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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Max Iascone about 1 year ago
if you do one on the AFC east... Vince Wilfork has to make the list... he has the swagger, toughness, pentient for borderline dirty plays, plus he's entertaining as hell, most importantly, the man is a beast, he is double and triple teamed on every play and he still makes an impact during every game. don't get me wrong, I want him in NE for the long haul but i gotta admit... the guy looks like he's made to wear silver and black
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Devlan Sheahan about 1 year ago
Who's the DT you were talking about for San Fran?
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Rob Calonge about 1 year ago
Thanks for calling me on that Devlan. I thought I'd put his name in already. I added it above. It's Bryant Young.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Brian Leonard jumped over fabes not asomugha
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Rob Calonge about 1 year ago
Sorry, about the mistype. I meant Washington, but have been typing Asomugha's name alot. I guess I like to type it now that I know how to spell it :) It's fixed now.
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FRANK YRAY about 1 year ago
Adrian Wilson
Dawkins
Ed Reed
Roy Williams
The Late Sean Taylor
Can you tell I'm going through safety envy!
any left tackle besides Barry Sims!
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Matt Hasselbeck!!!!! A RAIDER, you've got to be kidding me. Let me remind you GB did not score soon after, Mike McKenzie took it to the house! A "good Raider" would have made the tackle. And please never use Hass and STABLER in the same sentence. You must be a niners fan!
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Devlan Sheahan about 1 year ago
Yeah, B. Young was a beast...lol
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Divya Parmar about 1 year ago
Bryant Young was too nice and too classy to be a Raider.
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RAMON VIDAL about 1 year ago
MICHEAL STRAHAN
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Shockley is the only one qualified to wear silver & black; plus he has an attitude..
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John Fennelly about 1 year ago
Rob...this is an excellent concept
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