after stepping back and taking a breath and realizing what happened, to me it makes sense. Crabtree seemed to be fit with that diva labeled attitude, as well as he wasn’t all that thrilled with the thought oakland would take him, remember, cable is trying to change the culture and create a winning and SELFLESS team, i dont think crabtree would have fit that bill to well.. i applaud cable and that staff as well as mr davis. we now have a TON of speed at WR, it will all develop. and mike mitchell shows me safety play i havent seen in years. honestly since cable took over and whats happened this offseason, shows me that they are building for the future and establishing that all imortant core of the team. instead of throwing money for a 1 year fix. its refreshing and i like it. remember your history and you’ll see that in the past we always have taken the players nobody looked at and dared to be different. no risk no rewards fellas. even if the direction we are taking doesnt lead us to where we want to go, hell, at least its a definative one. i dont care what any of those tv tools say. period.

This is going to go down as one of the worst Raiders drafts ever. It DHB was the guy targeted, they should have traded down. Six losing seasons in a row, and I do not see that changing with a draft like this. This is a public relations nightmare, because if this DHB is not the real deal, Raider fans will never give him a chance. Crabtree landing with the niners is going to just bring it out every year how this was a terrible pick. I have been a Raider fan for years, and thought we were turning the corner with the last couple of drafts, but again this team proves it will find a way to screw things up. It is not about track stars, it is about football players! This is an absolute joke, and it makes the Raiders the joke of the league. You can be an optimist, but do not try and sell me on the idea that this was a good first couple of picks. I find it hard to believe that a team can do things every year to make it worse, but the Raiders seem to always find a way. I will always root for the Raiders, but they continually make it difficult. When making draft picks, you have to take the least risk possible, and I really believe the Raiders did not do this. This will set us back another couple of seasons, all I have to look forward to is next years draft when we are picking in the top ten again. Hopefully they do not screw that one up!

Sad day to be a Raiders fan!

The last hyped Crabtree by the so called experts to be drafted by the Niners was in 2004. The player was Rashaun, the last name slips me, and he had more TD’s in College then Crabtree. He was a lot like Crabtree, slow but did real well in College and he was “can’t miss” per the fools.

The dude caught 1 TD his rookie year and never caught another pass in the NFL since his rookie season. Any one remember the can’t miss re-tread WR from the Lions we brought out to Oakland for a try because of Kiffin?

Point is only time will tell with regards to Crabtree and Bey but Bey. One thing to remember with the Raiders, they do not want a “Poor Man’s” esisting type NFL player. The Raiders are looking for the type of players other players are being compared as poor man versions to.

Nnamdi is one of those kinds of players and was questioned by many when he was selected and now he is becoming what all cornwers will be compared to. Point is chill out. I know one thing, the corner with 4.58 speed the Bronco’s gave up next years 1 for should have a hell of a time trying to cover DHB.

As to the safetey pic? the kid can play, when Cable said he knocks people out he meant he knocks people out. He knocked 3 players out cold while in College, he is 220 lbs and can fly. A beast against the run and good in coverage. He is a smart player and I think he was a great pick. We have not had an inforcer in our secondary for years.