Published 3/19/2008
by David Xaviel
at Bleacher Report - NFL
Face it, by getting CB DeAngelo Hall to pair with Nnamdi Asomugha--the Raiders are now the team to beat in the AFC West. The Chargers, Chiefs and Broncos don't have enough weapons at receiver to break that tandem. I can't think of a team that could -- on paper. And don't forget S Gibril Wilson and S Michael Huff, plus Stuart Schweigert, Stanford Routt, and Fabian Washington. Gibril Wilson was part of a secondary that shutdown the best offense in NFL history--and the other D-backs in that secondary were no where near Hall and Asomugha. I will thus look for KCs Brodie Croyle, SDs Philip Rivers and Denver's Jay Cutler to have career records in 2008 -- for interceptions. So with the pass defense under control, LB Kirk Morrison and LB Thomas Howard would be all over the aging runningbacks known as LT, LJ and the Schmo Who Gets Plugged Into the Denver Backfield. So what if the DL will be patchwork at tackle--the line will surely set the record for ...
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