Donovin Darius is a Raiduh!

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:22 pm

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7009540

A savvy vet who can lay some freaking wood.

My Pavlov's penile drips at the future sights & sounds of autumn.

S. Swieg is now depth, and that's a good thing.

RACK legend Al Davis!!

Neely8 · Post by **Neely8** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:25 pm

Thats a nice signing. I wanted him in NE in case Harrison gets hurt again but oh well.

ChargerMike · Post by **ChargerMike** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:49 pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 14, 2007) -- The Jaguars released safety Donovin Darius, a move that signaled the team's desire to go with younger and faster defenders.

Darius, who will turn 32 in August, has been a mainstay in the secondary since he was the club's first-round pick in the 1998 draft.

"It was a shock the way it happened," Darius said at a news conference. "But at the same time, I've been around this business long enough to understand the nature of this business."

Darius missed 14 games because of a torn knee ligament in 2005. Then he started 10 games a year ago before breaking his leg Nov. 20.

"Donovin has been a class guy both on and off the field," Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said. "He's been a ferocious safety known for big hits affecting people that want to try to come over the middle. He's a good young man that has done a lot of good things in the community and has been a positive influence in our locker room."

The Jaguars took Florida safety Reggie Nelson with their first-round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft and also selected Wake Forest safety Josh Gattis in the fifth round.

"We'll miss Donovin's leadership both on and off the field," cornerback Rashean Mathis said. "Personally, I'll miss someone who's become a very good and close friend."

Donovin finished his career in Jacksonville with 858 tackles, 14 interceptions, seven forced fumbles, six fumble recoveries and two sacks. He surpassed 100 tackles in a season six times and led the secondary in tackles in his first seven seasons with the Jaguars.

3-2-1 Best pick up of the year bar-none.

sin..RayJay

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:15 am

Rodney Harrison was released by SD for age and salary cap reasons too.
Not quite the injury situation(s), but there are some similarities.

Hey, Darius' injuries do concern me some, but I see this as a no lose pick-up by Oakland.
They have the cap room available, and the Raider defense can REALLY benefit from what he can potentially bring to the table.
If Darius gets hurt again, Schweigert steps in and does his thing again.

Oakland has assembled a pretty nice little d-backfield.

Huff, Darius/Schweigert at the safeties and Aso and Fabs at CB.
Not too shabby.

And the defense as a whole is YOUNG and talented.
3rd in the league statistically last yr.
Aside from Darius and Sapp, everyone is a kid.

If Kiffin can get the offense to do SOMETHING this year, the Raiders are gonna be competetive ..... at least.

Lick my sweaty ballsack.

RevLimiter · Post by **RevLimiter** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:58 am

Darius SUCKS as a deep cover guy....teams will be going DEEP on them regularly now.

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:30 am

That's what our young fast guys are for.

D. Darius is for something else.
Attitude, experience, and an ability to thump majorly.

Bitch!

atomicdad · Post by **atomicdad** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:56 pm

Pop, hits like that are all well in good in other uniforms, but you know in the Silver and Black those are going to bring flags. It's the whole conspiracy thing going.

ChargerMike · Post by **ChargerMike** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:43 pm

...what year was that lick on Turd Ferguson (Burt Reynolds alter-ego on SNL) ?

Pop, I'll give you experience and leadership, hell Darius might even be a positive in that sh!t clubhouse, but whenever I see someone released for a younger and faster crop, it red flags the sucker for me.

Raydah James · Post by **Raydah James** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:44 pm

Nice signing. The best and youngest secondary in the fucking league just got a little deeper with his veteran presence and ability to knock motherfuckers out who dare cross the middle.

ChargerMike · Post by **ChargerMike** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:02 pm

Darius missed 14 games because of a torn knee ligament in 2005. Then he started 10 games a year ago before breaking his leg Nov. 20.

...let's see...blew out knee in 05 and snapped leg in 06 ...cased closed! another aging, injury prone castoff signed by the S&B...no shocker here, afterall, the Raiduhs have to keep "down" their reputation as the absolute dregs of the NFL. Yep, nice signing indeed!

Raydah James · Post by **Raydah James** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:07 pm

And?

Who gives a fuck, you goddamn crybaby-our secondary was fucking badass without him. The signing just adds depth to an already stellar group.

...and if you want to whine about "dregs", just open your local fucking paper and read about the latest Chargette to be arrested.

ChargerMike · Post by **ChargerMike** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:11 pm

Raydah James wrote:And?

Who gives a fuck, you goddamn crybaby-our secondary was fucking badass without him. The signing just adds depth to an already stellar group.

...and if you want to whine about "dregs", just open your local fucking paper and read about the latest Chargette to be arrested.

...CRYING?..bwahaha..I'm laughing my a$$ off over her.

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:08 am

atomicdad wrote:Pop, hits like that are all well in good in other uniforms, but you know in the Silver and Black those are going to bring flags. It's the whole conspiracy thing going.

Pretty much so.

I see illegal forward pass.

You?

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:18 am

Darius will definitely boost the run defense, and in a division with LT, LJ, and an always solid Dungver running game, this is verrah nice.
IF he stays healthy, of course, yep.

Oakland might be a solid DT away from fielding a HELLUVA defense.

atomicdad · Post by **atomicdad** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:31 pm

I see illegal forward pass.

You?

That's what they called it.

It wasn't necessarily a fumble, but it should have resulted in a loss of possesion. They need to make a rule to at least penalize brain dead dumbfucks like that. :D

ChargerMike · Post by **ChargerMike** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:18 pm

R-Jack wrote:
ChargerMike wrote:Darius missed 14 games because of a torn knee ligament in 2005. Then he started 10 games a year ago before breaking his leg Nov. 20.

...let's see...blew out knee in 05 and snapped leg in 06 ...cased closed! another aging, injury prone castoff signed by the S&B...no shocker here, afterall, the Raiduhs have to keep "down" their reputation as the absolute dregs of the NFL. Yep, nice signing indeed!
It is a nice signing. It gives the best unit of the Raiders more depth. If he was brought in to be the end-all, be-all solution to a depleated secondary, you may have had a point. This is not the case with Darius, so your opinion finds itself in a familiar position.

..i'll concur with mv on this one..all smack aside, the defense is definetly on the right track so this signing can't hurt...can't see it adding much though. It's the offensive offense that's the Raiduhs problem!

Raydah James · Post by **Raydah James** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:36 pm

poptart wrote: Oakland might be a solid DT away from fielding a HELLUVA defense.

Every time he's in a game, Sands is nothing short of kickass-he reminds me of a taller, slightly skinnier Grady Jackson/Rod Coleman when they were both disruptive forces as Raiders. He'll be the starter alongside Sapp this season.

Pop, we already have a helluva defense that is the youngest in the L and needs nothing other than a little depth in a spot or two......but I see you working-some DT depth would be great at this point since Hawthorne doesnt look like he's going to amount to shit.

Honestly, what the defense really needs is for the fucking offense to not leave them in fucked field position time and again and for the O to get a fucking first down or 2 so the D isnt on the field for 80% of the motherfucking game. If that can be accomplished (Big "IF"), we'll notch down some wins and be competitive again.

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:39 pm

So basically the Raiders will win 6 games next year?

Raydah James · Post by **Raydah James** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:43 pm

Dog wrote:So basically the Raiders will win 6 games next year?

Your avatar sums up your posting existance here quite nicely, you unreadable useless cunt.

Let me guess-you're from KC?

RevLimiter · Post by **RevLimiter** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:20 pm

Raydah James wrote:Every time he's in a game, Sands is nothing short of kickass-he reminds me of a taller, slightly skinnier Grady Jackson/Rod Coleman when they were both disruptive forces as Raiders. He'll be the starter alongside Sapp this season.

I KNOW you're not jocking the "great" Terdell Sands, right Lames????

You know, the same T. Sands that couldn't even make it off the Chiefs'
PRACTICE SQUAD???

To use one of YOUR lame responses, "Tears over here!"

RaydahFan is NOW reduced to propping his PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS.

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 · Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:25 pm

mvscal wrote:The point being they already have a helluva defense. That isn't and wasn't the problem.

Word. You look at their last 9 losses to end the season and they probably win at 4-5 of them if their offense wasn't so utterly inept. The loss to Cleveland in week 4 was winnable too. The win against Pitt, they had what... 100 yards total offense and 2 DEF TD?

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:37 pm

Raydah James wrote:
Dog wrote:So basically the Raiders will win 6 games next year?

Your avatar sums up your posting existance here quite nicely, you unreadable useless cunt.

Let me guess-you're from KC?

unreadable useless cunt? classic!

And a KC blast at that! Do you have a newsletter?

Sorry to hit a hard spot with you, James. But for Christ's sake, take it like a man. The Raiders suck. My team sucks too. I just don't go crying like a bleeding vag when somebody says they're only going to win 4 games this year. :sheesh:

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:15 pm

Dog wrote:So basically the Raiders will win 6 games next year?

...... of the first 8.

Raydah James · Post by **Raydah James** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:08 am

RevLimiter wrote:
Raydah James wrote:Every time he's in a game, Sands is nothing short of kickass-he reminds me of a taller, slightly skinnier Grady Jackson/Rod Coleman when they were both disruptive forces as Raiders. He'll be the starter alongside Sapp this season.
I KNOW you're not jocking the "great" Terdell Sands, right Lames????

You know, the same T. Sands that couldn't even make it off the Chiefs'
PRACTICE SQUAD???

To use one of YOUR lame responses, "Tears over here!"

RaydahFan is NOW reduced to propping his PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS.

KC dipshit commenting on any other teams' defensive players is high fucking comedy.

Enjoy your 1-15 season, Stay Puft.

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:15 am

Truth be told, KC is probably kicking themseves for letting Sands slide away.
It's not like the Chefs could use more beef in the middle of the d-line or anything.

I gues Sands was too much of a 'project' player for KC to be bothered with.
KC's loss was certainly Oakland's gain.

Al gets over -- ho hum
Paul once again boots his own ass -- ho hum

Turd happened to play his ASS off last year.
One of the real 'surprise' bright spots on the team.
He's still young and he's coming into his own now.

While still a bit of a 'situational' player last year, his reps in the middle of the line were very welcome.

Glad to have him, tyvm, asswipe.

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:14 pm

poptart wrote:
Dog wrote:So basically the Raiders will win 6 games next year?
...... of the first 8.

Glad you have confidence. I'm not quite sold. They definitely are improved over last year, no doubt about that. And I'm a huge fan of Jemarcus Russell, but how often do you see first round QB's make a huge impact in their first year. It doesn't matter if he can throw 85 yards from his ass, because he'll be marked down at the spot where he lands on his ass.

I'd like to see the Raiders have a good season, because the NFL is more interesting when the Raiders contend....but its a bit myopic to think they'll be 6-2 at the half way point.

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:40 pm

Yeah, the Raiders are shit until they prove otherwise.
I love what they've done this off-season though.

I'm optomistic that they'll get the program moving forward again.

Lots of excitement in the Nation these days.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:55 pm

poptart wrote:Darius will definitely boost the run defense, and in a division with LT, LJ, and an always solid Dungver running game, this is verrah nice.
IF he stays healthy, of course, yep.

Oakland might be a solid DT away from fielding a HELLUVA defense.

You mean Lawrence Taylor came out of retirement to play RB?

How comes I never saw this on the Daily Show?

ChargerMike · Post by **ChargerMike** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:38 pm

Mikey wrote:
poptart wrote:Darius will definitely boost the run defense, and in a division with LT, LJ, and an always solid Dungver running game, this is verrah nice.
IF he stays healthy, of course, yep.

Oakland might be a solid DT away from fielding a HELLUVA defense.
You mean Lawrence Taylor came out of retirement to play RB?

How comes I never saw this on the Daily Show?

...ooooweeeee!