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Just when I think I have found this year’s kings of free agency insanity (a title usually held by the Redskins annually until this year) the NY Jets, the New Yorkers have been trumped by bigger idiots, the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders who have spent the better part of the last 5 years with a Commitment to Exaggeration of their own importance, signed Jevon Walker to a 6 yr, $55mm deal with about $16mm of it guaranteed. This means Walker now has a higher average salary than Randy Moss or Terrell Owens which makes me and just about everyone else go, huh??
Walker has spent the better part of two-years battling knee injuries and the mental wounds left when he watched his friend and fellow Bronco, CB Williams, die in his arms last January 2007. While I have nothing personally against Walker, I think the Raiders continue to put themselves in that team picture for the poorest run NFL franchise.
As for the last few posts regarding the Jets where I have been criticized, even the Jets players are questioning the moves. One Jet said “management is getting rid of good young players like Vilma (traded to New Orleans) for old guys”. Remember the Jets traded Pete Kendell last year to Washington because he wanted more money and then traded Jonathon Vilma to New Orleans this year before signing everyone other than Terry Bradshaw the first few days of free agency.
Time will tell if I am right on this but I don’t see many of these moves working out long-term for the Jets. As for the Raiders, pencil them in for 5-11 again this year, they will stink.
2 responses so far ↓
1 CWilson // Mar 5, 2008 at 9:02 pm
The Javon Walker is a bad deal for both sides. The Oakland Raiders is where players’ careers go to die. Oakland clearly over paid for Walker but isn’t that what NFL free agency is all about? Isn’t about paying too much for stuff that other people don’t want? Oakland has not made a good personnel move (draft or free agency) in years. There has been a commitment to non-sense for a long time now.
2 LauderdaleLegend // Mar 7, 2008 at 11:21 am
The Raiders have been a mystery to me for quite awhile; so it is no surprise that they continue to make moves where you have to scratch your head.
I am going to give both they and the Jets the benefit of the doubt and believe that management has a Master Plan of which these are just pieces of the puzzle. Maybe we are looking at things from the ground floor and they are standing on top of the building. Many teams have not won a Super Bowl since 1969 so I do not believe Emil is fair in using this as the only measure of success. As he knows, the Jets were in the playoffs the year before last and came off a dismal year the year prior to that. Maybe the schedule has something to do with it? Injuries, also?
My money is still on a 10-6 season for the New Yorkers!
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