jdubya |
12-17-2014 01:41 AM |
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Originally Posted by splatbass
(Post 11197667)
And people call me a homer.
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LOL…I am 50 years old so I have been around a little while. The day Al died there were 2 types of Raider fans developed.
1) Al is gone, now we can get a GM and go back to our winning days NOW!!!
2) Al is gone, and for this franchise to truly be great again, we need to sacrifice the overinflated contracts, cut the fat and rebuild through the draft. and this will be a 3-6 year process.
Reggie was hired and his first draft he had no 1 or 2 round picks. In fact if memory serves me correctly, his first pick was a supp pick which was the first of the 4th round. The next year he had a 2nd rounder but parlayed it into 2 3rd rounders.
Good Lord, does anybody see the insanity here? This was caused by Al Davis and Reggie needed to muddle this shit for 2+ years before the Raiders were on a level playing field that rivals the Tampa expansion team.
Yes Reggie blew the FA signings of Flynn and Schaub and others but those contracts were done so that they had no effect on the following years salary cap. Has he made mistakes in FA? Yes, as do ALL GM`s but he has drafted very well.
Yep, I am a Homer……but I see the method in the madness. What Reggie is doing is building very slowly through the draft to have consistent solid football players rather than going for Combine freak track stars and overpriced FA`s. With the right coach and staff, the Raiders might be formidable in the near future while Manning retires and the Doncs go south, Rivers follows to the south, and it is up to the Raiders and Chiefs to battle for the top in the coming years.
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