HEY NINER FANS....first of all you need to be grateful at the opportunity we RAIDERS gave you by not picking up crabtree. we have been ridiculed by every organization associated with football. at first i was upset a lil bit, so then i decided to do some of my own research. i listened to the coach's reasons for picking DHB. actually i was not really that surprised at the pick i just thought we might have been able to get him later. being a avid madden fan, i know drafts can be real unpredictable. its the nature of the business. teams don't share their plans with each other. it was rumored philly was real interested in DHB and was willing to trade up. we did what we had to. his physical attributes fit RAIDER BALL. he had 3 different QB's in three years, no time to build any chemistry. none of his QB's had half the arm JaMarcus has.most importantly he is signed and in camp. for all you people that bash the GREAT AL DAVIS.
i understand, you are just so used to the COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE that we have established, that you've just been a lost for words the past couple of years. we might have had two more SUPERBOWLS to add to the trophy case if it wasn't for the fuckin brady rule, and the trade of our coach to the team would be our SUPERBOWL foes the same year. we didn't have a chance. and since then it has taken us some time to regain our form.
as far as crabtree goes, watching him in college i was praying he would be available when i was our turn to pick. his injury didn't concern me that much since he was such a beast. that catch that beat texas was for all the marbles, he was double covered, everyone knew the ball was going to him and he got it anyway, had to still break some tackles to score and he made it happen. luckily he was in a offensive systems that got him the ball often. finding talent is one thing, but finding talent that won't get too big headed for your system and lockeroom is another. it was also rumored that crabtree had no desire to be a RAIDER, therefore RAIDERNATION has no desire for the crab. we thought there might be the possibility of another hold-out and that is a distraction we would rather not have right now.
i think crabtree has better hands, but the spread offense doesn't work the same in the pro's
DHB was in a pro-style offense which will help his learning curve. he is already in camp, which will help his learning curve & he was happy to be a RAIDER. the NINERS still have no QB, sounds like the issues DHB had to deal with at Maryland. so lets see how the two new receivers in the bay adjust. i predict that DHB will outplay the crab. crab will miss most of camp. crab will be effective but slow. DHB has more to prove, and with the tools we already have in place just has to do his job, nothing more. he is not the saviour of the team, just a missing piece to the championship puzzle. the RAIDERS will be this years sleeper mark my words.
