Oakland Raiders are on the Right Path, Forget what you’ve heard

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Published: May 12, 2009

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... the Oakland Raiders still had holes to fill on the roster at defensive tackle, linebacker and fullback.

The Raiders have been besieged with criticism after drafting WR Darrius Heyward-Bey in the first round and then Safety Michael Mitchell in the second round. Both are talented players and the criticism is more of where the players were drafted than the actual players.

WR Darrius Heyward-Bey will unfortunately be the most scrutinized player from the 2009 draft not named Matthew Stafford. Heyward-Bey and Michael Crabtree will be compared to each other their entire careers.

The decision was made to provide QB JaMarcus Russell with more weapons to open up the passing game, which is needed, but stopping the run in my opinion is just as big a need. The Raiders have a lot of speed and young talent at WR, and a total of 11 players at the position. Several of them will not make the opening day roster. A serious question at the position has to be will Javon Wa...

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