but I think I’d opt for the more versatile Justin “Huggy Bear” Fargas.

For a 7th rounder, why not?

BUT…I am also a realist. No, really…I’m not. But hear me out! Bush is healed. He is versatile…good hands, etc. He is a football player who knows more positions than just what he played at U of L. Remember…he was the QB for Louisville Male who led his team to the state title game, which he only lost because he only threw six TD passes against Louisville Trinity, QB-ed by one Brian Brohm who threw seven. If I remember right, he was also one of the top-rated safeties going into college! I’m not saying he’s ready to play lots of positions now, but only that he knows the game better than somebody who just takes the rock and runs downhill.

Most Raiders fans I’ve talked to have said that Bush ought to have been the one running the ball the whole time and that Weird Al should never have forced the McFadden pick down the throats of the Raider Nation. They had so many more needs, plus a stable full of running backs. But I digress.

I’ve been wishing for that dream scenario where we’d actually get our hands on Michael Bush for some time now. Take him NOW, squirrel him away until we can get some big honkin’ O-Line talent to block for him, and then RELEASE THE HOUNDS!

…then I would do it. Bush has a lot of upside and it would take the pressure off of having to draft a RB in the first or second round. We could get that lineman instead.

Assuming Bush is fully healed from the 2006 bone break at UK, his size, strength, and versatility probably make him a better bet than Huggy Bear. I could see him doing a RunDMc/Ronnie Brown direct snap from time to time.

In addition to the cap space, we should have several compensatory picks for Justin Smith, Madieu, and Landon Johnson- which would be a steal considering we’ve already replaced those three quite admirably(I’ll take Ndukwe/Smith over Williams, Rivers by a landslide over Johnson, and either Rucker or Odom over the inconsequential Smith).

However, all the cap space and draft picks in the world won’t mean a damn thing if the hacks we have evaluating talent now- starting with Mike the Shitstain On the World- are the ones making the decisions. I mean, where was our scouting department on Justin Tuck, on Jay Ratliff(7th round for chrissakes), on Pat Williams, on Chris Jenkins? I wonder if they’ve been paying attention to a certain Alabama behemoth- 6-5", 380lbs.- at nose guard named Terrence Cody? He’s a junior, so he could be coming out in ‘09. Pair him with Shirley or Sims and you’re talking over 700lbs. flanking the opposing center. After watching him run- and actually cover yesterday, I’d like to try Peko at end and see what he could accomplish off the edge in passing situations and as added bulk that neither Geathers or Odom can bring against the run.

In my dream, Cody aside for the moment, I see a line of- left to right- Geathers/Rucker, Sims, Shirley, Odom/Peko, with Fanene and Harris rotating in and Thornton out doing good deeds in the community. I see Rey Malauga flanked by Rivers and either Johnson or Jeanty at linebacker with Dhani Jones as the wily veteran/mentor/nickel backer. In the secondary, I like the starters as they are now, with a proven corner back up to augment Castille, Jackson, and Lynch in reserve. Then, like battery acid on an open wound, I’m dragged out of my reverie by the reality that is Mike & Marvin Show…