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Raiders sign Donovin Darius (ninja edit)

Raiders Sign Donovin Darius
July 10, 2007

The Oakland Raiders have signed veteran safety Donovin Darius. Darius has started in all 115 league games in which he has played.

“We are extremely excited about adding Donovin to the Raiders,” said Raiders Head Coach Lane Kiffin. “He will bring us immediate competition in our secondary. Donovin exemplifies hard work and dedication to the game. Working with Donovin at Jacksonville, I was able to see what a phenomenal competitor he is. He will fit great into our team philosophy.”

“I am excited to be part of the Raider organization,” said Donovin Darius. “This is an organization that I feel is heading in the right direction with the new coaching staff and the players. I am very optimistic about the change that is taking place within the team. I look forward to being a part of the Silver and Black. I think it’s a great opportunity and a great fit.”

The 6-1, 205-pound defensive back recorded 614 total tackles, two sacks and 14 interceptions in nine seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Darius originally entered the NFL as the 25th overall selection by the Jaguars in the 1998 NFL Draft. The former Syracuse star posted career highs in 2004 with 87 tackles and five interceptions. He also notched an 83-yard fumble return for a touchdown in his rookie season against Baltimore in 1998.

Darius, who is originally from Camden, New Jersey, led Jacksonville’s secondary in tackles in each of his first seven NFL seasons. He was the highest drafted defensive back in Jaguars history, and he was voted second alternate to the Pro Bowl in 2001 and first alternate in 2002.

http://www.raiders.com/Common/Article.aspx?id=25664

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice
 
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::ducks as the Schweig fans bombard the board with bottles of Stu's curl activator::



All we need now is for a decent fat assed DT to come aboard...
 
Sapp's best buddy over in Carolina may still be available.
 
Per PFT

RAIDERS SIGN DARIUS

The Oakland Raiders have announced the acquisition of free-agent safety Donovin Darius. A first round pick of the Jaguars in the 1998 draft, Darius was cut on June 14 by the team with which he spent nine seasons.

"We are extremely excited about adding Donovin to the Raiders," Raiders coach Lane Kiffin said. "He will bring us immediate competition in our secondary. Donovin exemplifies hard work and dedication to the game. Working with Donovin at Jacksonville, I was able to see what a phenomenal competitor he is. He will fit great into our team philosophy."

Darius visited the Raiders last month. He likely will play strong safety, allowing the team to move current strong safety Michael Huff to free safety, and current free safety Stuart Schweigert to the bench.

Brutal
 
I like the pick up. Much needed depth and a guy who can teach our younger safeties how to tackle without whiffing. I can dig it.
 
Rotoworld sends Stu to the bench as well...


Raiders signed S Donovin Darius.
Darius will immediately provide competition for Michael Huff and Stuart Schweigert. Huff and Darius are a closer match in skill set as run stuffers, but Schweigert seems more likely to lose his job. Oakland has done a nice job rebuilding their secondary.
 
Crow said:
I like the pick up. Much needed depth and a guy who can teach our younger safeties how to tackle without whiffing. I can dig it.
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That would be nice for a change huh?
 
It's going to be interesting to see just how bad we can jack up the spelling of DD's name... R4 is off to a flying start with Donivin Dariuas... Just wait till the school marm sees that...


We'll see how Stu responds... if he steps up and holds on, Darius could just be filling the big nickle sub spot...


I imagine the Isiah Kaz signing should be final soon as well...
 
hawaiianboy said:
It's going to be interesting to see just how bad we can jack up the spelling of DD's name... R4 is off to a flying start with Donivin Dariuas... Just wait till the school marm sees that...
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My hands were shaking so badly because I was just so excited to get news up before AP. Nailed the hard one (Donivin) and wiffed on the gimme. I'll turn in my English degree at the door...
 
A few more details...


Former Jags safety Darius signs with Raiders
Nine-year veteran strong safety Donovin Darius, released by the Jags last month, on Tuesday signed with the Raiders, the first team with whom he visited as a free agent and a club that pursued him ardently.

Contract details were not immediately available. "He will bring us immediate competition in the secondary," first-year coach Lane Kiffin said in a statement released by the team. "Donovin exemplifies hard work and dedication to the game. ... He will be a great fit in our team's philosophy." The leading tackler in Jaguars history, Darius is recovering from a broken right ankle that limited him to 10 games in 2006 but should be ready for the start of training camp. He also visited with the Buffalo Bills and several other teams indicated interest as well, but Darius was intrigued by the Raiders from the start. Oakland has two young starting safeties in Michael Huff and Stuart Schweigert, second- and fourth-year veterans, respectively. The Raiders do not delineate strong and free safeties in their system, but the skills set of Huff, the team's first-round choice in 2006, is more closely associated with those of a strong safety. That might conflict a bit with Darius, who has played strong safety his entire career, but the Raiders will compensate now that they have acquired him. One advantage the Raiders had over other suitors was that Kiffin and Darius have ties from the past. Kiffin served as a quality control coach for the Jaguars in 2000, working primarily with the secondary, in Darius' third season in the NFL. Darius studied the Oakland defense after his release by the Jaguars and was impressed by the aggressive scheme that it featured by coordinator Rob Ryan. Despite winning only two games in 2006, the Oakland defense statistically ranked No. 3 in the league. "I am very optimistic about the change that is taking place within the team," Darius said. "I look forward to being a part of the Silver and Black. I think it's a great opportunity." Darius, 31, was unable to participate in Jacksonville's offseason program this spring as he continued his recovery, and he also suffered a slight calf problem. Darius played in only two games in 2005 before his season was ended by a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The fact he appeared in a total of 12 games the past two seasons and suffered fairly significant injuries didn't seem to dissuade teams in need of safety help from considering him. A first-round choice in the 1998 draft, Darius became an immediate starter with the Jaguars. The former Syracuse star appeared in 115 games, all starts, and had a franchise-record 846 tackles, along with two sacks, 14 interceptions, 35 passes defensed, eight forced fumbles and six recoveries. Noted more as a run defender early in his career, when Darius' pass coverage skills were viewed as a liability and he was more effective playing close to the line of scrimmage, he became far better on pass defense in recent seasons. Only twice in nine seasons, though, did Darius have more than three interceptions in a season. He totaled 100 or more tackles in six different campaigns. Len Pasquarelli is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=sports&id=5468285
 
RZ said:
That would be nice for a change huh?
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Damn skippy.

That said, I seriously doubt Stu goes to the bench. I just don't see that happening.
 
Sure is a lot of churchy crap on his site. That's a little troubling.
 
This is really good. This guy's going to lead our D after Sapp leaves.

I just can't wait for him light up LT and LJ... yeah ,that's right mofo's,you don't own the middle no mo!

Gates and Gonzales will recieve a warm introduction to Mr. Darius' neighborhood too I'm sure :D
 
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