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Oakland Raiders’ Top-10 First-Round Draft Picks

By Carl Cockerham

Dec 24, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders free safety Charles Woodson (24) reacts after playing his final home game during an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers at O.co Coliseum. The Raiders defeated the Chargers 23-20 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 24, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders free safety Charles Woodson (24) reacts after playing his final home game during an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers at O.co Coliseum. The Raiders defeated the Chargers 23-20 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jack Tatum: "The Assassin" was one of the most feared hitters in NFL history, paralyzing New England Patriots receiver Daryl Stingley with a vicious shot in at 1978 preseason game. That hit, like many of the former Raider's other high shots that knocked opponents of games, was legal at the time but probably wouldn't be today.
Jack Tatum: "The Assassin" was one of the most feared hitters in NFL history, paralyzing New England Patriots receiver Daryl Stingley with a vicious shot in at 1978 preseason game. That hit, like many of the former Raider's other high shots that knocked opponents of games, was legal at the time but probably wouldn't be today. /

. Jack Tatum. 4. team. 28. Wanting to intimidate in 1971, Davis drafted hard-hitting safety Jack Tatum out of Ohio State. Tatum would go on to be the most feared defensive backs that ever played the game. I don’t remember anyone else hitting a man so hard that he paralyzed him. <p>One of Tatum’s hits had a hand in creating the Pittsburgh Steelers dynasty in a named game in the playoffs. It was the “Immaculate Reception”, where he hit John Fuqua so hard, the ball went flying. I won’t talk about the rest but like Woodson, Tatum made a great play and it was to the other team’s benefit.</p> <p>He eventually won one of those battles with the Steelers and the Super Bowl in 1976 against the Minnesota Vikings. And in that game, he hit receiver Sammy White so hard, his helmet went flying. The “Assassin” as they called him, surprisingly didn’t make an All-Pro team but made three Pro Bowls.</p> <p>And he’s tied with fellow “Soul Patrol” secondary member George Atkinson for No. 5 all-time in team INTs with 30. The rules have changed so we will never see a man play the way Tatum played again. No one embodied that tough, intimidating Raider image anymore than Tatum did.</p>.

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