2008 Woodie Awards
NFL Draft means necessities
Casey O'Brien
Issue date: 5/1/07 Section: Sports
Soon and very soon, Raider Nation will be represented by JaMarcus Russell jerseys, and hopefully some smiles in the 2008 season. The Raiders picked up Russell, a 22 year old that looks like the "Thing" from Fantastic Five, because he plays rough, hard, and the beast can cannon the ball 80+ yards at any needed moment.
Good call Oakland, yet you lost the hands of Randy Moss, and got the feet of Michael Bush? Hands down, Oakland missed the opportunity to capitalize on many passing yards with Moss. Not everything however was so illogical, Quinn took the next flight home to his team, and his home.
Brady Quinn went 22nd to the Dallas Cowboys who traded him to the Cleveland Browns for the 36th draft pick, and their third round pick next year. Brady Quinn saw the luck of the Irish very clearly during his near four hours in the Green Room when finally the team that he grew up rooting for grabbed him.
All the scrutiny of Brady Quinn should address one issue: how does Quinn perform when he has a pocket that he can throw out of? During his years at Notre Dame, Quinn really did not have an offensive line that was strong enough to hold for Brady. Look back at the video tape of Notre Dame vs. Michigan in 2006, and you can easily see how the offensive line was trampled over, thus making Brady Quinn throw three picks in his own stadium.
Cleveland noticed two things: First, their current quarterback was benched for three games for throwing 17 interceptions, and only 10 touchdowns. Second, that Brady Quinn is strong and smart, and throws the ball like he has cross-hairs on his face-mask.
This is the reason why Joe Thomas is dressing up in Brown next season to play left tackle. The Cleveland Browns drafted him as their first pick in the opening round because he is simply a wall that definitely doesn't look like a human being at first sight. Joe Thomas is 6'6" and 311 pounds of violence that gets distributed to anyone who comes near his pocket. McGyver and Chuck Norris wouldn't even be able to compete with this guy's masculinity; he wasn't even at the NFL Draft when it was being conducted, he was fishing in Port Washington!
Joe Thomas will contribute so much to the offensive line that Brady Quinn will have the time to eat downtown before throwing the ball deep into the red zones.
Raider Nation needs to get Oakland's General Manager Michael Lombardi an appointment to Cleveland to discuss how to run a football club.
Good call Oakland, yet you lost the hands of Randy Moss, and got the feet of Michael Bush? Hands down, Oakland missed the opportunity to capitalize on many passing yards with Moss. Not everything however was so illogical, Quinn took the next flight home to his team, and his home.
Brady Quinn went 22nd to the Dallas Cowboys who traded him to the Cleveland Browns for the 36th draft pick, and their third round pick next year. Brady Quinn saw the luck of the Irish very clearly during his near four hours in the Green Room when finally the team that he grew up rooting for grabbed him.
All the scrutiny of Brady Quinn should address one issue: how does Quinn perform when he has a pocket that he can throw out of? During his years at Notre Dame, Quinn really did not have an offensive line that was strong enough to hold for Brady. Look back at the video tape of Notre Dame vs. Michigan in 2006, and you can easily see how the offensive line was trampled over, thus making Brady Quinn throw three picks in his own stadium.
Cleveland noticed two things: First, their current quarterback was benched for three games for throwing 17 interceptions, and only 10 touchdowns. Second, that Brady Quinn is strong and smart, and throws the ball like he has cross-hairs on his face-mask.
This is the reason why Joe Thomas is dressing up in Brown next season to play left tackle. The Cleveland Browns drafted him as their first pick in the opening round because he is simply a wall that definitely doesn't look like a human being at first sight. Joe Thomas is 6'6" and 311 pounds of violence that gets distributed to anyone who comes near his pocket. McGyver and Chuck Norris wouldn't even be able to compete with this guy's masculinity; he wasn't even at the NFL Draft when it was being conducted, he was fishing in Port Washington!
Joe Thomas will contribute so much to the offensive line that Brady Quinn will have the time to eat downtown before throwing the ball deep into the red zones.
Raider Nation needs to get Oakland's General Manager Michael Lombardi an appointment to Cleveland to discuss how to run a football club.