With only five selections, Oakland needs to choose wisely

by Jagjivan on Apr 22, 2008 8:44 PM PDT

The Raiders haven't had a winning season in five years, the product of firing coaches (Bill Callahan, Norv Turner, Art Shell), misjudging high draft picks (Fabian Washington, Robert Gallery, Tyler Brayton) and hacking off star players (Charles Woodson, Randy Moss, Jerry Porter).

The 2008 NFL draft gives them another chance to create a sunnier tomorrow. With only five selections in the seven-round event, the Raiders must get their picks right, starting with the No. 4 overall choice in Saturday's first round.

Raiders leader Al Davis already has lost half a decade to the reloading process. Hot-seat coach Lane Kiffin is just as pressed for time, and he's been around only one season.

"Al can't afford to keep waiting for this thing to turn around," said one longtime team insider, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "Why do you think he spent all that money in free agency? He needs to win now."

It's unlikely the Raiders will land a 2008 season-changer with picks in the fourth, sixth and seventh rounds. That puts all the home-run pressure on their first-round choice, their only spot in the top 100.

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I am not goint to read any further then what I just read. “STARS RANDY MOSS”-A guy who perfroms well on a good team but takes “SEASONS” off when he isn’t winnning.
“JERRY PORTER” He has always been a 2nd receiver in this league I don’t think anyone can deny that. He had his chance and it floundered. He was never meant to be a #1.And between the GREATness of the early 80’s vs the 90’s in general how long had it been since we had a playoff/championship team? When I hear half a decade it makes me realize how much some of these reporters don’t follow sports as a whole. 1 team win’s a championship every year out of more then 30….d Meaning on average off numbers alone your team should win a championship every .15-30years. Things can affect this obviously but with everyone trying to win at the same time that seams about right. Reports like this just irritate me.

by lockdown on Apr 24, 2008 10:01 PM PDT reply actions