There are bigger holes to fill than linebackers. My guess is that Crabtree is off of the board by now. I’d like a big play receiver or an offensive lineman with the first pick.

Raiders don’t get a whole lot of pass rush

I want a LT. Mario equals RT. Receiver, we can get later.

The Raiders will definently be getting a major refresh on the coaching staff. 19 out of the 20 assistant coaches, all except WR’s coach James Lofton, contracts are run out. I don’t look for Al Davis to resign all these guys after such a disastrous season. Whoever gets appointed to being our head coach better be ready to produce big results in little time because the pressure to succeed will so great that failure will not be tolerated as it always is with Oakland. But in order to help a coach to succeed here, some player upgrades need to be made first. Kwame Harris, Javon Walker, Ronald Curry, Cornell Green, and possibly Michael Huff all need to be released. Tommy Kelly needs to take a pay cut. Nnamdi Asomugha, Kirk Morrison, Thomas Howard, Derrick Burgess, Johnnie Lee Higgins, Michael Bush, Ashley Lelie, and Justin Miller all need contract extensions. In the draft we need to get offensive line, a wide receiver, a free safety, a defensive tackle, and a strong side linebacker. Or these positions could be acquired through free agency but we could use a good fullback behind O’neal and a good tight end behind Miller.

Obviously though it all has to start with the coaches and the scouts to make it happen in 09. After watching this season, the Raiders blew a few games in the 4th quarter which could’ve led to us winning the division even though we played pretty bad this year. We were only 3 games out of first place which can be something for us to build on.

so by then most likely crabtree will be picked up by the seahawks or somthing. either way i dont think we should take a WR because we can find somthing decent in the free agents. we need o-line help badly or a pass rusher. another thing we could use is another DB. most pressing need though is oline and dline

right now I’d take Crabtree because our O-Line looked REALLY good versus the Bucs. Like I said it’s too early too be thinking about this in my opinion.

He’s a great idea I’ve had, why not Percy Harvin. Other than some injury problems this season, Harvin’s just as much a big play guy as Crabtree and is versatile like McFadden. Harvin can play WR, RB, QB, KR, even a little bit of DB. You put Harvin and D-Mac on the same field and the defense will be so preoccupied with them and Miller that someone will be wide open for Russell.

There’s also the point that Laoren made, we need a LOT of help at LB. Howard and Morrison aren’t cutting it in the run game. I think we need to move Morrison to OLB and get a big man for the middle. Either a free agent or draft pick. Hell why not trade Burgess (I still think we really should) for Mike Peterson or someone to that effect. I would really like to see Peterson in a Raiders jersey manning the middle. Right now the Jags appear to be not so fond of Peterson and I wouldn’t be surprised if they released him. If they don’t, I still say we trade for him. Peterson is one of the best run stoppers in the league. Put him at MLB and I guarantee he’d make our run D a whole lot better.

Get the beat lineman D or O side. Because if you can’t stop the run, or protect your QB, you ain’t dirt….

“Darth Vader is a punk compared to Al Davis.” – Hunter S. Thompson

There is a pretty good one coming out of Ohio State (hint: his dad was an animal)