Found April 27, 2009 on Brahsome:
Oakland Raiders owner, Al Davis, long the controversial head of one of football’s most storied franchises was at it again over the weekend at the NFL Draft. He selected Maryland Wide Receiver, Darius Heyward-Bey, with the seventh overall pick. Heyward-Bey was the first receiver off the board, with the likes of Michael Crabtree and [...]
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  • most draft "experts" said taking mitchell in the 2nd was worst than taking DHB at #7, then Dallas and Chicago came out and say they wanted to draft Mitchell 3 and 4 picks later in the 2nd. Shows what those experts know. Put it this way if the Raiders took Maclin, it would have been considered a decent pick, I would rather have DHB than Maclin, should they have traded down? yes but they didn't and they have the player they wanted, 9 teams passed up on Crabtree and 20 on Maclin.
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