maverick4

Interesting, thought I'd pass it along:

“He is the most underrated football player in the history of the game,” Shanahan said of Asomugha. “I can’t believe this guy hasn’t been to the Pro Bowl or people don’t talk about him all the time. He is off the charts and as good as it gets. He doesn’t get the attention for the way he plays consistently. He is the most underrated football player that I have ever seen in my coaching career.”
ProFootballTalk.com - SHANAHAN: ASOMUGHA ‘MOST UNDERRATED PLAYER IN HISTORY OF GAME’

NFL.com Blogs Blog Archive Strange, but true: Shanahan praises a Raider

Nnamdi Asomugha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not even established star quarterbacks such as Brett Favre and Peyton Manning, neither short on confidence or receivers, would challenge him. Opposing quarterbacks tested him only 31 times with a mere 10 completions the entire season. One NFL scout told Pro Football Weekly that Asomugha was thrown at "less than any defender in the last 10 years" in 2007 *[4]. He finished the 2007 season with 34 tackles, 1 interception and 7 breakups and was named a Pro Bowl alternate.

NOBODY throws to this guy even though the Raiders have a horrible defense and pass rush. People say this guy is like Deion Sanders in his prime, except that he's a great tackler too. Mainstream media doesn't know him because he plays for the crappy Raiders.

Richter

There's a reason why as soon as the Raiders stop franchising him, I want the Pats to back the money truck up to his house. Normally I'd never consider paying a corner top money, but he's special. He cuts off half the field the way Deion Sanders used to. Having him in a Patriots uniform would immediately upgrade the secondary about 5 notches, and I don't think our secondary is in such bad shape.

g-fresh

I think an interesting question is when the Raiders do franchise him, is he worth the cost of signing him away from them? First and third round picks is a heavy price, and combine that with the massive salary you would have to offer makes me think that it would not be considered good value as far as the Patriots decision makers are concerned. That doesn't mean someone else won't try to make it happen though.

signbabybrady

I agree this guy is the most underated player in the League now I cant atest to the throughout all of history though.

And it has been this way for a few years....he actually is getting some credit this year but none the past 2.

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Richter

It would actually be two first round picks if he signed with us while under the non-exclusive franchise tag. More likely, they tender him an offer high enough to make him an exclusive franchise player, and he can't sign elsewhere, period, which is what they did last year.

Disco Volante

Maybe because people can't pronounce his name.

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Fencer

Ironically, he's the worst thing that's happened to the Raiders in years.

Why? Because he was a brilliant Al Davis draft pick, and that slows Davis down from recognizing that it's finally time to delegate.

Ice Cold Bruschi

If we didn't pay Law Samuel or Milloy why would we pay him?

Deus Irae

They paid both Law AND Samuel, so I don't know what you're getting at here.....

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Ice Cold Bruschi

When did we pay samuel? he played out his rookie contract and was franchised for a year? Law got a huge contract under parcells but Belichick didn't want to do it again so I don't know what YOU'RE getting at here since you're wrong.

By pay I mean sign them to big long term contracts, not pay them their salary while they're under contract which seems like what you think I'm implying