NFL Draft: Oakland Raiders Pick Of Heywood-Bey Panned

http://nflbiz.blogspot.com - The Oakland Raiders picked University of Maryland'Darrius Heyward-Bey even though he was rated by many behind Texas Tech Wide Receiver Michael Crabtree. Even in cyberspace, Crabtree's a better rated pass catcher.

On Madden Football, Michael Crabtree is rated ahead of Darrius Heyward-Bey 84 to 79, but Darrius Heyward-Bey was taken ahead of Crabtree. For the Raiders, Draftniks here in NYC think it was a question of speed. Heyward-Bey runs a 4.3 40 yard dash versus Crabtree's 4.5 time, but Crabtree's a gamer.

Still his underclassman status and his recent injury have caused Crabtree to be down-graded by some. But not so far that the San Francisco 49ers took him as the 10th pick. A number of people here at the Draft are questioning the Raiders decision. Here's a video example of a conversation featuring our Bill Chachkes and Dewie from Yardbarker: Distributed by Tubemogul.

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[Seether119]

LOL! Al Davis "dropped the ball", and so does Darrius Hayward-Bay!

[Mrbillybadass]

those guys had him 11-20? what fuckin idiots most people said he was end of first month...personally i didnt think he should go before the start of the 3rd round

[jpl04002]

@fer876 Hahaha, what? Heyward Bey has 161 yards, 0 TDs. Crabtree has 301 yards, 2 TDs. How can you own someone who has better stats than you?

[fer876]

HAH so fir this season Heward Bey owns crabtree

[Crabtreenumero1]

@Seether119 ha ha ha hell yeah like my name says Crabtree numero 1

[simpsonsrock06]

"If you're out there Jamarcus, work hard."

Yeah I don't think he took your advice.

[kournut]

@Rimando408

he had more caught passes too...a lot more...

[Crabman2186]

Jets are money tight? Jets needed a QB first off and second off we gave up Noting but a 2nd round and crap players for Sanchez thats a steal at its best. This guy looks like Will Salso's gay brother

[vdubbap]

WHO IS THIS FAT GUY WITH THE MUSTACHE???!!!????!!!!??? The Jets weren't money tight at that time, they had WAY MORE cap room than most teams before that pick... you guys need to get a life

[d2thh725]

what is those guys jobs? DYT

[Rimando408]

@Seether119 Crabtree had more dropped passes

[jinxx951]

Which is funny cause they were screaming for russell come draft day. The man made his name off one game in college. He should of went second round at earliest.