Black Monday starts with Spagnuolo

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When the Raiders decided to trade their 2012 first-round draft pick for Carson Palmer in the middle of the season, it was all about winning now, which meant the move would only make sense if Palmer could lead the Raiders to the playoffs.

And Palmer didn?t lead the Raiders to the playoffs. So when Palmer was asked after Sunday?s loss to the Chargers whether this season was a failure, he acknowledged that it was.

?It was this year,? Palmer told the San Francisco Chronicle. ?It didn?t work out for us this year. I always feel like when you don?t win, the quarterback can always play better, and I can definitely play better. It stinks to sit here and say next year, what are we going to do next year. We?ll get back together, look at film, find ways to get better, find a way to get to the playoffs next year.?

One thing that will hamper the Raiders? efforts to get to the playoffs next season, and in the next few seasons, is that in addition to trading away their 2012 first-round draft pick for Palmer, they?ve also already spent their third- and fourth-round picks on quarterbacks: They used their third-round pick to get Terrelle Pryor in the supplemental draft, and they used their fourth-round pick to get Jason Campbell, whose injury precipitated the trade for Palmer.

So the Raiders have invested heavily in the quarterback position. And that investment didn?t pay off with a trip to the playoffs.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/02/steve-spagnuolo-fired-by-rams/related/

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