Let's grab this thing by the "Proverbial balls"

But then the laundry list in Oakland is too long to list in one fanpost.

You got this idea from my comment on your “The Raiders” post didn’t you?

For shame!

Actually, I wouldn’t have made the post anyway, so have at it.

By the way, “proverbial” is a form of the word “proverb”. What exactly is are “proverbial balls”?

:)

Proverbial – Pertaining to or like a Proverb; commonly spoken of.

Maybe Proverbial Balls are balls that were spoken of in ancient Proverbs….wow must be some big balls….lol

not just bios of the players

“A child can play with its mother’s breasts, but not its father’s testicles” – Guinea.

That took some searching. I wonder if I am the first person to google “proverbs + testicles”

When your team goes 2 – 14, you need not only for your team to improve, but for the rest of your division to remain stagnant or move backward for a couple of years.

Broncos – Even IF they benefit from the Cutler trade in the longrun (which I seriously doubt), it will take 2 – 4 years to see it (one of their first rounds picks doesn’t come until next year). Plus the Brandon Marshall shenanigans, all the better. We should have at least 2 – 3 years here.

Raiders – Worst draft of the entire NFL this year. This should haunt them for 2 – 3 years, as they will not have the level of players developing onto their team that they should have, based on their position in the draft. They trade for Richard Seymour, giving up their 2011 first round pick, and they now have to make cap space for him. After this year, his contract is up. This team was NOT one player away from being a Super Bowl contender; Seymour will be either retired or decrepit by the time this team is ready, and the 2011 draft doesn’t look great. Plus, the head coach punching an assistant…there is no telling how many years we have here. : D

Chargers – Did nothing substantail to improve this off-season, and kept Norv Turner as the HC. They signed the guys they had last year, but that resulted in an 8 – 8 season, and we should have won game 2 against them (for that matter they were 5 – 8 and had to win their last three games to make 8 – 8). Shawne Merriman is back, but is now allegedly choking 93-pound women; nice distraction there. The only thing that worries me here is if they pick up Cowher, Shanihan, or Gruden next off-season. But, even if that happens, we have 1 – 2 years here.

Conclusion – From a divisional viewpoint, we could not have asked for any better this offseason.