A controversial draft? Check. An over-the-hill coach? check. Taking gambles witha possible bust? check.

Time after time Oakland Raiders franchise owner Al Davis proves that he has lost his uncanny touch with the game of football. With his 17 hall-of-fame inductees, including himself as a franchise owner, and three super bowl titles, he has, or at one time, established himself as one of the all-time best to ever do it.

But maybe its time to pass the baton to the next person. The No. 7 overall draft pick in the 2009 NFL draft may serve as perfect evidence. Passing on the two highest ranked wide outs in this year's draft, including one of the most explosive players to come out of college in recent years, Davis decides to proceed in drafting Darrius Heyward-Bey from Maryland.

Who? Well, who knows. To be honest, his career stats don't compare to season stats of some of the other available wide recievers in this year's draft pool. But why should that matter when Heyward-Bey can run 40 yards in 4.30 seconds? None of his predecessors this year

A few things that could have been considered are statistics and playmaking ability, two things Michael Crabtree and Jeremy Macliin have proven to possess. But not even the ever-so-explosive Crabtree posted a 4.30 40-yard dash time at the NFL combine.

Davis was obviously drafting for speed this year, which may not always be the most intelligent strategy. With their second round draft pick, the Raiders decided to draft Michael Mitchell, a safety out of Ohio.

Who may you ask? Don't worry. He had the fastest posted time at the combine in his position, too. But he was projected to drafted in the 5th round at best, so low that he didn't even prepare any pre-draft publications.

Basically, if Heyward-Bey turns out to be a great draft pick, Davis turns out to be a hero. If Heyward-Bey turns out to be a bust, Davis turns out to be a mistake of an owner who is again making a move to plow his once prized possession into the ground.

Lets say Heyward-Bay does turn out to turn in the same, if not better, amount of stats as Crabtree in future years. Then the reach that Davis and his Raiders took to acquire him will be a historic one. Who are we to judge?