Number One Pick
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by Smmonroe2
With the NFL season close to kick off and the pointless preseason winding down, a lot of holdouts are starting to end. Brady Quinn signed, Larry Johnson signed, Samuel has shown up for Patriots camp, but what about the Oakland Raiders? Their quarterback, of the future, has yet to ink a deal. Who gets blamed for this? Some so called experts say it's the Oakland Raiders. I say it's a spoiled rookie who thinks he is better than he really is. $28 mil in guarantees for a guy that has never played in the NFL, thats a lot of money. It is my opinion that rookies shouldn't be allowed to hold out, I say sign a one year deal, if your good and you prove that you can make it in the NFL then sign a real deal, but enough of this crap. Okay, so the Raiders sign Russell to a 5 year deal worth 33 mil, like he wants, and what if he sucks? Well the answer is Raiders fans have 5 more miserable years because Russell ate up most of the cap room. Look at the Detroit Lions when they picked star quarterback Joey Harrington to turn their misfortune around. And they are still paying for it, he was awful. The only thing that it got them was a bad team.
Don't get me wrong I am not against players signing big contracts, if they deserve it. I just think that they should have to earn it first.
