Archuleta agrees with Raiders, to switch positions

jeremyroyce · Post by **jeremyroyce** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:18 pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingc ... id=3530153

Updated: August 11, 2008, 4:15 PM ET

Adam Archuleta agreed to a one-year, $730,000 contract with the Oakland Raiders and plans to start his career anew.

Selected by the St. Louis Rams as a safety in the first round of the 2001 draft, Archuleta plans to try to make the Raiders as an outside linebacker. For more than a month, Archuleta had been talking to the Tennessee Titans about being a weakside linebacker.

Some of his best days in the NFL were in St. Louis when he played for defensive coordinator Lovie Smith, who built a defense around Archuleta's speed and play-making ability as a safety-linebacker.

At UCLA, Archuleta was a 210-pound linebacker with great speed and a great workout ethic. His hope in signing with the Raiders is resurrecting his career.

The Raiders will be his fourth stop in the NFL. He played for the Rams from 2001 through 2005. He joined the Washington Redskins in 2006, but he was traded to the Chicago Bears the next season. He played in 15 games as a Bear, starting 10 as a safety and having 61 total tackles and two sacks.

He hopes that his change in positions will spark new things for his career.

John Clayton is a senior writer for ESPN.com.

VetSkinsFan · Post by **VetSkinsFan** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:28 pm

jeremyroyce wrote:http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp08/news/story?id=3530153

Updated: August 11, 2008, 4:15 PM ET

Adam Archuleta agreed to a one-year, $730,000 contract with the Oakland Raiders and plans to start his career anew.

Selected by the St. Louis Rams as a safety in the first round of the 2001 draft, Archuleta plans to try to make the Raiders as an outside linebacker. For more than a month, Archuleta had been talking to the Tennessee Titans about being a weakside linebacker.

Some of his best days in the NFL were in St. Louis when he played for defensive coordinator Lovie Smith, who built a defense around Archuleta's speed and play-making ability as a safety-linebacker.

At UCLA, Archuleta was a 210-pound linebacker with great speed and a great workout ethic. His hope in signing with the Raiders is resurrecting his career.

The Raiders will be his fourth stop in the NFL. He played for the Rams from 2001 through 2005. He joined the Washington Redskins in 2006, but he was traded to the Chicago Bears the next season. He played in 15 games as a Bear, starting 10 as a safety and having 61 total tackles and two sacks.

He hopes that his change in positions will spark new things for his career.

John Clayton is a senior writer for ESPN.com.

Good luck to AA....!!

skinsrule84 · Post by **skinsrule84** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:22 am

Why couldn't we ever try him at LB before cutting him..?

VetSkinsFan · Post by **VetSkinsFan** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:12 am

skinsrule84 wrote:Why couldn't we ever try him at LB before cutting him..?

210-pound linebacker

that's extremely light for LB.

joebagadonuts · Post by **joebagadonuts** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:31 am

When I read the thread title, I thought I was going to read that they were trying at fullback, for some reason. I mean, it's fairly easy - run there and block that guy/any guy that gets in your way (no offense to Mike Sellers).

skinsrule84 · Post by **skinsrule84** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:51 pm

210? That's not what I'm hearing, I heard he spent his time this off-season buffing up and trying to salvage his career converting to linebacker. I even read somewhere he did something like 38 reps of 225 lb, and his 40 time wasn't too shabby at 4.55. Who knows, he could do well.

KazooSkinsFan · Post by **KazooSkinsFan** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:24 pm

skinsrule84 wrote:210? That's not what I'm hearing, I heard he spent his time this off-season buffing up and trying to salvage his career converting to linebacker. I even read somewhere he did something like 38 reps of 225 lb, and his 40 time wasn't too shabby at 4.55. Who knows, he could do well.

Maybe he'll be an OK linebacker, but it's hard to see that we someone missed the opportunity to have a good one on our roster and we weren't paying for an OK backup linebacker.

rod_gardner_fan_club · Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:51 am

i'm sure he's a great guy and all and i wish him all the best.

that being said, he sucks.

VetSkinsFan · Post by **VetSkinsFan** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:16 am

Wiki and NFL sites both have him at 215. I couldnt' get the Raiders site up this morning for some reason. That's still light for a typical LB. I'm not saying he can't get it done, but it's still light. He won't be able to run anyone over, he's got to run around them.

PulpExposure · Post by **PulpExposure** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:53 am

skinsrule84 wrote:210? That's not what I'm hearing, I heard he spent his time this off-season buffing up and trying to salvage his career converting to linebacker. I even read somewhere he did something like 38 reps of 225 lb, and his 40 time wasn't too shabby at 4.55. Who knows, he could do well.

AA has great speed, but he has no ability to move laterally. As a weakside linebacker, that may be an issue...

El Mexican · Post by **El Mexican** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:56 pm

Good luck to him.

These are the Raiders, though...

MDSKINSFAN · Post by **MDSKINSFAN** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:26 pm

maybe he'll actually be fast enough to be a LB

andyjens89 · Post by **andyjens89** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:44 pm

garbage

jeremyroyce · Post by **jeremyroyce** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:56 pm

Didn't the Raiders already release him?

langleyparkjoe · Post by **langleyparkjoe** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:26 pm

andyjens89 wrote:garbage

Rite !

RayNAustin · Post by **RayNAustin** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:32 am

What are you all smoking?

As I recall, Archumama had trouble covering AND tackling.

Oh boy, just what every team needs. A 215 lb LB that can't cover or tackle.

Perhaps the Raiders could use a 233 lb QB that can't score points too?

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