Quote of the Day

"As far as the draft picks, what we have to give up, I never hesitated because I know exactly what I'm getting.  I don't think you're ever mortgaging the future when you put a big-time franchise quarterback on your team.  [It's] the greatest trade in football."
                                                                        -Hue Jackson, Oakland Raiders Head Coach

As you may know, Al Davis the Oakland Raiders traded a 2012 first round pick, and a conditional 2013 second round pick (which becomes a 1st rounder if the Raiders win the AFC Championship game) for the quarterback formerly known as Carson Palmer.  This does nothing to quell my doubts that Al Davis never really died, but instead remains in some sort of suspended animation in the dungeon-basement of the Oakland Colosseum where he continues to give orders to executives by blinking a particular number of times for "yes" and "no" while being fed virgin blood intravenously. 

Just to be clear, there was a time that Carson Palmer was an elite NFL quarterback.  Unfortunately, that time passed when Pittsburgh Steelers DE Kimo Von Oelhoffen debacled Palmer's knee in the 2005 NFL playoffs.  Palmer was never the same again after that, so giving up multiple first rounders (or a 1st and a 2nd at best) for a man that is no longer a viable starting quarterback in the NFL has no foundation in logic.  The Raiders have given away almost their entire 2012 NFL draft, and they are NOT close to winning the Superbowl.  Their defense sucks and they now have a soon-to-be 32 year old QB who doesn't know the system and hasn't played football in 12 months.  I'd say this move reeks of desperation, but it's worse than that -- it just stinks like mildew-laden shit.  So uhh...congrats on giving away the future, Oakland.  This is one of the most inexplicably short sighted moves I've ever had the privilege of commenting on.