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now that he’ll see some more passes his way. I think he’ll re-sign because everyone on the team sees that this is not the same team from 06 or even 07. We were competitive last year and we (may) have solved the 4th. quarter flop problem. McFadden gives us the potent quick scoring offense when behind (as do the receivers) and our run defense should be improved (emphasis on the should) to stop teams from running out the clock.

has had players with character issues or a lot of controversial situations. Walker shouldn’t be considered as having character flaws just because of this Las Vegas incident. Before that we never heard of him getting in trouble. With drafting McFadden we took the most talented player in the draft, but we also took the player with the most “character issues.” Having two brothers that are in rival gangs isn’t an Alice in Wonderland type background story. We don’t have a solid number one receiver really because Walker has obviously lost a step. Curry has been a number two or three receiver his whole career. And Carter doesn’t have the skills to be a number one or the experience to be the number two yet. Henry would make our receiving corps competition really intensified. He has made the toughest catches I have seen out of any of these receivers. Catching passes like he does in triple coverage while getting slammed kind of resembles Randy Moss. If he were to sign as a Raider then I would have Walker as the number one, Henry as the number two due to his speed and good hands, and Curry in the slot because that is where he has done his best work. Carter would be good against a fourth d-back by speeding past him and catching a deep pass. It probably won’t happen but I know JaMarcus would be one happy quarterback to have receivers around him that can excel to his standards. This would also make Shields development even better having a good receivers coach and many talented wide outs showing him the ropes. Henry should definently not be brought in as a return man. Branch should return kicks and Higgins should return punts for now. I’d rather see McFadden doing the returns but I don’t want to risk him getting injured. Not to mention Henry knows he is on his last chance just like Adam Jones so I don’t think we’ll see him getting in trouble any more.

How do you consider that getting in trouble for Walker? Whoever attacked them might not of even known Walker was in the car. I don’t remember Walker getting arrested for anything from that incident.

And what I meant by drafting McFadden is if we’re willing to take that big of a risk in the draft with the number 4 overall pick, then why not in free agency with a player we can get for a low price and high reward. It’s obvious we wanted him from the start because we had 4 good running backs already and needed either Glenn Dorsey or Vernon Gholston much more for our struggling run defense. Chris Henry knows he must stop being stupid if he wants to get paid.

Even though he was behind Chad and T.J. he still made a lot of amazing catches and would be a number one or two wide out on many other teams. He will be a good depth receiver if nothing else because our number 4 receiver and down are not good enough or experienced enough to fill in at a starting spot.

His name is Darren McFadden, and we also have JaMarcus Russell. Also, I never said we are a championship team. I said that every past championship team has had much adversity. It is low risk and high reward with Henry because even if he does get in trouble again we would’ve signed him to a low money amount/1 year deal which won’t take too much sweat off our nuts. And if he does pan out then Russell will pass for over 4,000 yards easily. Really I am surprised no one else has picked up Henry, especially someone like the Bears who have no good receivers except the converted Hester. Henry has been in the league long enough that he doesn’t need a “guide.” He just needs to avoid conflict. And if we don’t have the “energy” to handle one player, then we shouldn’t even take the field this year. Our only positive influence in the locker room last year was Chris Carr and now he is on the Titans. So I don’t think it even matters because to be a good NFL player you have to motivate yourself and appreciate the ridiculous sum of money you’re making. Nnamdi is the perfect example because he was a bust his first few years. So to fix this he practiced after practice was over and became a pro bowler.

we obviously have had bad drafts for like the past 10 years.

seeing as we’ve acquired Asomugha, Fargas, Miller, the now good Gallery, and what should be our new run stopper Richardson. There’s also Morrison and Howard, Huff, and Kelly. I think we draft very well.

Tyler Brayton, Napoleon Harris, Doug Jolley, Teyo Johnson, Stuart Schweigert, and Ricky Dudley(lol). I agree with you kaizer that our drafting recently has been good as in the past few years. But other than that we usually have to trade or go through free agency to get talent.

Rayder K? He’s currently the best kicker in the history of the franchise. I don’t see how that was a bad move. I forgot to mention Lechler in my list.

in Madden 09 his kick power is 100. He could probably make a 65 yarder if it came down to it. His only flaw is he misses too many clutch kicks but I know he has the accuracy. It must just be lack of concentration sometimes.

after all he is a kicker.

we drafted Ray Guy in the first round in the 1973 draft. He invented the coffin corner punt. He is considered to be the 8th best draft steal in NFL history by the NFL. Maybe Al thought Janikowski would be the same way with his big leg. He already is a good pick up for us by having the most points scored in Raider history but if he were to kick a 64+ yard field goal then he also would be considered a steal in the draft.

has the power for a 64+, but not the confidence. When a kicker lacks confidence, he lacks accuracy. They had him on Sports Science, on average he kicks 56 yarders per kick. They had him do several kicks and each time it averaged 56-57 yards. That’s impressive that he kicks those kinds of kicks everyday.