More Raider Haters........Great!
Well, first off, Congratulations to Tommy Kelly. Second, I'm not so sure that he was deserving of that much $$$$$$ at this time, but hey, I do know that I really like this guy as a player. And though most of you haven't heard of him, this guy is a playmaker, and possibly a rising star. Before the ACL, this guy was consistenly in the oppsing team's backfields and I remember games where he was simply unblockable......Denver fans should also recall this.....And none of us are in that locker room or around this team enough to know what kind of teammate this kid is. So if he's getting this type of contract, as a Raider fan who attends many gms, I know enough to give him the benefit of the doubt that there must be a lot more than meets the (casual) eye there in this kid.
Lastly, many of you probably hadn't heard of guys like Laroi Glover or Rod Coleman either BEFORE they left the Raiders and became Pro Bowlers elsewhere. One thing is for sure, the Raiders have an EXCELLENT track record of selecting, and developing, latter Rd DLs they've selected (Just to name a few, see Howie Long, Greg Townsend, Sistrunk, Grady Jackson before he ballooned to 400+, the aforementioned Glover and Coleman, and other teams' DL as well, like Burgess).
It is apparent to me that Mr. Davis sees enough in this kid to make him open up his wallet and not allow him to go to another team and truly blossom. So, it just might be wise to allow this to play itself out 'cause I've seen enough of Kelly to believe that he can be a Pro Bowl caliber player. As the legendary DeBarge family once crooned......
"Time Will Reveal"