Krazy Al’s next moves. The odds of doing something rational might be worse than Powerball odds, but what the heck!

Crazy Al…

Its nice to see when our Broncos are looking so bad, we can always look down and see those damn Raiders way down there lol.

Or should we pick up Hall if we can make it work in the cap? It seems players who get pissed at one franchise in this rivalry often end up with the other. And Lord knows he’d be better than Paymah.

not corner though

no. and no.

for the right price

Believe it or not I have not given up on the Broncos, but let’s be clear – they’re a thoroughly average team right now, if that.

But as someone mentioned, it is always good to know that there’s no way possible Denver can finish any worse than second place in the AFC West under any circumstances.

Thanks Al, for giving us all in Denver something to enjoy and mock. By the way, you’d better start thinking how you’re going to get out of paying Tom Cable what you owe him after you run him out of town.

  He has a $1 million base salary (and maybe some incentives). The Broncos could cut him after the season without taking a cap hit.

Of course the reason that Al Davis would wait to cut Hall is to make sure that he will not not have cleared waivers before the Broncos have to set their lineup for the Browns game on Thursday.

…and watched a thouroughly defeated wife half-heartedly cheer for the Raiders. I even heard her go so far as to say, “It’s stuff like this that makes me want to be a Denver fan.” She’s closer now than she’s ever been (that’s what she said).

When I think of the Raiders organization, I think of the Star Ship Enterprise bridge with sparks flying, chairs falling over, the red-shirted Ensign dying in agony, Spock sitting calmly, and Scotty screaming in the background, “I’M GIVIN’ ’ER ALL I GOT ’APTAIN!!!!”

Here were my thoughts back then.

Here’s the deal. Folks will argue about Hall, but he’s done well for the raider’s (as you can read in Guru’s excerpt), and he remains a much, much better than average CB. Here are the plusses and minuses as I see them:

Positives:

He’s very good
He has a score to settle (especially against oakland)
He’s young enough to offset the upcoming Bailey / Bly contract nightmares

Negatives:

Until we get a pass rush and 2 safeties out of the box, even Bailey would look average
There will be a bidding war for Hall’s services

Injury prone Walker (and attitude problems) would be a definite no.

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What I love about this scenario is that, once again Al Davis has proven to the world that he spends too much money and destroys his team in the process. I wrote a couple of posts awhile back about the salary cap hell that Al was moving towards, and there are always several oakland fans that want to argue the point. Well even Al is conceeding his foolishness now.

The best part? Al will get a salary cap hit for cutting these guys in their first years. In other words, he is going to be paying these guys hefty sums after they’re gone.

These aren’t even bad business decisions. They are the moves of a man who is clearly mentaly ill (no sarcasm intended). I wonder if it will reach a point where the NFL will have to use franchise powers to remove him as an owner for the sake of the team?

His nickname at Va. Tech was/is MEangelo Hall. He definitely has a bad attitude. That was obvious during the first game of the year when Eddie was toasting him all game. And I am always weary off signing guys like that. But I think this may be a good idea if we could pull it off. He is young. He is really, really fast. He plays the corner position really well for the most part. It really would be sweet to have a corner threesome of Bailey, Bly, and Hall. That would rival Brown, Samuel, and Sheppard in Philly. I know what you are thinking…“it doesn’t matter how good our corners are if we can’t rush the passer”. I totally agree. Don’t look now, but our pass rush is pretty dog gone good. I just looked it up and couldn’t believe what I saw. We have 20 sacks? Good for 9th in the league? Did I read that right? Someone correct me if I’m wrong. I’m digressing, my bad. So I think it would be good to pick up Meangelo.

I want no part of Javon Walker

Wasn’t he a former first round pick? He can’t be any worse than what we have.

I should clarify, though, that at this point he has not been mentioned as a possible cut, just that the Raiders coaches submitted a list of players to Al that could be cut. So I’m thinking, they keep benching this guy, would his name actually be off the list?

When does any one think we could see a decision on this? I guarntee somebody is going to pick him up. His attitude should have a factor but only if it is so bad he can’t get over himself. Almost all players are going to have some kind of attitude other wise they have no spark to them. But can they and will they be a team player? That is the question.

…says DeAngelo Hall has been waived by the Raiders.