2010 NFL Draft: Al Davis Shocks the World with a Moment of Sanity

In a moment that has not been seen in quite some time, Al Davis made a decision so shocking that ESPN panelists were dumbfounded.

They're not alone.  I to was dumbfounded.  But perhaps I'm just projecting.

That decision was to select LB Rolando McClain of the University of Alabama.  I did not expect that Mr. Davis would take interest in McClain, because the Raiders have historically taken only two linebackers in the first round.

Before then, the assumption had been that the Raiders would reach for a tackle graded as a second or third round pick, or officially end the JaMarcus Russell Experience by taking quarterback Jimmy Clausen.

Simultaneously, the same commentators would remark that the Raiders are in fact a good team on the rise in need of...

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