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The Oakland Raiders hired Jon Gruden and are giving him a monster deal that is reportedly worth $100 million for 10 years. Is Gruden’s star power, sheer excitement about football, and passion for coaching worth $100 million? Maybe. Is his ability to analyze NFL draft picks? Well, that’s debatable.

Johnny Manziel

What if, indeed...

Connor Cook

Jared Goff and Carson Wentz were selected in the 2016 draft.

Paxton Lynch

Cam Newton is an NFL MVP. Paxton Lynch lost a starting job to Trevor Siemian.

Jake Locker

LOL.

Ryan Broyles

Ryan Broyles is no longer in the league.

Brandon Weeden

This one is actually sad.

Christian Hackenberg

Christian Hackenberg couldn’t even pull the starting gig for the Jets. The fucking Jets.

Yes, most of these tweets are very old and a lot of other very intelligent football analysts also believed some of these things to be true, but anytime someone this high profile gets a new job, drudging up the painful, embarrassing tweets of their past is just par for the course.

Good luck in Oakland, coach. We’ll miss you on Monday Night Football.

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