Saturday's workouts in Indy produced a speedy offensive tackle. Joe Fortenbaugh
INDIANAPOLIS--It's no secret the Oakland Raiders place a premium on speed.
With that in mind, Maryland offensive tackle Bruce Campbell may have sealed his fate (or doom) with
the performance he turned in during Saturday's combine workouts in Indianapolis.
The 6'6", 314-pound junior ran an official 4.85 in the 40-yard-dash Saturday morning--one of the fastest combine 40 times for an offensive lineman in league history.
Campbell also put up 34 reps in the bench press (225 pounds) and had a 38-inch vertical jump.
With his stock on the rise after an impressive day in Indianapolis, Campbell has forced several NFL teams who may not have originally been sold on him to go back and reevaluate their analysis.
One team that you can bet has an F-16 missile lock on the former Terrapin is the Oakland Raiders.
Well known for the emphasis they place on speed, the Raiders hold the draft's eighth overall pick. Having lost 11 or more games in each of the past seven seasons, the organization is very familiar with top-ten draft picks.
And having given up 49 sacks in 2009 (third most in the NFL), it's not like Oakland couldn't use some help on the offensive line.
Selecting Campbell higher than most draft experts currently have him projected to go would be nothing new for the fans of the Black Hole.
The Raiders raised some eyebrows in 2009 when they drafted Maryland wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey with the seventh overall pick. In 2006, Oakland selected strong safety Michael Huff seventh and in 2005 they drafted cornerback Fabian Washington 23rd.
All three have one thing in common: Speed.
And in regards to Huff and Washington, the word "bust" has been thrown around once or twice.
So will the speedy Campbell end up wearing Silver and Black in 2010?
We'll find out on April 22.
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you call campbell a legit OT? The guy only started 17 games at maryland. He struggled at the combine with footwork. He is really raw, and his technique is bad.
I like the class myself. However, i think Campbell will be a bust and i think the raiders will pick him or jason Pierre-Paul another bust who plays with no technique.
I like the class myself. However, i think Campbell will be a bust and i think the raiders will pick him or jason Pierre-Paul another bust who plays with no technique.
Hey Joe, trying writing some original material. It doesn't take much effort to retread the Raiders braintrust's obsession with speed. What's with you writers who recycle the same old crap. If you can't come up with an original thought of your own you should at least credit the one million writers (sic) before you that have spun the speed obsession weave.
Well Washington is the Ravens Bust now, a starting bust at that lol. The Raiders moved him soon after they saw he was not what they thought he would be and received a 2nd round pick for him from the Ravens which was not bad. Plus it is always nice to see that guys that cannot start for your team and considered to be a bust can start for other teams around the NFL. Huff the story has not been written on yet and his play last year was far from a bust and now that they are using him as they should he looked pretty good last year.
Last if I was other teams in the NFL and saw Al Davis twitch at a corner in the draft I would take big notice. Most teams have never had 1 Hall of Fame Corner on their team.
Al Davis has drafted 2 guys as safetys and turned them into not just good corners but great corners. One being should be Hall of Famer by now and soon to be Lester Hayes and future Hall of Famer Nnamdi Asoughma. Add in stealing Willie Brown from Denver a Hall of Famer, stealing Mike Haynes from New England Hall of Famer, draqfting Jack Tatum which should have been in the Hall of Fame years ago. And though we dumped him early because of his punk attitude early on Woodson which could be future Hall of Fame.
So when you see a team such as the Jets talking about a corner and they have never had 1 Hall of Famer. Or when you read an article from some young punk as written above that trys and knocks Al Davis and the Raiders. These clowns do not read their history.
Al Davis and the Oakland Raiders are King Makers when it comes to players of the secondary. There are not that many corners and safetys in the Hall of Fame and the BULK OF THEM WERE EITHER MADE BY AL DAVIS OR STOLEN FROM ANOTHER TEAM BEFORE THEY WERE AWARE OF WHAT THEY HAD..
And lets not forget it was all you same clowns laughing when Al Davis drafted Nnamdi and it was you same clowns calling Nnamdi a bust his first couple years in the NFL as the Raiders were developing Nnamdi. You clowns now talk about the guy as if you were his Daddy and have him walking on water. He is Raider made my friend and another in a long line of HALL OF FAME CORNERS MADE BY THE KING MAKER OF CORNERS AL DAVIS.
I'm with Lifer and Diana. Figure out a better way to write about players....
LMAO when i seen campbell workout today there no doubt in my mind he a raider
Raiders fans have to have something to grab on to, because their team is awful. Corners, sure, write 11,000 words about Al Davis' history of drafting cornerbacks. Feel good about that.
Cecil, sounds like you are not a Raiders fan. Why are you on this site? The Raider allure.
I'm sure that what ever them is your team has a site.
As for all the writers(and people who respond) who make it sound like Mr. Davis is the only owner/Coach that is concerned with speed, I guess they time players at the Combine just for him. All coaches and owners are interested in speed. You guys sound so stupid when you make it sound as though no on else cares about how fast a player is except the Raiders. Guys is sounds stupid, cut it out (if for no other reason, everything gets boring after a while).
Watch out, the Raiders are slowly building into something. Must settle on a QB to be truly successful. I really hope Jamarcus rewards Al's patience with great QB play. Time will tell.
Obviously you didn't watch Huff play this season.
Watch out, the Raiders are slowly building into something. Must settle on a QB to be truly successful. I really hope Jamarcus rewards Al's patience with great QB play. Time will tell.
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Feb 27, 2010
03:15 PM
Washington logged in playoff starts for the Ravens. Off field items led to his departure from Oakland(see also Jerry Porter).
Campbell is a legit tackle, not just a workout warrior, and he's a pure tackle, not somebody you might slide to guard for lack of reach. He's exceptionally strong for having the best reach of the pure tackles as well.
He also faced legit speed rush comp in a major conference.
IMO Davis is the best pure pass blocker, keeps his hips lower, he may well be gone by that pick.
A mock this past week had Campbell going past 20? If he's anywhere near there teams will scramble to move up on him.