So Who's the QB if the Raiders Take Johnson?

I mentioned earlier that Calvin Johnson might not be in the Raiders' plans because it's hard to utilize ROBO-WIDEOUT when there's no one to throw him the ball. That's not to say Oakland won't draft him -- it certainly wouldn't be the craziest thing they've done in recent years -- but it wouldn't surprise anyone if they took JaMarcus Russell either. SI.com's Don Banks adds this sober recounting of drafts past:

The club could've had Matt Leinart or Jay Cutler last year; Aaron Rodgers or Jason Campbell in 2005; or Philip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger or J.P. Losman in 2004. Instead, they've floundered with the likes of Aaron Brooks, Andrew Walter, Marques Tuiasosopo and Kerry Collins.

Banks dredges up all these bad memories to make this point: if the Raiders take Johnson, "they must be 100 percent certain they can get a difference-making quarterback atop the second round. And who knows if Stanford's Trent Edwards or Michigan State's Drew Stanton fits that bill?"

And that's the $1 million question. Or, more broadly, do any of the quarterbacks in the draft fit that bill? Oakland liked Andrew Walter when they drafted him in the third round a few years ago, but naturally, he's struggled behind a pretty atrocious offensive line. If Johnson is the only can't-miss prospect in the entire draft, then it's not entirely unreasonable to draft him and see which quarterbacks turn up at the top of the second round.