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DeathStar24 wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 8:43 am I know hindsight is 20/20, but the fact they could have had Jalen Cater makes it a tough pill to swallow. Even more so they had to add a 7th rounder to just to get a 5th for the guy. Classic Raiders 1st round shennanigans.

I wanted Christian Gonzalez.

But when I think about the guys we could've had, both in this draft and the countless others where Raider Nation collectively said "huh?", I remind myself that every moment of ineptitude (particularly the recent ones, like Tyree himself) has led us to drafting Fernando.

If we had Jalen or Gonzalez, lord knows we would've picked 6th overall instead of 1st. Tyree, Pete/Chip/Petespawn, the Gruden 1st rounders all added up to a successful tank, as well as other less-prominent, but equally-shitty events (e.g. AB, WIlkins, Ruggs). Change any variable, and who knows?

Clean slate going forward, hopefully we will never endure the multi-year shitstorm that leads to a 1st overall pick ever again

Raiders Baby wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 11:33 am I wanted Christian Gonzalez.

But when I think about the guys we could've had, both in this draft and the countless others where Raider Nation collectively said "huh?", I remind myself that every moment of ineptitude (particularly the recent ones, like Tyree himself) has led us to drafting Fernando.

If we had Jalen or Gonzalez, lord knows we would've picked 6th overall instead of 1st. Tyree, Pete/Chip/Petespawn, the Gruden 1st rounders all added up to a successful tank, as well as other less-prominent, but equally-shitty events (e.g. AB, WIlkins, Ruggs). Change any variable, and who knows?

Clean slate going forward, hopefully we will never endure the multi-year shitstorm that leads to a 1st overall pick ever again

raiders reborn finally ...the nation needed this

Raiders Baby wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 11:33 am I wanted Christian Gonzalez.

But when I think about the guys we could've had, both in this draft and the countless others where Raider Nation collectively said "huh?", I remind myself that every moment of ineptitude (particularly the recent ones, like Tyree himself) has led us to drafting Fernando.

If we had Jalen or Gonzalez, lord knows we would've picked 6th overall instead of 1st. Tyree, Pete/Chip/Petespawn, the Gruden 1st rounders all added up to a successful tank, as well as other less-prominent, but equally-shitty events (e.g. AB, WIlkins, Ruggs). Change any variable, and who knows?

Clean slate going forward, hopefully we will never endure the multi-year shitstorm that leads to a 1st overall pick ever again

What if we went Aaron Rodgers, or Dan Marino...would we have had Woodson, hired Chuckie.....

raiderjohn wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 12:08 pm What if we went Aaron Rodgers, or Dan Marino...would we have had Woodson, hired Chuckie.....

What if we weren't blocked from getting John Elway? And then drafted Bo Jackson in the 7th round (which we did) a few years later? Hmmm. Elway and Bo Jackson and Tim Brown. Pretty good offensive weapons.

Raiders Baby wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 11:33 am But when I think about the guys we could've had, both in this draft and the countless others where Raider Nation collectively said "huh?", I remind myself that every moment of ineptitude (particularly the recent ones, like Tyree himself) has led us to drafting Fernando.

This.
It took an army of people and mistakes to get this first pick. It was not easy to get.
Pete had to ruin his reputation some to make it possible.
It also took finding out Gruden was the problem in Washington, otherwise he'd be here and we wouldn't have been the worst just the most Jeff Fisher-like you could find.
Tons of blown draft choices, on and on to make this moment.
A modern day miracle, but then someone had to be the worst.

what if we had drafted chris johnson over mchicken legs at rb and drafted megatron instead of jbustass

Has he made it to the door yet?

Listen, its all you have to know about the McDaniels and Zeigler combo.
Their first draft pick was a complete bust.
Where do they go from there?

Out da door.

For whatever the God given reason Tom Brady was sold a percentage of the team and Mark took a quieter role.

It wasn't McD who won Superbowls. Whatever the play call Brady called it in the huddle and the players believed. And im sure he changed a shit load of them.

McD came to the team defending his maturity in saying, hes grown since Denver. Red Flag.

Regardless, the dork is gone and it was a great move to get the turd off this, soon to be winning, team.

vtraider wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 2:13 pm Has he made it to the door yet?

Nah, he still has not picked up the phone.

Attyla wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 6:25 am correct, Gonzalez was widely considered a first rounder, but a mid to lower first rounder. Tyree just never figured stuff out. Maybe he will at his next stop. Doubt it, but maybe. Carter was mentioned with us a lot in that draft, but his legal issues were likely why we did not. What a horrible draft overall. You know it is bad when guys want us to trade for Hendon Hooker. Thank God it looks like we have competent minds in the building now. Just keep Doofus away from the decisions

You misspelled “Genius”

Took a bit but I found it:
viewtopic.php?p=1325008&hilit=Gannon#p1325008

In case anyone missed the winning percentage discussion this will set that straight:

1. Ken Stabler .715
2. Jim Plunkett .687
3. Daryle Lamonica .641
4. Jason Campbell .611
5. Marc Wilson .608
6. Rich Gannon .605
7. Jeff Hostetler .596
8. Jay Schroeder .559
9. Steve Beuerlein .533
10. Derek Carr .441
11. Aidan O'Connell .412

Where's the popcorn?

Frigg that trade. I wanna see ALL the chest bumping after the Tyree trade.

Busting out Champaign

Willmark wrote: Tue May 05, 2026 3:33 pm Took a bit but I found it:
viewtopic.php?p=1325008&hilit=Gannon#p1325008

In case anyone missed the winning percentage discussion this will set that straight:

1. Ken Stabler .715
2. Jim Plunkett .687
3. Daryle Lamonica .641
4. Jason Campbell .611
5. Marc Wilson .608
6. Rich Gannon .605
7. Jeff Hostetler .596
8. Jay Schroeder .559
9. Steve Beuerlein .533
10. Derek Carr .441
11. Aidan O'Connell .412

Bringing up the rear, bottom of the barrell, caboose crew. We have 2 threads dedicated to a couple of Rear Admirals. In other words, they ass.

GoodTimeCharlie wrote: Tue May 05, 2026 6:42 pm Bringing up the rear, bottom of the barrell, caboose crew. We have 2 threads dedicated to a couple of Rear Admirals. In other words, they ass.

But but the coaching changes. Lol
I give it to Carr. He was ass but he always bought in. And he didn't bend the knee.
As for Aidan? He's 6'3, intelligent, good enough accuracy and cement feet now with competent coaching with an actual game plan. I hope he can turn into a career backup.