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Be objective here. You are talking about 2 totally different situations.

One player was the FIRST player picked in the draft and is a QUARTERBACK (not to mention it was well known that he would not play much IF ANY in his 1st year). He sets the pace – he is the highest paid. I don’t need to explain this. (And the dispute didn’t have to do with money, but something about the ‘claw-back’ the Raiders would be entitled to if he screwed up ala Adam Packman Jones as I recall. This was a big deal at the time b/c some team got screwed out of doe. So AD sets the trend here again).

Richochet: Set the trend? lol..some label it as something different. What no one can dispute is that little hitch pretty much cost Russell a full year of developing..lost the chance at getting his feet wet in 4 consecutive preseason games, not to mention all of preseason practice..so..in essence..Russell got what? 8 mil? 10 mil? to sit, and basically be non-productive?

What’s funny is Al then proceeded to sign “Off field mayhem of disaster” Javon Walker, while making JR sign that says he won’t pull a Javon Walker/Pacman?
Irony at it’s best, wouldn’t you say?
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The other player is a WR with a SLOTTED PICK – meaning its standard practice (unless you are a QB taken in the 1st round) that you will get more than the player selected below you and less than the player selected above you.

Yet this moron either wants more or at least the same coin as a WR taken 3 spots ahead of him!! 9 teams had the opportunity to pick him and they ALL PASSED!

Richochet: And history teaches you what, exactly?
That the chances are, IMO, a dozen or more teams will totally TORCH their first round pick.
Yes, Crabtree was past on, because of his injury, and not being at combine, which happens.
You will find NOTHING about Crabtree being a diva/prima donna, etc in college, or anywhere. Mancini’s comments mean squat..what matters is those who know him, and Singletary’s.
Now back to your comment..if you look at what players contracts were, you’ll see they aren’t in line, at all. Saw an article the other day where there were a few who made more, per year, than players drafted before them.

Like I said before, Singletary was a second round draft pick.
He stated “I’m holding out for first round money. I should have been drafted in the first round. I’m the best.”
He was.
And he got what he wanted.

And obviously that was a long time ago…

And yes, next year? They’ll be another Crabtree.

Oh..and the rookie salary cap? WON’T EVER HAPPEN..ever.

If our offense is predicated on running the ball so we can go vertical with play action, we need more offensive plays per game which means we have to stop other teams from running against us and limiting our possessions.

For the first time in years I witnessed the left side of the line being held vs. the run thanks to Greg Ellis. Many of you know I did not like Burgess because he could not hold the POA and simply tried to speed rush his way to sacks on all but the most obvious running downs which is why I wanted him gone or moved to 3-4 OLB (surprise, surprise that’s what he’s doing in NE).

Remember that an offensive line’s job is to “get movement” – the reason behind that is if you can move defenders and spread them out, the RB will have big holes – and the LB will have to make tackles in space (if he can even cover all that space. Now that we have Seymour, our two bookends will hold the POA on each side which will clog up the middle by squeezing those gaps so our LB’s don’t have to make tackles in running lanes that are the size of freeways (one reason why most of Morrison’s tackles are so far down the field is that he can’t shoot a gap because the hole is too big, he has to wait for the play to come to him, break down, and react – our DE’s have been so bad it’s like watching punt return coverage – you have to give up some yards otherwise the returner is going to run right past you.

Now, with Seymour and Ellis, two PROBOWL DE’s that can stop the run and hold the POA, the running lanes will be compressed, the LB’s will be able to attack the line of scrimmage and shoot the gaps, and our DT’s should make more plays because their gap assignments won’t be the size of the grand canyon. I remain concerned about Gerard Warren’s ability to hold up his end of the bargain and not get pushed around, but in all fairness he is a natural three technique and the Raider DE’s have not helped him at all overcoming double teams and taking some of that pressure off. If Warren can be just an average undertackle/nose tackle in this scheme, which he should be with his size and the presence of two probowlers, our run D problems are solved.

Make no mistake, this isn’t all because of Seymour, but rather Seymour and Ellis -

You are expecting a complete MORON (Ricosh1t) to actually make sense. You will be waiting a very long time for this one, he is a total imbecile. Just wanted to give you the heads up not to waste your time.

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Be objective here. You are talking about 2 totally different situations.

One player was the FIRST player picked in the draft and is a QUARTERBACK (not to mention it was well known that he would not play much IF ANY in his 1st year). He sets the pace – he is the highest paid. I don’t need to explain this. (And the dispute didn’t have to do with money, but something about the ‘claw-back’ the Raiders would be entitled to if he screwed up ala Adam Packman Jones as I recall. This was a big deal at the time b/c some team got screwed out of doe. So AD sets the trend here again).

The other player is a WR with a SLOTTED PICK – meaning its standard practice (unless you are a QB taken in the 1st round) that you will get more than the player selected below you and less than the player selected above you.

Yet this moron either wants more or at least the same coin as a WR taken 3 spots ahead of him!! 9 teams had the opportunity to pick him and they ALL PASSED!

RaiderDogg Says:
September 6th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
How can any one person rationally explain over 10 STRAIGHT HOURS of pure bullsh1t on a blog about a football team?

Clearly this is MR’s life, it’s all he’s got. If the Raiders win, his little sh1t cloud will evaporate and then what? He will have nothing left to live for.

Sucks to be you MR, it so clearly and painfully does.
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Question is …how do YOU know if it was 10 hours or not?
Were YOU HERE THOSE 10 HOURS?

If so..lol..well..you figure it out.
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Or you could just scroll up and see 10 hours of posts since they are time stamped, but only a sheer imbecile would not be able to figure that out…..oh right, it’s lil ricky, forgot.”

LMFAO!

OG you are the man. These idiots just don’t get it do they? MaddenRaider was on here for over 13 hours straight yesterday, just getting off on being a total asshole. He was on here yesterday talking about having sex with my dead mother. All because he lost an argument with me. He loses an argument so he relies on classless and moronic insults. Clearly needs help.

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Exactly. Gallery and Huff were not crazy picks either. They were the guys everyone said the Raiders should take. Draft prospects are a crapshoot. And 1st rounders are expensive. A pick in 2011 isn’t going to start to payoff for 3 or 4 years or maybe never.

Al is losing money on this franchise and can’t afford another season of blackouts.

Seymour drums up some interest and restores some hope that was lost in the blowout loss at home to the Saints. Maybe just enough to put some butts in the seats at home.

Bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush (or a 1st 2 years from now)
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Didn’t happen when you signed Moss.
Or when you signed Sapp.
drafting Russell? No change..

Are you aware that in ‘02? Last home game of the season? Where Raiders needed the win for playoff ramifications? BLACKED OUT.

Was humourous listening to JT the Brick (on 1050 at the time) literally begging Raider fans to show up. Saying “You’ve been saying for years that if the Raiders put a good product on the field you’ll show up…WELL, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?”

Nope..the only thing that sold more tickets? Was the Raiders slashing prices to something like 27 bucks a seat for some sections (which REALLY PISSED OFF THE SEASON TICKET HOLDERS OF THOSE SECTIONS..but..I digress…