Recent content by Ed Wood

I don't know about the rest of you but I googled "Gruden's latest draft pick disaster" first thing this morning. I tuned in starting at pick 6 and it wasn't until the Raiders pick did I hear the word "reach." Ya can't make this stuff up. 😁 Mayock said all the scouts and coaches were in...

I'll bet Gus Bradley wasn't doing cartwheels. 😉

So was Arden Key. He was Kiper's No. 1 player after his sophomore or maybe junior year. And Gruden burned a third on him.

Keep trying, Chad. Maybe you'll convince yourself. You're not convincing most. "I think we got players on the D line." Yes, the Raiders do. Now if only you could insert the word "good" before "players." "We have starting LBs that can play." Yes, the Raiders do. Now if only you could insert the...

Ronnie Lott. (My board is 30 years old.) All they have to do is move up from 20 to 19. 👍

I was just coming to post!!! Some fantastic stuff and I'm only a third of the way thru it. Al's greatest coaching hire. Here's to 85, John. 🥂

  :shrug: Some guy with SI has the 9ers interested at 12 (and 43), Washington at 19, Indy at 21 and the Chiefs at 31. I agree between the lack of production years 1-3 and just one year of standout ball, he'd be a gamble going that high...

I just took a look at some hilites of this guy. He looks more like THill than Ruggs ever will. I could actually see Gruden taking this dude and hoping they'll win a lot of 50-48 games. If not with the 20th pick, then moving up to get another 1. And I could definitely see the Chiefs taking him...

Great news indeed. Hopefully seven years from now we won't be talking about how Gruden's first pick ended up being his best one. 😜

After the Fins-9ers deal, some blogger made a comparison of that deal to the 2013 Raiders-Fins deal. In this most recent deal the Fins went from 3 to 12 and got an additional 3 and 2 1s. In 2013, the Raiders went from 3 to 12 and got an additional 2. 😶 The blogger pointed out there's a...

Well thought out post and I agree, you're putting too much confidence in Edwards. 😉 He didn't show much at all last year. At least not what I'd expect for a third rounder with all that hype. Maybe the game slows down for him this year. Maybe a full-round of OTAs and a full training camp will...

Totally agree. Teams with perceived or real QB needs like NE and Wash hold more cards now because Week 1 is so far away and the draft is ahead. As that time grinds down, the pressure heats up. Then would probably be the ultimate time to deal Mariota if they're gonna do it. The Raiders stance is...

I don’t agree with cutting Williams but I understand it. Shows they have faith in the guys who saw the field last year. Makes signing Agholor or somebody of his ilk a priority though IMO. Now, for the same reason, cut Brown. Have faith in the guys who saw the field last year. I still don’t...

Yikes, I've lost track over the years of how plugged in Peter King is but if he's even in the ballpark with these Watson trades, my "offer" of Carr, Waller and 2 1s is cheap by comparison. I love Watson but nobody nobody is worth this much (not even Mahomes)...

Well, I hope that settles that. If you can get two more years of play from him like last year, I'm fully on board. I didn't think he had a year like 2020 in him anymore. And while I still don't think he can take a team all the way, he proved me wrong once so hopefully he proves me wrong again...