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Wednesday, April 20, 2005Raiders deal Jolley to JetsHighway robbery: TE Doug Jolley and a 3rd rounder for the 25th pick in the draft. What are the Jets thinking here? I've never understood the fascination with Jolley. He's a spastic receiver - for every spectacular catch he made he would drop an easy one in the flat. Couple that with the fact that he's lost without the ball, and it becomes apparent that Jolley was just in the way of Teyo Johnson. To get anything of value for him has to be considered a coup. Terrific deal. The Raider front office is on f'n fire! UPDATE: ESPNews is reporting that it's a third rounder heading to New York, but everyone else is saying it's a second rounder. That would temper my enthusiasm a bit, but it's still a great deal. UPDATE: I see great minds think alike! Josh and I posted virtually the same exact thing just seconds apart. I'm going to go ahead and combine the two here, to avoid the confusion: Josh: The Raiders have traded TE Doug Jolley. This is their third major trade of a 2002 draft pick in the ast couple of months. First, Napoleon Harris was sent with draft picks to the Vikings for Moss. Then, Philip Buchanon was sent to the Texans for draft picks. This is a great trade for the Raiders. Jolley was a stud his rookie year, but he became pretty much expendable with the pickup of Teyo Johnson, who the team was always more infatuated with than Jolley. Jolley is the type of TE that is fun to watch...if he has the ball, he won't go down until he has taken 3 or 4 hits. However, getting a 1st rounder for a TE that has not yet proven himself to be an unstoppable force is a huge coup. |
