I am sorry Mitch Pratt. My friend Mitch is a big time Raiders fan and I feel bad for him and all of the Black Hole in Oakland because they are getting royally screwed out of having a decent team for 2009. The crazy thing is after reading Mitchy's post about the draft he is happy with it?! Lets break it down here...
You got a guy in Darrius Heyward-Bey that probably wasnt going to be taken until the playoff teams started selecting so why didnt the Raiders try to get a team like Philadelphia or Minnesota for that matter to trade up? They could of received a couple more picks instead of Al pissing one away in the top ten. There is a reason every year the Raiders are drafting in the top ten and this is it. You trade down if you dont like that Michael Crabtree didnt run the forty thats fine but please as a Raider Nation do not come bitchin' to me when he is tearing up the other side of the Bay Area for the Niners.
Then in the second round, they got Michael Mitchell out of Ohio who wasnt projected to get drafted! I seriously wonder what sort of brain damage Al has right now because that is straight up stupid. There were many athletic safeties that were still out and available although they decide to go with this clown in Mitchell.
The one thing I hope for is that the two players are successful because its not Heyward-Bey or Mitchell's fault that Davis decided to draft them But still it doesnt excuse what Al Davis is doing the team. He could of had much better talent and in 2009, you cant have a true deep sleeper like Mitchell, too many scouts do their job damn well.
Al even George Steinbrenner realized when it was time to let go, I hope you do too.
-Charlie.
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