jidady Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Through work, I have an unusual amount of contacts on the west coast. Several of them are in the Bay area. One of them incidentally mentioned the other day that his brother works as a scout for the Raiders. He asked what I knew of Sedrick Ellis, saying they had him rated slightly higher than "Howie Long's kid" and were already pretty locked in on one of the two of them for the draft. I give this more credence today than I did the other day (he's a reliable guy about movies, but we've never talked sports before), because he knew that Rob Ryan was not definitely fired before Adam Schefter did. I was joking about him being gone, and he said, "Don't be so sure." Then, the story came out that his fate was still in flux as a power struggle seems to be happening between Kiffin and Davis about whom to trust with the defense. Take it with a grain of salt, but the pieces do seem to fit. The Raiders' defensive line is lousy right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRUNKuno Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 well they did jus lose sapp to retirement. so i wouldnt doubt it.if we want mcfadden, he'll be there whether we pick 3rd, 4th, or 5th. im thinking trade down tho with all these rb's declaring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totalbirdbrain Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 jidady, thanks for the post. With the the retention of Rob Ryan and the retirement of Warren Sapp, it would make sense. Ellis would be a great prospect as a replacement. Of course, in the end, it boils down to what Al Davis decides and that is usually unpredictable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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