In Defense to Gholston's Raiders Career...

The Raiders, I mean Al Davis, love combine freaks. While some other writers and fans jump on Darren McFadden for the Raiders pick, excuse me while I throw out the punch that some of you are passing along. There's no sugar coating it. Vernon Gholston is exactly what we need. This man, or beast, will vault the Raiders' defense to that level that we havent seen in over 25 years. Punishing whoever holds the ball. Not since the mid-80's have we completely devasated ball carriers on every play. Yes, we had some success in 2002, but we all remember Alstott and Pittman were not scared to run the ball against us. The way the defense is lined up now, if either Derrick Burgess or Jay Richardson get hurt, we have no true defensive ends to fill in. Richardson isn't proven at all and because of Kevin Carter returning to Tampa, we are in dire need of a dominant defensive end. We all know Burgess isn't the best against the run, but possibly that may be because he's always double ... (link)