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Broncos Castoff Joins Rival

Lelie trips into Blackhole

Ashley Lelie is back in the AFC West this time he joins his fellow draft class-man and former Bronco, Javon Walker. Yes, Lelie is now an Oakland Raider, the latest of a series of questionable moves Al Davis.

Signing with the Raiders marks the 3rd team Lelie has been with since leaving the Broncos to pursuit his dream of being a number one receiver. In the two seasons he spent on Atlanta and San Francisco's rosters he has a combined 38 receptions, 545 yards and 1 touchdown.

Below is the story as reported by NFL.com:

The Raiders reached agreement with former 49ers WR Ashley Lelie. He will sign today.

Lelie was cut by the 49ers on Saturday. The WR spent his first four seasons in the NFL with the Broncos, who the Raiders face in Week 1.

Raiders WR Javon Walker is now questionable for Monday night’s game against the Broncos, his former team, with a hamstring injury.

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I am now going to laugh very hard:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Thank you.

Purple Row's resident entertaining pessimistic asshole. Somehow the incarnation of crusty goo. Is this a good thing? Who knows.

by Silverblood on Sep 1, 2008 3:37 PM MDT   0 recs

I bet that felt really good

"I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was, you know, important --like a league game or something." DICK BUTKUS

by TedBartlett905 on Sep 1, 2008 4:00 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Two wastes of talent that were drafted back to back.

Drafting WRs in the 1st round is usually the biggest risk in the draft. Easy to measure athleticism, hard to measure heart and a desire to succeed by taking hits over the middle.

by Arctic Bronco on Sep 1, 2008 6:36 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

If he wanted to

be sucked in and never seen or heard from again, Lelie made the right choice.

"Keep your head down, and inch toward daylight." - Blade of Tyshalle

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by Russ on Sep 1, 2008 3:44 PM MDT   0 recs

Al Davis' new mantra is . . .

“Just beat the Broncos, baby.”

He keeps hoping if he brings in all these Bronco cast-offs that they will have supreme motivation to beat the Broncos. Well they all do, but they do not have the supreme talent or coaching to do it.

Al, is just losing it, baby!

by The Gun Young on Sep 1, 2008 3:51 PM MDT   0 recs

i thought he was out of the league

but oakland kinda is out of the league these days. what a joke

by davecheffy on Sep 1, 2008 6:08 PM MDT   0 recs

Davis probably thought Lelie could give him a clue as to our 'playbook'.....

…….he thought he had it in Jarvis until he got his head pulped. no wonder kiffin is negative.

Broncos broncos everywhere and all the league did blink,
Broncos broncos everywhere think moldy faiders stink!

by Mike Clark on Sep 1, 2008 6:48 PM MDT   0 recs

javon

Broncos broncos everywhere and all the league did blink,
Broncos broncos everywhere think moldy faiders stink!

by Mike Clark on Sep 1, 2008 6:49 PM MDT   0 recs

It's funny

how you guys blow draft picks on these guys, and then rip the Raiders for acquiring them for nothing but cash.

by RaiderPete on Sep 2, 2008 12:07 AM MDT   0 recs

What's really funny is...

that the Raiders continually pay to be a worse team. Lelie’s numbers in the last two years combined are worse in all categories than his last year with Denver and that was far from a good year.

P|L|H

by Love Hope Hero on Sep 2, 2008 12:14 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

What is extremely funny is that he did have one good year for the Broncos then...

we let him go just as he tanked. :-)

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. - William Penn

Tom Arnold, of Fox Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show Period, said this about Warren Sapp: "Hey, Warren, the Raiders signed you to a seven-year deal. I guess Bill Callahan was right --- they are the dumbest team in America."

by Philistine21 on Sep 2, 2008 6:53 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Every team...

….makes mistakes in the draft. Look at Janikowski and Gallery. That said, Walker and Lelie both made the same mistake in Denver – they thought they could whine their way into being the number one wide out.
That said, every one knows about Walker’s situation. Lelie’s talent was speed and decent hands, but he was a total wimp in the middle. He might actually create some havoc catching the long ball from Russell. Maybe his years in Atlanta and San Francisco were wasted because neither team had a passing game.

while yet unspoken, you are master of the word. After it is spoken, the word is master of you.

by bradley on Sep 2, 2008 10:29 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Its even funnier

that AFTER Denver throws out the trash Al pickss thru and thinks he can better with it.

by broncfanstuckinsd on Sep 2, 2008 11:40 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

When Lelie was drafted.............

He had value and he did have four years of production in Denver.

In his rookie year (2002) he had 525 yards and 628 in his second. His third year he came out big with 1084 yds from 54 receptions. His average was over 20yds per catch. When McCaffery retired at the end of the 03 season, Lelie was the #2 wideout. I would say he was a fair risk as a first rounder and showed promise at that point. Then the trouble began.

In his 4th yr in 2005, he had 42 catches for 770 yards (18.3 ypc) , but he missed three games due to injury. In all 4 years in Denver, he never had more yards than Rod Smith who was still the #1 wideout. I could probably make a case that had he not dropped so many balls, he would have had more catches and yards than Rod Smith. His rep grew as a guy that was dropping more and more passes.

During the 2006 Draft, Denver made a shocking trade with Green Bay for Javon Walker. It was obvious that Rod Smith wouldn’t play forever, and Denver needed more of a threat than what they had with Lelie. Ashlie Lelie didn’t like this senario and held out on his contract in 2006. He flat refused to play because he wasn’t going to be a starter. He was under contract and by all rights shoud have been dropped and not traded, but he sat out and eventually was traded to Atlanta in August 06. Denver got in a 3 way deal that involved the redskins.

In the end, Denver got a 3rd rd pick in 07 and a 4th rd pick in 08. So to challenge Raider Pete’s assesment, I wouldn’t say that Denver blew their draft pick on Lelie. Especially that since he left denver his production has dropped enormously.

In Atlanta, Lelie caught 28 passes for 430 yards. At the end of the year with Atlanta in 2006, Lelie bought out his last year of contract with the Falcons to become a free agent in March 2007.

He signed with SF 49ers in 07 and had a total of 10 catches for 115 yards. The 49ers cut him last weekend. Lelie has gone down hill in a hurry, but Al Davis has saved him. Perhaps he didn’t know Walker was playing in Oakland. I wonder if he is ok with being second fiddle to Javon this time around?

Also, I don’t think that people are ripping the Raiders for paying cash for Lelie, but just the fact that the Raiders would want him. Good luck, but I think Denver got use from him and salvaged some value over what should have been a bust.

"If Denver beats us, I'll walk back to Detroit" - Alex Karras

by Denver Diehard on Sep 2, 2008 9:54 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

A nice walk down memory lane

thanks diehard!

Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.

by styg50 on Sep 3, 2008 3:40 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Totally agree Diehard.

Hell after that 3rd year I named my new kitten Lelie, I love the cat but Ashley fell from the hearts of fans as quickly as balls fell out of his hands. I guarantee the guy misses Denver and the passes their QB were generous enough to throw at him.

P|L|H

by Love Hope Hero on Sep 3, 2008 4:44 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

I didn't realize she was still playing.

I don't believe we can win every game, just the next one. - Lou Holtz
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.-Bill Gates

by orangeblood on Sep 2, 2008 7:00 AM MDT   0 recs

Its Bad

when you cant stick with SF and then the faders thinks he can play. You cant make crap like this up

by broncfanstuckinsd on Sep 2, 2008 11:40 AM MDT   0 recs

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