Al Davis has to know that he is nearing the end because he is spending like there is no tommorrow! DeAngelo Hall getting 7yrs/$70M. He gave safety Gibril Wilson a six-year, $39 million contract. Defensive tackle Tommy Kelly received a seven-year, $52.5 million deal. Offensive tackle Kwame Harris moved across the bay from the 49ers for a three-year, $14 million deal. Wide receiver Javon Walker a six-year, $55 million pass. JaMarcus is receiving a $19.9 million option bonus this year. CB Nnamdi Asomugha's franchise tag will count $9.465 million against the cap and Davis also plans to keep the No. 4 pick in the draft, which will net a contract worth between $5 million and $9 million a year. Wow!!
That has been the way Al has done it from the start, paying huge sums to the wrong players and coaches.
Dont forget the new contract Namdi is going to get that will make him the highest paid defensive player in history. He's spending like crazy and to unproven people. Tommy Kelly gets a contract that makes him the highest paid DT in the league? Come on. Javon Walker after a season ending injury gets one of probably the top 3 contracts for a receiver? Gibril Wilson gets paid elite safety money? DeAngelo Fall gets a $70 mil contract? Makes no sense to me but I think the man knows he's got not much time left to rebuild the team. He wants to win NOW. Their corners are going to be rediculous though. And JaMarcus is going to get some help with a true #1 receiver and some speedsters.
Al Davis is just a crazy old guy with a lot of money, and I say power to him! Just glad I'm not one of his children watching their money going down the toilet
