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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
in terms of starters I think they had the best return
McClain started I think 15 games, he missed 1 with injury
Houston played in every game (hard to say he started because they rotated 7 guys usually on the d line, and he was in the rotation from game 1)
Veldheer started the last half of the season at LT and was great
Bruce Campbell (who was a project pick and not expected to do much) started 4 games I think and played in 10
Jacoby Ford went Beast Mode in the 2nd half of the season
Walter McFadden played a bit in dime formations
that's probly the best return I think in terms of a draft class so far all around
especially when you had two guys in Veldheer and McClain playing 2 of the most important positions on the field (LT and MLB) very well, and they look like they are going to lock those positions down for awhile
Davis gets ripped on his drafting because of Russell (although he was the consensus pick) and DHB (who isn't looking great, but look at what McFadden did in year 3, next year will be huge for DHB)
but he has had some very solid picks, Miller in the 2nd round, Asomugha at the end of the 1st (called a reach by everyone), Murphy and Ford in the 4th etc.
and the Seymour trade everyone ripped looks like a great deal now
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Again I can name two teams who had similar success this season with guys from the most recent draft.
Im not saying the raiders had a bad draft, only that it is impossible to say they had the best...because that remains to be seen. I would suspect there are more than a few clubs that feel they did well.