Comments on: Oakland Raiders Don’t NEED to Take Quinn or Russell

By: Larry Brown

Larry Brown — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:42:34 +0000

Kulp, you’re probably right about me putting Alex Smith on there too early, and same with Harrington, you’re right that he was put into a bad situation. I’m gonna add Tim Couch to the list too

By: Kulp

Kulp — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:57:18 +0000

I don’t disagree, in fact, I think they should pick Calvin Johnson, keep Randy Moss, and bring in a QB through free agency. He doesn’t even need to be very good, just somebody who can throw it 50 or 60 yards down the field.

Honestly, how are you going to guard the two most freakishly gifted wide receivers ever to play the game when they are on the same field? What defensive gameplan sets up for that? Then, you can draft a QB in the second round. Troy Smith and Chris Leak should still be there.

But I digress, I was really only commenting to point out that it isn’t fair to call Alex Smith a bust just yet. He hasn’t had a decent WR on his team at all yet, and he has only played two seasons. Too often fans and even teams are willing to discard their quarterbacks after they don’t develop as quickly as a Manning or a Roethlesberger, but it doesn’t always happen that way.

You can knock Joey Harrington, but do you really feel like he had a fair shot? Not even because the Lions were so bad, but because they were pulling him every other week and then cut him off too soon. J.P. Losman was a bust after starting only 8 games in two years, that is until they gave him a full season to play and he showed improvement.

Fans and coaches should not be so quick to label a player a bust, especially quarterbacks on awful teams.

By: The Big Picture

The Big Picture — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:34:15 +0000

trade moss and the first pick for a veteran QB. Then draft calvin fucking johnson.

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By: Bad Becks

Bad Becks — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:46:24 +0000

Well, I hope they do take a QB, b/c if they don’t then I’ll have to watch in horror as the Browns ruin another QB. Go ahead and add Tim Couch to that list above.