Saturday, April 26, 2008

Oakland Raiders Select RB Darren McFadden

I can't even explain how much I hate this pick. Talk again and again about him being a 'home run hitter' but quite frankly that's not what they need. They need a solid team before they can get luxuries like that in the first round. Raiders are now off the clock until round 4, so man is this not good news for Raider Nation. The fact of the matter is that the Raiders have Rhodes and Fargas at RB. These are both solid starters. Then they have the off-chance that Michael Bush has fully recovered from his leg injury. At the same time, they have massive holes at so many other positions (MLB if they play the 3-4, DT if they play the 4-3) that they really should have addressed. In the case of LB, they simply trade down and get a second round pick to FURTHER help this team. Bad, bad move Al Davis. 

And here we go. Glenn Dorsey is, at this point, falling although likely to be picked up by Kansas City. They'll have a tough choice between him and Vernon Gholston though. And there's the off-chance that they might go for a complete curveball (Miami and Ted Ginn Jr. for example). This is where the draft gets crazy. 

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