Carson Palmer to Raiders for two 1st rd picks. Al Davis still running shit

(ESPN)–Oakland and Cincinnati are on the verge of completing one of the NFL’s biggest trade-deadline deals in decades, with the Raiders acquiring holdout quarterback Carson Palmer from the Bengals in exchange for two first-round picks, according to sources familiar with the deal. The first first-round pick is in 2012 and the other is a conditional first-round pick in 2013. It’s a bold move for each team. Cincinnati is empowering a team it could be competing against for a playoff spot or even in the postseason. The Raiders are turning over another high pick for a quarterback that has been holding out and has struggled in recent seasons when some around the league questioned his arm strength. But ultimately, both sides believed it to be a gamble worth taking.

WOWZA!!! I don’t think there has ever been a trade that more perfectly summed up two terribly run franchises than this one.  The Bengals are trading a once very good quarterback to a team that they could be in direct competition with for a playoff spot.  Meanwhile the Raiders are mortgaging their future by giving away two first round picks for a guy that hasn’t been good in years and has shown no interest in playing football this season.  Somewhere Al Davis is smiling at this one.  Classic Raiders and classic bungles.

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As much as I hate Jerry Angelo, he’s a billion times better than Al Davis

So yeah, the Bears got effing hammered by the Giants last night.  The team has holes everywhere…and a lot of those holes have been there for years(i.e. wide receiver), but even on the darkest of days as a Bears fan I wake up and thank god I am not a Raiders fan.  The Raiders make me really regret the fact that I don’t run a 4.3 40 yard dash.  If I did…I would totally be a millionaire first round NFL draft pick because the Raiders proved again that is literally all they care about.  Al Davis just spent a 3rd round pick on Terrell Pryor simply because he can run fast in a straight line.  He can’t do ANYTHING else.  Contrary to popular belief, Terrell Pryor SUCKED at Ohio State.  I was going to use his numbers to prove my point, but that would hurt my argument. Aside from 2010 he put up solid numbers as a passer, but he failed the eye test every time.  Pryor sucked and no numbers are going to convince me otherwise.  He was way overpaid at Ohio State.

How the Raiders arrived at the conclusion that spending a 3rd round pick on Pryor baffles me.  I wouldn’t touch Pryor with a 7th round pole.  Now the Raiders are without a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round picks in next year’s draft.  Its amazing.  The Raiders just piss away draft picks and fire coaches left and right.  Al Davis made the Raiders great once upon a time, but the guy has seriously lost his marbles.  This could be a situation much like the Chicago Blackhawks under Bill Wirtz where they needed the old man to die before the organization could improve.  Too bad for the Raiders, Al Davis looks like he died years ago in that picture and is still going strong

 

Here is Todd McShay’s breakdown on Pryor’s future as a pro and how stupid the Raiders are:

 

PS: Al Davis is really dead right? Pretty sure he is the guy from Tales of the Crypt

 

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