He'd Be a Good Oakland Raider!: NFC West

Analyst Written on March 29, 2008

A couple of years ago, while berating Adam Schefter for being a former Broncos beat writer, Al Davis mentioned that Jerry Jones should be in the Hall of Fame...as a Raider. What?!? The owner of the Cowboys (America's Team folks) is being pimped for hall inclusion by the owner of the Raiders (America's favorite team to hate...well maybe second behind the Yanks) as a RAIDER?!?!

How novel is that? Instead of signing sure fire Hall of Famers late in their careers to add to the legacy, why not just give them the honor of being a Raider when they get elected to the hall, without them ever having been a Raider? Of course, I'm playing with all of you in order to get the 'haters' to chuckle a little.

I've always looked at players and thought, "That guy would be a great Raider." C'Mon!! Don't tell me that you didn't envision Jerry Rice or Ronnie Lott as Raiders prior to those wishes coming true! So the other day, after the DeAngelo Hall signing, I started wondering who'd be great Raiders. So here it goes, part one and I'm starting in the NFC West.

I'll be listing my guys by division in the following order:

Mar. 29 - NFC West
Mar. 31 - NFC South
Apr. 1 - NFC North
Apr. 2 - NFC East
Apr. 3 - AFC East
Apr. 4 - AFC North
Apr. 5 - AFC South
Apr. 7 - AFC West

I'm going to try and not make big reaches, so I'll try and find at least one player per team, but no promises past that. If you have any suggestions, post them. Ok, so here it goes:

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written on March 29, 2008 Sports