Found September 14, 2009 on Zone Blitz: Yardbarker Blogger Network
This site has been outspoken in its ridicule of the Oakland Raiders and many of the personnel moves the team has made over the last couple years. I’ll stand by that criticism and add that I think their trading a first round pick for Richard Seymour didn’t make any sense for the long-term. It just doesn’t [...]
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