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Holmes is talent, but inconsistent. Even last year he only caught 48% of his passes. He's been cut by the Vikings, Cowboys (after a lot of hype for Anthony Armstrong mid-season) and the Patriots. Maybe it will finally click for him this year but I'm not going to hold my breath.
The Raiders have the Hillsdale football factory pipeline on lockdown.
Why feed him to the wolves and risk turning him into his brother? Let the OLine figure things out with Schaub as the sacrificial QB then give Carr the last 6 or so starts of the season.
Couple of differences. He's more mobile than his big bro; thus probably more able to run his way out of getting killed. Also, he's in the gun a lot and has a quick release. David was always under center a decade-plus ago. But yeah, who knows. Another lean year coming up any way you cut it.
No doubt. I have personally always been in the camp of letting a rookie QB sit for a year, or most of a year, and learn the mental aspects of being an NFL QB before putting them under center in a real game.
You both make interesting points and the question is how will it affect the upper echelon of the Raider regime (McKenzie/Allen)?
If he thought the offensive line was solid in protection he must not have been watching tape of game from Friday night.
Wow. As a long time Raider fan, it would be nice to see a solid draft class eventually. Until that happens, the Raiders are going to be bottom-feeders. Obvious point made out of frustration.
I think the pressure was there, but he also might be shot. Trades for Flynn and Schaub.....ugh.
Those don't concern me. Trading 5th and 6th rounders for a shot at a QB that can play are good moves. Even if Schaub fails as hard as Flynn did, there's very little opportunity cost. You know what bugs me? Dumping Carson Palmer for a 7th. This wasn't a guy coming off a train-wreck year like Schaub or a comet from nowhere like Flynn, this was an established guy coming back from a very solid year with a horrible supporting cast. It's just mind-boggling to give up a 5th for a guy that had one good garbage game and turn around and sell a perennial 4k yard passer for a 7th. They actually PAID to downgrade Palmer for Flynn. Imagine had this regime not been morons and kept Palmer and drafted Hopkins at 12 last year?
Agreed... Especially when it comes to QBs. Their choices for starting QBs have been horrible in the post- Al Davis era. I agree with the previous poster, this whole regime needs to go. I'll be honest, when Al passed away, from a football perspective, I was excited for the future of this organization. I thought an overhaul as far as football decision making and talent evaluating was long overdue.ICON211 said:
Some important take aways:
I think it's only a matter of time before Gabe Jackson is the starting LG and Barnes will be relegated to backup duty.
Some teams are more vanilla then others in preseason. Don't take that for me making excuses for the Raiders first team Offense or Defense, however it's true that some teams don't like to tip their hands at all during preseason while others do.
That would be the logical move. However they will **** around with Scrub at QB and then after sucking, will go with Carr version 2 while Drew Brees version 2 rots on the bench.
