Dear Al Davis: If You May Pick Vince Young
FORGET ABOUT THE RAIDER WAY AND MEET THE FUTURE
The stars are lined up for the Raiders to pick Vince Young in next week's NFL Draft, if only the old man can be cajoled into meeting the rest of the football world in the 21st century.
The large and athletic Vince Young turned in one of the greatest individual efforts in a title game in the history of North American sports when he single-handedly won the national championship for the University of Texas last January.
Not only are the Raiders positioned themselves as the likely destination for Young, but they seem like the logical fit for him. The signing of QB Aaron Brooks is not only a stopgap until Young is ready to take over, but will allow the Raiders to slowly lift their outdated ideology of lengthening the field with the long ball.
The Raiders are ridiculed throughout the NFL for this refusal to conform (and win) within the league. It's probably the main reason why so many head coaching candidates and free-agent laughed off the Raiders, in some cases, for less money.
Forget that Vince Young might be dumb. The Wonderlic test that he flunked may be important, but know this: the Raiders routinely rank among the smartest collective squads according to the test. Obviously, intelligence and winning have no correlation in the NFL.
If the Al Davis is willing to sign a mobile quarterback like Brooks, he may actually be acquiescing to the idea that the Raider Way of throwing the ball deep went out of style with Cliff Branch. If he isn't, then drafting the fleet-footed Young and corralling his evasiveness and playmaking abilities will only hurt both parties. If left to grow, Young could dominate in much the way most people thought Michael Vick would when he was drafted number one.
There's another reason why Young is the perfect choice to wear silver and black: he's African-American. Al Davis may be vilified throughout Oakland, Los Angeles, Irwindale and the NFL headquarters in New York City, but there is little doubt that he belongs among this country's greatest purveyors of social equality in the workplace.
He's the first owner to hire an African-American head coach in the NFL (did it twice, now) and the first in professional sports to hire a female top executive. It's time that he adds to that resume an African-American starting quarterback and the new face of da Raidahs.
The stars are lined up for the Raiders to pick Vince Young in next week's NFL Draft, if only the old man can be cajoled into meeting the rest of the football world in the 21st century.
The large and athletic Vince Young turned in one of the greatest individual efforts in a title game in the history of North American sports when he single-handedly won the national championship for the University of Texas last January.
Not only are the Raiders positioned themselves as the likely destination for Young, but they seem like the logical fit for him. The signing of QB Aaron Brooks is not only a stopgap until Young is ready to take over, but will allow the Raiders to slowly lift their outdated ideology of lengthening the field with the long ball.
The Raiders are ridiculed throughout the NFL for this refusal to conform (and win) within the league. It's probably the main reason why so many head coaching candidates and free-agent laughed off the Raiders, in some cases, for less money.
Forget that Vince Young might be dumb. The Wonderlic test that he flunked may be important, but know this: the Raiders routinely rank among the smartest collective squads according to the test. Obviously, intelligence and winning have no correlation in the NFL.
If the Al Davis is willing to sign a mobile quarterback like Brooks, he may actually be acquiescing to the idea that the Raider Way of throwing the ball deep went out of style with Cliff Branch. If he isn't, then drafting the fleet-footed Young and corralling his evasiveness and playmaking abilities will only hurt both parties. If left to grow, Young could dominate in much the way most people thought Michael Vick would when he was drafted number one.
There's another reason why Young is the perfect choice to wear silver and black: he's African-American. Al Davis may be vilified throughout Oakland, Los Angeles, Irwindale and the NFL headquarters in New York City, but there is little doubt that he belongs among this country's greatest purveyors of social equality in the workplace.
He's the first owner to hire an African-American head coach in the NFL (did it twice, now) and the first in professional sports to hire a female top executive. It's time that he adds to that resume an African-American starting quarterback and the new face of da Raidahs.
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