Both receivers will allow Raiders offense to stretch field and create other opportunities for members of offense. Safeties will not be able to cheat up to line of scrimmage for run support because of fear of deep ball that Collins can deliver to Porter or Moss. This should also open up middle of field and allow tight ends to make plays when matched up on slower linebackers.

The Raiders other big acquisition was running back Lamont Jordan. The Raiders signed Jordan to a 5-year contract to be feature back in their offense. Jordan was a very productive back when he was given opportunities with Jets. He was primary backup to Curtis Martin and Jets ground game seemed to never miss a beat when Jordan was toting rock. He rushed for a total of 479 yards with a gaudy 5.2 yards per carry average. The only question about Jordan is if he can produce at that level for an entire season when he is getting 25-30 carries a game. He will certainly get an opportunity to do that as a Raider where his main competition for carries will be either Amos Zereoue or Justin Fargas. Neither seems likely to put up much of a fight.

Jordan and many of his teammates should be a hot commodity come time for your fantasy draft. The Raiders offense figures to be explosive and their defense still figures to be a sieve. This is a great recipe for fantasy production! I just can’t wait for that first Raider vs. Chiefs game. I’m thinking to over/under on that game to be somewhere near 100!

So, money has been spent and improvements have been made. Only time will tell if improvements will satisfy owner. One thing is for sure, in eyes of fantasy football owners Raiders seem to have completed an extreme offensive makeover.

Jason is the editor and webmaster for Huddlegeeks.com, a respected fantasy football analysis website.

You can also take Terry Glenn’s 04’ stats and put them up against some other receivers who may have been overvalued in this years draft, like Marty Booker or Jerry Porter. Glenn has more receiving yards and touchdowns than both of these higher picked receivers, but probably only cost his owner no higher than a 9th or 10th round pick. How would you like to have Terry Glenn’s statistics in your third receiver spot this year?

There are two morals to this story. Moral one is always to be prepared for your draft. Keep up on offseason news such as injuries, free agency moves, NFL draft acquisitions and coaching changes. These little tidbits of information all add up when it comes to fantasy draft time. Take all those bits of info and try to piece them together best you can to come to some conclusions about some players. Just because Joe Schmoe put up good or bad numbers year before doesn’t mean they are going to do same this year. Did a new QB come to town via free agency? Or did teams Joe Schmoe plays for draft a big stud LT in draft?

Moral two is to pick your spots wisely. Don’t jump on players you are high on too early in your draft. If you jump on these guys early and they don’t pan out like you think they will, your team is going to be in a world of hurt because back end of your roster is going to be much weaker than it should be. So make like a good possession receiver in early rounds of your draft and make nice, safe, sound picks. As rounds move on though, start taking your shots deep and see if you can come up big, with some not so big name players.