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Old 02-03-2007, 12:54 PM
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Stacey Toran was a great one also. Sad that he died so young and prime of his career.
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Tatum is the craziest Raider of all time. He belongs in the HOF.
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The 2 best Raider teams had the best tandems, 76, Atkinson and Tatum, 83 Mcelroy and Mike Davis.

Mike Davis has to be there too. His interception against Cleveland in the playoffs paved the way for the 80 SB win against the Eagles.

Nobody was more feared that Tatum and nobody gave as much pound for pound and inch for inch than Atkinson.

Mcelroy gave you everything he had on every play. Davis was smooth, steady and dependable.

Great safeties. Our hope is Huff can become the type of player they were.
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Best Safeties

1) Jack Tatum

2) Van Mcelroy

3) Rod Woodson

4) Ronnie Lott

5) Mike Davis

Runner up Stacy Toran

Worst Safeties

1) Ray Buchanan

2) Derek Gibson

3) Ron Fellows

4) Anthony Dorsett

5) Patrick Bates


Mike Davis should be bumped up to 3rd ahead of Woodson and Lott who made their names with other teams first.
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For the combination of bad play, failing to live up to potential/expectations and off-field stupidity, Patrick Bates is without a doubt the worst safety in Raiders history.
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Best Safeties

1) Jack Tatum

2) Van Mcelroy

3) Rod Woodson

4) Ronnie Lott

5) Mike Davis

Runner up Stacy Toran

Worst Safeties

1) Ray Buchanan

2) Derek Gibson

3) Ron Fellows

4) Anthony Dorsett

5) Patrick Bates
that top five is almost right on, but i would take out lott. only because he was past his prime when we got him. he did alright for us but was not the player he was when he was with the 9ers. also eric turner and eddie anderson. come on where are they are your list? top 5 on mine thats for sure.
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please please disregard that comment on lott. i was going to be sarcastic with it but i know alot of people will not get it and try to fry my arse for it. so just diregard it. he was a very good player for us.
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Good list. McElroy is way underrated. Tatum is obvious. Honorable mention for Eddie "the Hitman" Anderson, Eric Turner, and Burgess "I was the Starting Free Safety in Super Bowl XV" Owens.

And anyone who thinks Stu is the worst has a very short and very bad memory.
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This was destined to be a Stu bash thread....
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ProbowlStu isnt gonna respond to this or any other thread, FYI

And, as a work in progress, Stu is decent but definately could become a Saftey bust for the team
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Old 02-04-2007, 12:47 AM
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And, as a work in progress, Stu is decent but definately could become a Saftey bust for the team
is he in 'timeout'..?
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I think this is a fairly easy list as these 5 were exceptional and anyone after them are a definite notch down.

Lott
Tatum
Woodson
Atkinson
Turner

I doubt any other team can tout that quality in Safety 5 deep.
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