Endearing Tragedy

The draft was looking 100% terrible in the first round as Oakland Raiders (8th pick) choose Linebacker Rolando McClain. As I've already said, I hope this guy's related to John; otherwise, at 6'3''/250 lbs? He better hit like Romanowski and run like Tiger Woods when his wife is in pursuit. Typical Raiders to pick up a defensive player in the first round and continue the trend through most of the rest of the draft with 6/9 players (2nd pick, DT Lamarr Houston; 5th pick, DB Walter McFadden; 6th pick, LB Travis Goethel; 7th pick, DB Jeremy Ware - DB Stevie Brown) drafted being on red zone duty, 3 of which being Defensive backs. The other 3 players (3rd pick, OT Jared Veldheer; 4th OT Bruce Campbell - WR Jacoby Ford) were quite random to say the least. Yes, Oakland had a terrible offensive line seeing as how the quarterbacks got sacked a total of 49 times. Not to mention the fact that there were only 17 touchdowns scored for the entire 09-10 season AND the whopping 29% turnover rate on third down. Our only bright side: we still have Janikowski, who went 26/29 field goals... yeah, sure, let's win our games three points at a time.

So, it's obvious my beloved silver and black are in a bit of a pinch and have been ever since the squandering head coach problem began once Gruden went over to the Bucs. I haven't looked into any of the drafter players, nor did I follow a single one of them during their days in college ball, but I've got a feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night if you know what I mean. Jacoby Ford's history states that not only is he a damn good receiver, but he's one hell of a kick return too.

Then there's Jason Campbell, the quarterback we got in trade from the Washington Redskins. He's been playing with that franchise his whole career and has been getting better with age. Given that their offensive line was worse than ours AND we've got loads of better offensive talent, this could turn out to be quite the explosive year for my beloved team. THE ORIGINAL DYNASTY, SON. I can't wait until we whoop those damn fairies... and this time it means something.

Endearing tragedy?