Raiders have many glaring holes, could be even worse next se

[Bay_Areas_Finest]

IT'S GOING TO be intriguing to see where the Oakland Raiders offseason maneuvers go from here, because at the moment, it's hard to see how they are appreciably better than the 4-12 team that ended the 2007 season.

Some would argue the Raiders actually might be worse, considering there have been far more subtractions to the roster than additions. And that doesn't even include head coach Lane Kiffin, whose status remains a mystery.

Yes, the Raiders made a nice, much-needed free-agent signing of safety Gibril Wilson on Friday. Wilson could play either free or strong safety, and he's a major upgrade over either Stuart Schweigert or Michael Huff. Wilson might be Oakland's best signing since Derrick Burgess.

That said, everything else the Raiders have done so far has simply maintained the status quo

[Bay_Areas_Finest]

Eh, sorry, but I think the writer of that article is being a bit premature (and ignorant) in his assumptions.

First of all, he talks about how we are worse as a team, and then talks about these subtractions, while mentioning Warren Sapp, Barry Sims, and Daunte Cullpepper? AND Jerry Porter?

If anything, that is addition by subtraction, and considering we still have an entire draft and FA period to go through, I can't see us being worse, especially considering that we'll have JaMarcus Russell @ QB next year, instantly becoming better than anyone we had last year behind center.

[FNQ]

No link Humuffle?

A pre-Javon article.. what a HUGE signing for us. A legit #1... when's the last time we had that who wanted to be here? Tim Brown?

This is a huge deal for us.... I'm going to give it its own thread soon.

[HMFFL]

The link is at the bottom of the quote.