Raiders Insist Disrespected Rookie Receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey Will Catch On

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Published: August 7, 2009

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... the Oakland Raiders 2009 first round pick Darrius Heyward-Bey.

"Just wait, you"ll see. He's still very raw, and probablly could have used one more year, but his potential is limitless," Franklin said. "I think Al Davis understands that, sometimes in life, you've got to take an educated, calculated risk. You don't get where you want to go all the time taking the safe bet. Sometimes you've got to put yourself out there."

"I think they have a chance to look like genuises down the road."

That has always been the Al Davis and Raider way, the NFL Hall of Fame is loaded with players that Al Davis has taken a calculated risk on. As Mr. Davis has stated, "I would rather be right than consistant."

And History, not the media of today, that to compete with the internet has lowered their standards of reporting fact to an all time low. History will record that through Mr. Davis's life he has been right much more than he has not, in regards to players.
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