Sapp doesn't seem to excited about him...
The team's personnel staff was probably thrilled to acquire a former No. 3 overall draft choice from a hated rival like Denver, but somebody forgot to consult Warren Sapp, the Raiders' unofficial tribal chief.
Asked about the trade -- which sends a conditional fifth-round draft pick to the Broncos in 2008 if Warren makes the team, and is contingent upon his passing a physical this morning -- Sapp sounded decidedly cool to the idea.
"If he makes it, he makes it. If he doesn't, he doesn't," Sapp said -- three separate times.
The voluble one went on to say: "He's not going to make or break us. If you don't make or break us, you're irrelevant to us. We're a unit. We're a unit that runs together. I see my eight (defensive linemen). My eight's been here since I first walked in the door and I said, 'There's my eight. . . . I can win with those eight.' And he never came into that picture until I walked into the job this morning. I don't see him cracking that eight. I don't make personnel decisions around here, but I don't see him cracking my eight."
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