... of coffee and got my typical Saturday chores done early.  This was NFL draft Saturday. 

I am a football junkie and lifelong Raider fan.  The Raiders owned the No. 1 pick and unlike prior years, no one was totally sure who they were going to take.

The consensus was one of two players.  There was "The Giant," a quarterback who possessed a cannon for a right arm, JaMarcus Russell.  The other option was Calvin Johnson, widely considered the best athlete in the draft, although I think Adrian Peterson might have something to say about that.

Anyone who watches football knows how the draft played out. 

The Raiders took the gifted but raw JaMarcus Russell. Before JaMarcus...

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