Experts Batting a Thousand Regarding The Raiders

 
Every year the so called experts jump down the throats of the Raiders for players signed and the money spent to sign them. Now when you have been as bad as the Raiders have been over the past five years you become an easy target.  But anytime a team brings in new players it is a crap shoot.  As you will read below the Raiders have found a few jewels that others have laughed at the Raiders for signing.  How many remember when the Raiders brought in Lincoln Kennedy from the Atlanta Falcons? Kennedy was a first round pick of the Falcons in the draft and Atlanta had him figured for a bust.  When the Raiders signed Kennedy out came all the so called experts.  The Raiders are nuts, the Raiders paid to much money, Kennedy is a bust are just a few of the views of these experts.  The end result is that Kennedy turned into a dominate Pro Bowl Guard for the Raiders for many years.  I always had a good laugh at how these same so called ... [link]

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