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

Have you ever been sitting around your house on Sunday watching the weekly games when, BAMM!  Some player you haven't paid much attention to from another team starts making you notice?

I can't say I watch every game of every team, but I do catch my fair share and there are players out there that are impressive.  Many of the guys I'm referring to are throwback players who like to hit hard and play with reckless abandon, while some are just very talented players who also are very good at the team concept.

This is part four of an eight part series detailing players that have jumped out at me and made me say, "Man!!  That guy would be a good Raider!"

The NFC East is made up with some of the better teams in the league.  It's arguably the best division so it's going to be easy coming up with guys, so easy that I'm going to have to leave some guys off the list that would definitely be a good fit, but there's only so much time and space.

Here's what I've done so far and where I'll be going in the next few days:

• Mar. 29 - NFL-Oakland_Raiders-Arizona_Cardinals-San_Francisco_49ers-He_d_be_a_good_Oakland_Raider_-_NFC_West-300308">NFC West
• Mar. 31 - Falcons-New_Orleans_Saints-He_d_Be_a_Good_Oakland_Raider_NFC_South_Targets-310308#comments">NFC South
• Apr. 1 - Bears-Green_Bay_Packers-He_d_Be_a_Good_Oakland_Raider_-_NFC_North-010408">NFC North
• Apr. 2 - NFC East
• Apr. 3 - AFC East
• Apr. 4 - AFC North
• Apr. 5 - AFC South
• Apr. 7 - AFC West

Washington Redskins

The talent evaluator for the secondary - Really, whoever this guy is he's pretty good.  You'll see that in the next couple of selections, and if you haven't guessed by now, one of them is Sean Taylor (R.I.P.).  Although the Raiders have a great secondary, you can never have too many good players or too much talent.

Don't expect many offensive players for this team.  They are far too inconsistent or injury prone to make this list.  The Redskins are a defensive team and that's why I've picked the following:

S - Sean Taylor:  If you didn't know about this guy, you learned after his untimely passing due to a group of thugs looking for an easy score.  Teams didn't get an easy score when he was playing.  A look at the stats last year shows that he still lead the Redskins in picks (5) in only nine games.  He wasn't a finesse guy either, he could lay a hit on the unsuspecting receiver and quite often did.

S - Laron Landry:  This kid was as good as advertised.  He had 95 tackles in his rookie campaign with 1.5 sacks and 6 passes defensed.  He showed that he not only has athletic ability, but a good head for the game as he constantly made it improbable for quarterbacks to hook up deep with their receivers.

LB - London Fletcher:  Honestly, I don't want to like this guy.  I don't know exactly why, maybe it's the name 'London' or maybe 'Fletcher' reminds me too much of Chevy Chase.  Whatever, the guy would be a good Raider.  He's played in 119 straight games, and lead the team in tackles last year with 128.  That's not all either, he had 13 passes defensed to go along with 3 picks!  You may not know this, but only Brian Urlacher, Thomas Howard, and Kirk Morrison were better in passes defensed for linebackers last year.

TE/RB/FB - Chris Cooley:  I don't know what position this guy plays, and quite frankly I'm not sure anyone else does either.  He's a 'slash' of another type, not the flashy kind.  He blocks well, runs well, catches well, and can play special teams if needed.  I wonder if he can throw well too?  You have to love throwback guys like this, and I do.

OT - Chris Samuels:

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