Oakland Raiders: Success in the Second Round

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Published: July 22, 2009

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... wanted to make this a slideshow, but technical difficulties are not allowing that.  I have made a list of players taken by the Raiders in the second round of the draft that have been contributors.  They are in no particular order, but here they are:

Howie Long: I will start with one of my favorites of all time and that is DE Howie Long.  Long is a member of the NFL Hall of Fame and was a member of the Super Bowl XVIII squad.  He was drafted in the second round of the 1981 draft.  He is second on the Raiders "official" all-time sack leaders behind long time teammate Greg Townsend (the sack wasn't an official stat until 1982) with 84, and appeared in eight Pro Bowls. 

Dave Casper: "Ghost to the Post" was a play named after him where he ran a post route.  It became famous in a game against the Baltimore Colts in the AFC Divisional round of the playoffs.  Casper was inducted into the NFL Hall of F...

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