I just can't quit you, Raiders

*Huge Sigh*

Three wins in 14 games, last Sunday I was drenched for the whole first half of the game vs the Patriots only to watch the defending AFC champions double up the score on my Raiders. Oh, by the way, I'm picking up the tickets for next week's game vs the Texans in the next couple days. Like I said in the title, I just can't quit them.

But I didn't decide to write this to talk about what has happened this year, I'm writing this because I've been reading a lot about what the Raiders could do over the season. It's so sad because I do this every single year. I get my hopes up, the Raiders stunk up the season, I dream about all the moves they could do to improve for the next year, the offseason rolls by and I'm excited about some rookie or free agent they picked up, then the Raiders crush my dreams again and end up with a record of 4-12. So here I am again, thinking about what the Raiders will do again. Somebody needs to help me.

First order of business is Nnamdi Asomugha. Former California Golden Bear, arguably the best cornerback in the entire NFL, and by far the best player on the Raiders over the past few years. This is going to be crazy because there are so many different thinks that could happen depending on how the team feels and on how Nnamdi feels, Nnamdi of course is in the last year of his contract. I would love to see Oakland re-sign him, he really deserves any amount of money he wants because he's been that good for us. Nnamdi himself would actually have to want to stay though for them to re-sign him. Even if they were able to lock him up long term they would have some decisions to make. I was reading ESPN columnist Bill Williamson's blog and he mentioned the chance that the Raiders actually try and trade Asomugha. I quickly dismissed the possibility, but then I really began to think about it and it might not be that bad of an idea. The argument that Williamson made was that although he's been the best player on the team, he obviously hasn't been helping the team because they've been in the cellar of the NFL for the past six years. He also mentioned how the KC Chiefs traded their best defensive player for and first round pick and two second round picks earlier this year. Why wouldn't the Raiders want to do that? They could trade him to a Super Bowl contending team and recieve a mid to late first round pick, which is exactly what they need. They could get even more picks by trading their top 10 pick, they probably wouldn't be able to sign a guy like that anyway. With all those draft picks they could try to adress their needs at wide-out, defensive and offensive tackle, and maybe an outside linebacker. They could also use a few defensive backs, but please no high round picks, they never seem to work out (not since Nnamdi at least). Well, I'll try to enjoy these last two games of the season as best as I can, and I'll start the countdown for the April draft right after the Super Bowl.

Just Win Baby...