The Great Q.B. Mistake!

The big question is always "who is the hands down best player in this years draft"? Mel Kiper & other highly regarded prognosticators place Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin Johnson in that position. The combine only furthered that notion when CJ ran the 40 yard dash in 4.35. At 6-5 225 & with that speed & talent, Johnson sure seems scary.

The Raiders are in a tough spot where the best player on the board plays a position that is just not a classic top pick position. Wide receivers, even guys like Marvin Harrison & Steve Smith, touch the ball a maximum 6 or 7 times a game. When your a team that needs offence at just about every area how can you pick a player that will only get the ball that many times.

In last years draft the Raiders past on So Cal Q.B. Matt Lienart. A move that prompted both Steve Sarkisian & Lane Kiffin to ask "why" when Raiders owner Al Davis Interviewed them for his (then) head coaching vacancy. The question seems to be well merited given the Raiders poor Q.B. play (by Andrew Walter & Arron Brooks) last year. If we had drafted him can you imagine the Raiders now with the opportunity to get Calvin Johnson? Of course this supposes they still have a top draft pick but still the thought of Lienart to Johnson draws water to the mouth. This move can be seen only as a mistake. When I add that to the 1991 mistake of taking Todd "POT-HEAD" Marinovich over Brett Farve I'm left with one thought, Not drafting one of the top two Q.B.s (JaMarcus Russell or Brady Quinn) is a big mistake"!