coaches, who all failed. Because they had no credibility, you see.
But that’s the only way Al likes it.
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