The Raiders

[Guiness]

John Hadl?

lol, I mentioned him elsewhere in the thread! He immediately came to mind.

[Fritz]

That's maybe the worst Packer trade in the history of the organization. It was the trade that launched what seemed a thousand losing seasons.

[LP]

A first and second, possibly two firsts for Carson Palmer and all we got was what, a second for Bert? FIRE TED THOMPSON!!!

[mraynrand]

Wow....without that #1 they could miss out on the next Justin Harrell or Jamarcus Russel.

Touché!

[Guiness]

Wow....without that #1 they could miss out on the next Justin Harrell or Jamarcus Russel.

They could also miss out on the next Clay Mathews. And without their 4th, they could miss out on a TJ Lang, i.e. an OL starter. Cheap.

That's the thing about the draft - it's like a lottery ticket. They chose to trade their lottery ticket for a known, good (almost certainly not great) entity.

[Scott Campbell]

12-15 teams start every season NOT knowing who their starting QB is gonna be. This is an opportunity to not be one of those teams for a while. The price of poker is high at that table(just ask the bears) but I think I would have done it too.

But is Palmer any good?

[Upnorth]

But is Palmer any good?

Is Palmer as good or better than Campbell is the real question. Palmer maybe a fit this year, what happens next year if he is any good? You have a decent young QB who knows your system and has decent ball control that is growing into something better each year. Now you bring in a egotastic QB who was great for 2 years and a tease every other year. What does that do to you team without even factoring in the lost picks? Unless Palmer is as good as his peak this was a dumb dumb move.