JaMaican Me Crazy
The rumors appear to be that LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell will announce Wednesday that he is foregoing his senior season to enter the NFL Draft. Just as quickly there’s talk that the Raiders already have their sights on him.
While in most cases it would premature to say a team without a coach could possibly already have a draft board put together, Al Davis is not most cases.
But as the Raiders make progress with any number of USC coaches, it seems as if this year may be different than in the past. You see, this is 2007. Last time this happened it was 2006. Big difference, as the seven is straight and six has that little curly thing.
But I’m excited to see the media debate every minute from now until April whether the Raiders should take Russell or Quinn, and then until preseason who was actually a better pick and …
Really, there is a finite amount of knowledge about both players, which will be added to only slightly between now and the draft. Yes, we’ll get “official” times in the 40 and any number of obstacle courses, brain teasers, standardized tests, endurance tests, driving tests and sudoku puzzles, but what will that really tell us, besides where that last damned three was supposed to go?
How long has it been since Vince Young’s wonderlic test? And what did that show anyway? The only thing I’m looking at right now is that Russell is bigger and faster, meaning he has a better chance of A) Running away from the defensive lineman breathing down his neck, and B) Being able to take a pounding day in and day out. Both A and B will be realities if he goes to the Raiders so it would be smart to take that into account when choosing a quarterback.
But every off-season with the Raiders is an adventure. I can feel myself becoming numb to it all. I’m sitting here trying to think of a situation so absurd that it couldn’t possibly be believed in the sarcasm-less internets, and I can’t.
No matter what happens, as long as it looks good in practice it will be fine with me.
While in most cases it would premature to say a team without a coach could possibly already have a draft board put together, Al Davis is not most cases.
But as the Raiders make progress with any number of USC coaches, it seems as if this year may be different than in the past. You see, this is 2007. Last time this happened it was 2006. Big difference, as the seven is straight and six has that little curly thing.
But I’m excited to see the media debate every minute from now until April whether the Raiders should take Russell or Quinn, and then until preseason who was actually a better pick and …
Really, there is a finite amount of knowledge about both players, which will be added to only slightly between now and the draft. Yes, we’ll get “official” times in the 40 and any number of obstacle courses, brain teasers, standardized tests, endurance tests, driving tests and sudoku puzzles, but what will that really tell us, besides where that last damned three was supposed to go?
How long has it been since Vince Young’s wonderlic test? And what did that show anyway? The only thing I’m looking at right now is that Russell is bigger and faster, meaning he has a better chance of A) Running away from the defensive lineman breathing down his neck, and B) Being able to take a pounding day in and day out. Both A and B will be realities if he goes to the Raiders so it would be smart to take that into account when choosing a quarterback.
But every off-season with the Raiders is an adventure. I can feel myself becoming numb to it all. I’m sitting here trying to think of a situation so absurd that it couldn’t possibly be believed in the sarcasm-less internets, and I can’t.
No matter what happens, as long as it looks good in practice it will be fine with me.
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