First off I like to say I know where your coming from, and can see where your point has some validity to it, BUT then I take into consideration who you use as an example then am forced to say,

Shame on you talk about CRazy Al, and make him sound like he knows what he’s doing, or make his decisions as being well thought out and calculated!

acquired from Atlanta before this season, the Raiders are washing their hands of a seven-year, $72 million contract after only eight games.

“I’ve never been in a situation where you cut one of the best players,” said safety Gibril Wilson, another of the team’s offseason acquisitions. “That’s strange to me. It’s almost like we’re throwing in the towel.”

Hall was paid $8 million for eight games; he received a $7 million signing bonus and a $1 million base salary. Because he’s a vested veteran, his $1 million salary is guaranteed. Atlanta received second- and fifth-round draft picks in the trade with Oakland

With all that money being thrown out the window I realized that….it was Davis that single handily put us all into a recession. Kind of like the Japanese businessmen destroying their financial institutions with their faulty investments.

Last year, the Raiders made a huge splash by signing former Giants safety Gibril Wilson and former Broncos receiver Javon Walker, as well as trading for Falcons cornerback DeAngelo Hall.

The Raiders released Hall midway through the season. They tossed Wilson overboard on Friday. And now they appear ready to part ways with Walker.

Oy.

(Which is a shorter way of saying Al Davis is cuckoo.)

Jackson who is not a flashy pick at #3, only because his sack numbers were not extraordinary. Jackson also possess what the other propects did not which is his huge stature, the boy is 6-4 295lbs. Curry was only 6-1, and I really don’t care about us picking OL so ahh…. :) I wanted Def. all the way with our first pick. Jackson was also rated as the best pure Defensive End in this years draft.

Jackson IMHO is a safer selection over DHB who is considered by many scouts as a boom/bust prospect. Also, there were two other recievers who were rated higher than DHB. Why would you take a player with that amount of risk in the 7th slot? Al Davis has always….always been infatuated with pure unadulterated speed that sometimes he overlooks the other intangibles. Maclin had speed and was more polished as a reciever, but DHB had spinters speed.

This is what their saying in Oakland about the pick:

The draft is a crap-shoot, and it’s hard to find out other team’s intentions. So you can see the Raiders approach in taking Heyward-Bey at no. seven. The possibility of trading down and then having another club take the player you covet is a risk. But with Crabtree going to San Francisco at 10, and Maclin going 19 to Philadelphia, it would have been profitable and realistic for the Silver & Black to move down below their seventh slot and still take their target. With the economy influencing personnel decisions since the start of the off-season, it would have been economical for the Raiders to make this move. The only question remains is whether or not any teams would have been interested in moving up?

PROS: Speed and big play potential. Gives the Raiders a receiver that can chase down bombs from Russell.

 CONS: Very raw, not a precise route runner and still needs a lot of polishing to become a number one go to target in the NFL. And when you take a receiver with the seventh overall pick, he better become a top flight pass catcher.

I like the Tyson Jackson pick, and if he does turn out to be as good as Seymour I won’t be afraid of saying that, I have a man crush on our Pioli boy!

I think he made the right pick with Heyward-Bey. I honestly believe that he will end up being the best WR in the draft. He might need to go to another team to make that happen (because Oakland kills WRs), but I think he was a good selection by Davis and I would have laughed my ass off if he’d grabbed Crabtree. But he didn’t, I think he made a smart move in the first. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

I think the Mitchell pick was laughable, though. I don’t care if the Bears were interested in him, the Bears’ track record is extremely spotty with draft picks and all that tells me is that two teams would have made a mistake on the guy. He got drafted based off his 40 time and there’s little to no tape on him as a player, nor did he really produce much. Classic workout wonder that got drafted five rounds too early, and typical Raiders pick.

maybe he made that abundantly clear to the raiders and they didn’t want to bother dealing with it.

but what it comes down to is that DHB and Crabtree are different types of receivers and we all know that Al loves the deep ball so it makes sense that he would pick a track star to race down field and catch one of those 70 yard bombs that Russell threw from his knees. I think it’s a stupid offense to try and run but DHB does fit the mold which makes the pick at least a rational one even if it’s not an intelligent one.

rocket balls from a qb who has no offensive line at all. Al davis has once again is collecting good talent only to have them die in his bone yard stadium where good players die.

DHB’s only 100 yard game lst year was against none other than Aaron Curry’s Wake Forrest, ironic, isn’t it?

I’m not trying to say anyhting more than this; I believe at least one of these two is over-rated, I guess we’ll find out which one.