Jackson: Wisniewski is the center
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Friday, April 29th, 2011 at 4:55 pm in Oakland Raiders.
Hue Jackson said flatly that Stefen Wisniewski is the center of the Raiders.
Sounds like Wisniewski won’t be playing guard. Also sounds like Samson Satele is a backup or headed elsehwere. With Satele entering some form of free agency, Jackson couldn’t discuss Satele’s status.
Jackson said he went of his way to avoid talking to Steve Wisniewski about Stefan to form his own judgement and made it point to say it was about Stefan, not about his uncle.
Wisniewski’s pick is similar to that of last year’s selection of Rolando McClain. The Raiders have placed a smart, tough player who a taste for film and football in the middle of their offense.
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April 29th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
The Raiders dearly needed a OG/C. His Uncle is the O-line Coach & HOF’r.
They will develop WIZ 2.0. He can challenge right away for a starter job/ or provide quality depth immediately.
April 29th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
2nd
April 29th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
I thought satelle was one of the better players on the line for us last year. Surprised Wiz is targetted as a C. Then again, we’re all ametuers as someone said.
April 29th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
I guess we have our center. make him hit the weights a bit.
April 29th, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Hue Jackson said flatly that Stefan Wisniewski is the center of the Raiders.
Wisniewski’s pick is similar to that of last year’s selection of Rolando McClain. The Raiders have placed a smart, tough player who a taste for film and football in the middle of their offense.
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LOL!
Any more questions?
April 29th, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Time for an RT. Boling, please.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
J Hill Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Thec07 Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 4:43 pm
the other forces are at work…
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My man Thec!
Where’s Young B and Armond???
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Jhill, whats good man? Looks like the other forces are at it again…. Look for more trench help, and depth on both sides of the ball….
April 29th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
56 look out…maybe a trade?
April 29th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Wisniewski is not strong at the POA, we just re drafted the center that we already have….I’d rather have Satele at center and Ijalana at guard.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Yay! Good pick Al…
Welcome to the Dark side. Wizzer a Raider!
http://www.raidernationstation.com/2011_off_season
April 29th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Satele and Carlisle we on skates so much last year, it wasn’t even funny.
We have a 6′3 313lb C that was trained by JoPa!
April 29th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
I’d take a chance on Mallet now..
April 29th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Thec,
If we we get a DT and FB outta this draft, then it indeed will be like last year.
On paper at least, lol.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
are line is not that why replace one of your best lineman when you need a right guard?
April 29th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Pats having a good draft.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
The true need along the offensive line is at RT. But watch for the Raiders to wait for Chris Hairston or Byron Bell in the 4th or 5th.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
J Hill Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Thec,
If we we get a DT and FB outta this draft, then it indeed will be like last year.
On paper at least, lol.
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Yep, need a true run stuffer… Dt is next…
Other forces have it under control….
April 29th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Baby Wiz bulked up to 313lbs so that can only help him. He was valued as a 2nd rnd pick and that’s where we got him. He’s definitely not a reach, but you’ll always have naysayers. I’m just glad we’re addressing needs instead of speed.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
16.YoungAmerican Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
The true need along the offensive line is at RT. But watch for the Raiders to wait for Chris Hairston or Byron Bell in the 4th or 5th.
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Or Al’s other boy Mario Henderson?
And are you really sure that Al doesn’t like BIG Langston?
April 29th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
The only reason Satele lasted at C last year was we had no other option.That was obvious when we tried to replace him in the 1st game with someone who never even practiced at the position.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Trade @ 60…?
April 29th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
You guys enjoy the draft…
1 NATION….
April 29th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Or Al’s other boy Mario Henderson?
And are you really sure that Al doesn’t like BIG Langston?
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Word is Langston might retire, and Henderson refused a contract extension.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:07 pm
Yep, need a true run stuffer… Dt is next…
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I’m not buying that “true run stuffer” propoganda.
What we need is a healthy body.
Henderson and Seymour’s age showed last year, and I’m not a big fan of moving Houston to DT.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:07 pm
I got a feeling we might be getting Taiwan.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:07 pm
Baby Wiz! Baby Wiz!
Lockout re-established.
Family BBQ instruction from Big Wiz while all others languish in the doldrums of jurisprudence.
Otto, Dalby, Mosebar, Wisinewski…let it begin
April 29th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
That was obvious when we tried to replace him in the 1st game with someone who never even practiced at the position.
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LOL!
So True.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
I thought that “O line emergency” story was hype. Holy mackrel! this O lines going to be completely different. Hope it works…
April 29th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Word is Langston might retire, and Henderson refused a contract extension.
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I didn’t hear that.
Thanks for the update!
Wow.
Damn!
Well is there any chance that means Campbell to RT and Carlisle doesn’t get cut?
April 29th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Look for Curtis Brown or Davon House in the third… I’d like to see Boling, but I have a feeling Rod Woodson gets a new toy today.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:10 pm
I’m hoping the Raiders at least give Campbell a shot at RT. What do they have to lose? It’s not like he already made tremendous progress at RG.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:10 pm
More O line picks please Al
April 29th, 2011 at 5:12 pm
# YoungAmerican Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:10 pm
I’m hoping the Raiders at least give Campbell a shot at RT. What do they have to lose? It’s not like he already made tremendous progress at RG.
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I agree
April 29th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
That’s kind of suprising that Hue flat out says that the new Wiz is going to be center-especially since Satele improved at the end of the year.
Jackson’s right in that Satele just isn’t that good but there’s a lot of disruption already with Gallery leaving and Gallery was helping out Veldheer quite a bit.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
YA-where did you hear those rumors?
April 29th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Lefty12 Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Every analyst on TV-everyone of them-said it was a good pick.I’ll take their word over a blog know-it-all.
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Im not a know it all apparently i just know more than you…the only person that was happy about the pick was Gruden because he loved Wiz 1 and liked the legacy aspect of it. These fools liked the Russell pick too.
Satele was our best OL the second half of last year and instead of getting help when we need it desperately at OG, we reach on a guy that will start over an already solid player. We have a glaring hole at RG and LG, so instead of addressing that we take a C. You guys dont see anything wrong with that???
April 29th, 2011 at 5:16 pm
# lefty12 Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
YA-where did you hear those rumors?
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Corkran in the chat here the other day.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
but there’s a lot of disruption already with Gallery leaving and Gallery was helping out Veldheer quite a bit.
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True.
Which is why I was thinking Carlisle might get another year at RG instead of Campbell with Campbell instead moving to RT.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Casey Mathews in the 3rd
April 29th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
the only person that was happy about the pick was Gruden because he loved Wiz 1 and liked the legacy aspect of it.
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NFL network guys all liked the pick.
Mayock said he could play all 3 positions and will be a day 1 starter.
And Mayock didn’t like the Russell pick, lol.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
I LOVE the fact that we are not trading up!
Don’t give away ANY picks.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Houston is definitely making moves to address their biggest weakness. If they sign Nnamdi in the offseason they could seriously make a run… they will be dangerous
April 29th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Comment From wes:
why take corner seems they arent giving walter mcfadden a fair shot at it
jerrymac:
You hedge your bets with numbers. Chances are out of McFadden and Ware, one of them won’t work out. Maybe both. You get players to compete and sort it out.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Hey Al!
You trying to move back in to get Mallet?
Go for it you old bugger, you need a quarterback!
Attitude? Screw it! Snake had attitude.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Hopefully Mayock is right and Brown or House fall to the 4th.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
It was Ron Wolf who destroyed Jamarcus Russell.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
OMG… Alyssa Milano is the hottest almost 40 year old chick ever
April 29th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Also, where’s RaiderRockstar? He made fun of me for saying 6 QBs would be gone by #48.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
The Jets took a 315lb DT in rd 1 to replace Jenkins, lol.
I wonder if he is a “true run stuffer”?
April 29th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
44.ENGLANDRAIDER Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Hey Al!
You trying to move back in to get Mallet?
Go for it you old bugger, you need a quarterback!
Attitude? Screw it! Snake had attitude.
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Coach is working on it.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:25 pm
# YoungAmerican Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Also, where’s RaiderRockstar? He made fun of me for saying 6 QBs would be gone by #48.
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He tends to hide/ignore comments when he is proven wrong. Just sayin…
April 29th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
They will probably move Satele to OG.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Im hoping against hope Washington takes Mallett here!
April 29th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Thanks,J Hill.Severe,if you don’t like the pick-fine,no sweat off my balls.But don’t throw ridiculous statements about the guy.He was All-American as a JR at the Center position.He was moved to G as a SR.Don’t know why.You don’t know that he isn’t/won’t be a better C than Satele who wasn’t liked that much by the coaches obviously.It is also possible Satele could be moved to G.At no time was Satele the Raiders best O-Lineman last or any other year.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Ok Dolphins
April 29th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Looks like Mallett will be gone.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Satele is also a free agent and a Cable guy who we are OBVIOUSLY moving away from…
April 29th, 2011 at 5:28 pm
You can’t complain about the Wiz pick but the 49ers kicked our butts…………….period
April 29th, 2011 at 5:29 pm
J Hill Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
The Jets took a 315lb DT in rd 1 to replace Jenkins, lol.
I wonder if he is a “true run stuffer”?
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FYI, Jets #3 in Run Defense. Hardly an analogy.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Coach is laying back. He’s thinking free agency now.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Wiz is a safer pick than Ijalana or Little, and there will be OT options later in the draft. I’m not going to complain about it.
It will indeed be interesting to see how Kaepernick develops.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Yeah they’re protecting themselves just in case they lose Satele. Also it aint a bad pick Wiz will be a good players. I just didn’t want to take him that high.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
AL forget about mallet hillary clinton is the only good thing that came out of arkansas
April 29th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
DAMMIT….
April 29th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Priesttj Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:28 pm
You can’t complain about the Wiz pick but the 49ers kicked our butts…………….period
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You were wrong, Again.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
58.priesttj Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:28 pm
You can’t complain about the Wiz pick but the 49ers kicked our butts…………….period
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How? Cuz of Kaepernick?
April 29th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Guys Mallett was heavy into drugs you just can’t take chances like that anymore………if he’s around late in the draft sure but teams juts don’t want to deal with crap like that when your spending large dollars.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
EFF the 9rs!
The only reason they got Kapernicky is because we didn’t want him. If Al REALLY wanted him, he would’ve traded up to the 1st pick in the draft.
As fast as the Wiz pick got in there, and the CLEAR dislike Al/Hue had for Satele, seems to me Wiz was the pick all along.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
I’d love to see Tyson Clabo come aboard in free agency.
We’ll see, though.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
# phatcable Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
AL forget about mallet hillary clinton is the only good thing that came out of arkansas
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uhhhh and Darren McFadden
April 29th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
J Hill Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
EFF the 9rs!
The only reason they got Kapernicky is because we didn’t want him. If Al REALLY wanted him, he would’ve traded up to the 1st pick in the draft.
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Really?
April 29th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
Man the fortyniners got over bigtime.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
The TV dudes said Mallet could fall to the 5th rd.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:34 pm
FYI, Jets #3 in Run Defense. Hardly an analogy.
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Make sure you communicate that to the “we need a true run stuffer” crowd.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:34 pm
All character issues aside, Mallett is a statue in the pocket and by the time he finished running his 40 yard dash Jamarcus Russell had eaten 11 more cheeseburgers and bought a new necklace…
April 29th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
Really?
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Really!
April 29th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
Kappy came in for a visit, and the bootlickers were all over him.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
After all these posts….Al Davis is who we thought he was.
Which one of you guys is MaddenRaider now?
Where’s Dakota? getting spit up on by Jr?
April 29th, 2011 at 5:36 pm
63.phatcable Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
AL forget about mallet hillary clinton is the only good thing that came out of arkansas
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Lol. So much for Bill, and Hillary-I think-came out of Illinois. Or was it…out of the night…
April 29th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
al pat devlin qb deleware,al you blew it last year passing on cj spiller,get devlin
April 29th, 2011 at 5:39 pm
Some of you people are unbelievable.
There is NO WAY IN HELL that Wiz is a bad pick.
You CAN NOT assume that he will be there later and our OL is a case for 911.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Next Pick will be RT Lee Ziemba
April 29th, 2011 at 5:45 pm
Post 81,cant have said it better! RAIDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 29th, 2011 at 5:49 pm
Ryan Mallet= Kerry Collins maybe? Id take him in the 4th if he’s there though.
April 29th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Lefty12 Says:
April 29th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Thanks,J Hill.Severe,if you don’t like the pick-fine,no sweat off my balls.But don’t throw ridiculous statements about the guy.He was All-American as a JR at the Center position.He was moved to G as a SR.Don’t know why.You don’t know that he isn’t/won’t be a better C than Satele who wasn’t liked that much by the coaches obviously.It is also possible Satele could be moved to G.At no time was Satele the Raiders best O-Lineman last or any other year.
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Satele has never played G and there is no indication that he will be able to do it now. He was our most consistent OL the second half of the season and the best by far the last 4 games. He is being replaced primarily because he is more compatible for the ZBS though he could certainly function in the stystem that we run as he displayed last year/ Most “experts” acknowledge how well he played down the stretch and Jerry has said it several times himself.
Nothing i said about Wiz II was ridiculous. He is not particularly strong at the POA, not quite nimble and has average balance. He has short arms and was pushed around by some of the bigger DL he faced. That being said, he knows how to play the game, has good technique, understands angles, has a non stop motor and is very aggressive. Not a great athelete but gets by with above average football IQ, a great motor and will….classic overachiever
April 29th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Ryan Mallett is a New Cheatland Patriot!
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