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1) Leinert was surrounded by talent at USC, as many highly touted qbs are. Now, you could say the say about Palmer, since USC pretty much always has an excess of talent, but Palmer had success in Cincinnati. We saw that he could perform. Of course, that was a while ago.

2) I think the knock on Leinert is that he lacked a work ethic, and when reality hit him upside the head–that being a success in the NFL wasn’t a lock for a USC qb–injuries hit. Then, there are the rumors of drinking. I have no idea if they are true.

I think, however, it IS true that Leinert seemed aimless, that until recently with Houston, he didn’t commit to being a successful pro.

I feel this way about the situation: it’s rare that characteristics ( diligence, humility, focus, ambition, etc.) found lacking in an individual ever develop in that individual.

Now, if these were missing in him because of something else oing on in his life, something that has been addressed/remedied, that might mitigate things.

Hebron Fangupo NT/DT BYU
Josh Chapman NT/DT Alabama Knee
Ronnell Lewis DE/LB Oklahoma would be my top guy but medical questions don’t know where to put him
Miles Burris, LB, S.D. St.
Terrell Manning, LB, North Carolina St.
Josh Norman, CB, Coastal Carolina
Johnathan Massaquioi, DE, Troy St.
Sean Prater, CB, Iowa

Hebron Fangupo NT/DT BYU
Josh Chapman NT/DT Alabama Knee
Brandon Boykin CB-RS Georgia anyone have a medical update?
Ronnell Lewis DE/LB Oklahoma would be my top guy but medical questions don’t know where to put him
Hebron Fangupo NT/DT BYU
Josh Chapman NT/DT Alabama
Brandon Boykin CB-RS Georgia
Ronnell Lewis DE/LB Oklahoma would be my top guy but medical questions don’t know where to put him
Miles Burris, LB, S.D. St.
Terrell Manning, LB, North Carolina St.
Josh Norman, CB, Coastal Carolina
Johnathan Massaquioi, DE, Troy St.
Sean Prater, CB, Iowa

Hebron Fangupo NT/DT BYU
Josh Chapman NT/DT Alabama
Brandon Boykin CB-RS Georgia
Ronnell Lewis DE/LB Oklahoma would be my top guy but medical questions don’t know where to put him
James Michael Johnson, LB, Nevada
Miles Burris, LB, S.D. St.S
Terrell Manning, LB, North Carolina St.
Josh Norman, CB, Coastal Carolina
Johnathan Massaquioi, DE, Troy St.
Sean Prater, CB, Iowa

Nigel Brandham, Omar Bolden are off the board, also Lardarius Green, Robert Turbin, Lamar Smith, and Frank Alexander, who some of you were interested in

Drafting an OL player, and going away from all predictable “need” in the defensive side, RegMac is not only setting his imprint, as Monte Poole writes, but also showing he is not listening to “expert bloggers” or 17-year “insiders” like Corky.

IMHO and wishful thinking, RegMac is building for the future and wouldn’t care much for immediate success this season. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Raiders at 5-11 or 6-10, and get positioned for the 2013 draft and season with mostly a roster designed and built RegMac’s way.

Seeing most of the SC quarterbacks play since their HS days down here in SoCal, I can’t believe when I see Matt Leinart with so little success and bust, when he was projected to be a better pro than Palmer, Cassell, or Sanchez.

Did he fall into a bad situation in AZ? Was he unlucky or just too fragile?
I’ve never been a Palmer fan, and was hoping that Hue would have traded for him instead of Palmer last season. At least, it would have been a lot cheaper.

So here it is, what if Leinart outplays Palmer in camp? Then again, I’m really hoping that Terrell Pryor proves everyone wrong and becomes the QB and stud player he was projected to be. Remember, TP at one time in his young career was the highest rated player of his class.

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Homeboy better start!!! Dude is like 30 years old…we aint got time to wait!!

Good: You can never go wrong picking up OL that can play, the kid looks like a lock to play early and start for the next 6-8 years.

Now that’s some real value with the last pick in the 3rd Round, more like a 4th rounder actually.

Bregstrom has no baggage, no character issues and is a smart, hard-working player, but he’s not just an intangibles guy.

He’s also a good athlete, at 6′5 313 he’s a bit bigger than your traditional ZBS Guard and he can move.

The “bad”: Most of us were looking to take a chance on a player who could become difference-maker or play-maker if you will, taking an OG over some of the athletic TE’s, pass-rushing DE-OLB’s, run-stuffing DT-NT’s and explosive WR’s and DB’s available was not a sexy move.

But with no earlier picks, we needed to “make them count” as Reggie said, and it looks like we found a safe player and early contributor, on that is much more likely to succeed than most of the players that remained available.

Now if some of the guys drafted after Bergstrom turn out to become Pro Bowlers and he doesn’t, I won’t be upset because other teams can afford to go with the upside picks, they have already chosen 2,3 or 4 players by now, we didn’t have that luxury.

Solid pick, Veldheer-Bergstrom should handle the left side of the Line for the next few years and likely excel at it.

Now, the quick signing of Leinart? (if it happens).

Or…it could be that they want someone to compete with Pryor for the #2 to see who emerges.

If Raiders need a veteran backup i’d like to see someone who has played more…and maybe had some success.

Has Leinart had ANY success in the league?