My Raiders have made a huge splash by trading for Carson Palmer. This trade doesn't happen if Jason Campbell doesn't break his collarbone. It is a risk but no bigger risk then any other team would take if in the same position. The Raiders are 4-2 and a half game out of 1st in the division. To put this in perspective, the Packers would have tried to get Palmer is Rodgers went down. This talk of numbers between Palmer and Campbell is ridiculous. If Palmer is 100% healthy, then Palmer can become the best QB in Oakland since Gannon. For 8 years, palmer has been, at the least, a top 10 QB in the NFL. Actually, only Brady, P Manning, Rodgers, Brees, Rivers come to mind at being better then Palmer. So that puts Palmer at number 6. I'm sure some people can say there are others but who? Eli Manning? Is it the ring? Maybe but what has Eli Manning really done with the exception of that Super Bowl year? Bottomline, no one knows what will happen with the Raiders the rest of the season. In Palmer's Pro Bowl seasons, he had a good running game so he didn't have to "be the offense" in Cincy. With the Raiders, Palmer has McFadden, the leading rusher in the NFL right now. The Raiders have the #2 rushing offense in the NFL. Palmer is being asked to manage the Raider offense. He has to learn an offense that he is already familiar with and has a coach he has known and worked with going back to his days at USC. The Raiders are #19 in passing. Are you really saying that Palmer can't get the Raiders passing attack into the top 10 by seasons end? With no O-line in Cincy last year, Palmer had the Bengals at #13 in the NFL. He will have protection in the pocket and has receivers who can actually catch the ball and stretch the field. If anything, the Raiders will continue to do what they have been doing and they just got better at the QB position. First the division then the Super Bowl. See you in INDY! YEAH, I SAID IT!
Since my dad is a St. Louis Cardinals fan, I wanted to speak on the World Series. The 107th World Series is between the Texas Rangers (2nd straight trip) and the St. Louis Cardinals (3rd WS in the last 8 years; 2006 Champions). The Cards won Game 1 and look to go up 2-0 tonight. These teams are very evenly matched. Both have power in the middle of the lineups and good contact hitting at the top and bottom. The pitching staffs are on the same level. These teams strengths and weaknesses are mirror images of each other. This series can go down as one of the best in many years. If game 1 was any indication of how the rest of the series will go, then its all good for baseball fans. I'm encouraged by this especially since the NBA can't get right! The Rangers and Cards can keep my mind off the NBA BS for another week or so. I pick the Cardinals in 6!!
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