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The Raiders’ signing of veteran strong safety Donovin Darius sparked my interest on Tuesday.

Oakland drafted Michael Huff a season ago and played him at the same position his rookie season; with Stuart Schweigert at free safety.

So now with this signing the question is will the starting pair from last season stay together - with Darius playing the mentoring backup - or will the Raiders move their developing future star Huff to the free safety spot and stick Darius in at SS.

To me, the signing means the latter, and Huff - who ran a 4.34 forty at the ‘06 combine - will move over to the free safety position. If Oakland knows what they are doing, then this should be a permanent move for Huff. You just don’t mess with the development of a player this naturally talented.

So fine. Darius comes in to add veteran leadership to the Raiders very young backfield.

But why are they willing to spend money to do that, and not bring in a real veteran quarterback to help guide JaMarcus Russell through at least his first training camp, at most his first pro season. I like Josh McCown. I think he’s a good quarterback. But so does Josh McCown. And he wants to start. And he has a good chance of starting week one. That’s not the kind of veteran QB you want teaching a first overall pick. You want a guy who’s accepted his best playing days have past. A guy willing to lead. Why hasn’t Oakland brought someone like that in yet?

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