The Facts:
Last October, then-coach Hue Jackson dealt first- and second-round picks to Cincinnati for Palmer. Asked if he wished he could have the Palmer trade back, new GM Reggie McKenzie said: "You can beat that doggone story 'til it's worn out. But I know this: We've got a quarterback we think can win the division and take us to the playoffs. Losing a one and a two doesn't bother me one bit."
Reported by SI.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
As NFL.com's Gregg Rosenthal suggested this morning, McKenzie is wholeheartedly supporting Palmer because he doesn't have a choice. What else can he really say? McKenzie can't admit that the Raiders gave up too much for a player who too often looks like a league average starting QB. This is the hand McKenzie was dealt. We highly doubt he would have made the same trade. ... Meanwhile, McKenzie takes over a team with what SI.com's Peter King suggests is "the most decimated draft board in recent history." No first-, second-, third-, fourth- or seventh-round picks because of prior trades or Supplemental Draft picks. McKenzie inherited a team that, in late February, was $26 million over the salary cap and had two draft choices -- the 148th and 189th overall -- before the annual compensatory picks were awarded. Now Oakland's first pick will be the first compensatory choice awarded by the NFL, the 95th overall choice, which means McKenzie will sit around all night Thursday on day one of the draft, and all night Friday through rounds two and three, till the end of the third round.
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