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I'm ok with it. I'd love to not take a qb at 2.04Minn gonna take teddy here
I'm ok with it. I'd love to not take a qb at 2.04Minn gonna take teddy here
Very, very true.It's worth doing just to get the 5th year option on him.No need as long as Carr is still OTB. No need to bid against yourself. Sit tight and wait.Trade a 4th to move up to #32 and take Bridgewater.
I have a hard time seeing Houston take Derek Carr considering what happend with David Carr in Houston. I could be wrong though. So unless a team jumps us Carr just may be a Raider.Me too.Welp.... either Houston takes Carr or we do. I could certainly live with that.
I have to wonder if HOU really wants Carr, if they are willing to sit there and let someone leapfrog them.
Interesting. Didn't even think of that, but franchises do tend to be superstitious.I have a hard time seeing Houston take Derek Carr considering what happend with David Carr in Houston. I could be wrong though. So unless a team jumps us Carr just may be a Raider.Me too.Welp.... either Houston takes Carr or we do. I could certainly live with that.
I have to wonder if HOU really wants Carr, if they are willing to sit there and let someone leapfrog them.
Buccaneers or Cardinals maybe might want to jump us for a QB like Carr?Houston will not take Carr.
It's Cleveland, they are going to shop that 2.03 from right now until 7:15pm Eastern tomorrow. If anyone else wants Carr they have a willing trade partner.
Not for me. a 4th rounder, for an extra contract year? Not at all. I woulda paid that.I am seeing the Vikings paid the 40th pick and 108th pick for 32nd.
If so, glad Oakland passed; that price is too steep.
Allen Robinson for me.I'd rather have Cody Latimer.May as well just get Lee now.
the Raiders are getting great value with the fifth pick, thanks to Jacksonville's incompetence.
Blake Bortles will always have a special little spot in my heart.Still can't believe Mack dropped.
Sounds like the Raiders were ready to trade down before Mack fell into their lap.@RapSheet: If Sammy Watkins had fallen to No. 5, the #Lions feel they would’ve been able to trade for him. Instead, #Bills made the move at No. 4.
I would love Xavier Su'a-Filo in the Second. He is in my opinion the best Guard in this draft and will be a Pro-Bowl Guard for years. However, I don't see the Raiders passing up on Carr if he is there at pick #36 in the second round.Xavier Su-a Filo would be a very boring, great pick.
I would also bet that Carr is there.Carr will be there for the Raiders at pick 36 if they want him, I don't doubt. Not even sure that they go with Carr. Some realy good WRs still on the board. Lee, Latimer, Matthews, Robinson. That's just at the WR position. there are plenty more names that were worthy of a late first round pick, and staring at us now. Reggie only has four decent picks. He needs to make each one count. I'm convinced it wasn't about getting outbid for Teddy. They simply didn't want him. We'll see if they want Carr, but the smart mov in my opinion is to let the board come to him. There's a plethora of options at 36.
For what it's worth, here's what I heard from the inside.Carr will be there for the Raiders at pick 36 if they want him, I don't doubt. Not even sure that they go with Carr. Some realy good WRs still on the board. Lee, Latimer, Matthews, Robinson. That's just at the WR position. there are plenty more names that were worthy of a late first round pick, and staring at us now. Reggie only has four decent picks. He needs to make each one count. I'm convinced it wasn't about getting outbid for Teddy. They simply didn't want him. We'll see if they want Carr, but the smart mov in my opinion is to let the board come to him. There's a plethora of options at 36.
Let the team know I approve of this strategy, will you?For what it's worth, here's what I heard from the inside.Carr will be there for the Raiders at pick 36 if they want him, I don't doubt. Not even sure that they go with Carr. Some realy good WRs still on the board. Lee, Latimer, Matthews, Robinson. That's just at the WR position. there are plenty more names that were worthy of a late first round pick, and staring at us now. Reggie only has four decent picks. He needs to make each one count. I'm convinced it wasn't about getting outbid for Teddy. They simply didn't want him. We'll see if they want Carr, but the smart mov in my opinion is to let the board come to him. There's a plethora of options at 36.
First of all, the Mack pick was a surprising windfall. While obviously something that was planned for, Mack falling to 5 wasn't considered a very strong possibility. Put Oakland in the camp that liked him better than Clowney. So when Reggie says he wasn't fielding calls for the 5 pick once Mack fell, he isn't kidding. And don't believe the Detroit buzz. If Watkins was there at 5, Oakland was taking him unless they got a sweetheart deal. I was specifically told that while Oakland really wanted Watkins, they are pleasantly pleased they got Mack and kept their other moves,
Now, like I have been saying for months, Carr is the QB Oakland covets. They like others, but Carr is their guy. I have soft info that Oakland wasn't outbid for Bridgewater, they didn't have serious interest in him. This is a new regime and while Oakland really wants Carr, they aren't going to mortgage the future and give up picks to move up and get him. If Carr isn't there at 2.5, look for Oakland to trade down.
Thanks for the inside info S&B. Really appreciated. My only gripe is you don't post more here. The soft info that Oakland didn't want Teddy Bridgewater just feels true. You never saw them connected to reports they were high on him. As much as I liked Teddy Bridgewater, as a fan, I don't get to see the real tape that Reggie sees. I think the target is Carr, and a trade down is a possibility, but there's so much talent still on the board. If Reggie decides to trade down, it better be a sweet deal to talk himself out of Carr.For what it's worth, here's what I heard from the inside.Carr will be there for the Raiders at pick 36 if they want him, I don't doubt. Not even sure that they go with Carr. Some realy good WRs still on the board. Lee, Latimer, Matthews, Robinson. That's just at the WR position. there are plenty more names that were worthy of a late first round pick, and staring at us now. Reggie only has four decent picks. He needs to make each one count. I'm convinced it wasn't about getting outbid for Teddy. They simply didn't want him. We'll see if they want Carr, but the smart mov in my opinion is to let the board come to him. There's a plethora of options at 36.
First of all, the Mack pick was a surprising windfall. While obviously something that was planned for, Mack falling to 5 wasn't considered a very strong possibility. Put Oakland in the camp that liked him better than Clowney. So when Reggie says he wasn't fielding calls for the 5 pick once Mack fell, he isn't kidding. And don't believe the Detroit buzz. If Watkins was there at 5, Oakland was taking him unless they got a sweetheart deal. I was specifically told that while Oakland really wanted Watkins, they are pleasantly pleased they got Mack and kept their other moves,
Now, like I have been saying for months, Carr is the QB Oakland covets. They like others, but Carr is their guy. I have soft info that Oakland wasn't outbid for Bridgewater, they didn't have serious interest in him. This is a new regime and while Oakland really wants Carr, they aren't going to mortgage the future and give up picks to move up and get him. If Carr isn't there at 2.5, look for Oakland to trade down.
Which is why I think a trade down is almost guaranteed to not happen. I think teams are looking around, saying, 'man, lost of guys here we like.'Thanks for the inside info S&B. Really appreciated. My only gripe is you don't post more here. The soft info that Oakland didn't want Teddy Bridgewater just feels true. You never saw them connected to reports they were high on him. As much as I liked Teddy Bridgewater, as a fan, I don't get to see the real tape that Reggie sees. I think the target is Carr, and a trade down is a possibility, but there's so much talent still on the board. If Reggie decides to trade down, it better be a sweet deal to talk himself out of Carr.
Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ImagesDerek Carr passed for 5,082 yards with 50 TDs and eight interceptions in 13 starts last season.
Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 7mI was right there with you on the Teddy Bridgewater bandwagon. But I have to admit, the knowledge I have of these prospects is mostly youtube cutups and hearsay of "credible" draft scouts. Reggie and DA have the full coaches tape and can see things that the talking heads even aren't always privy to. No doubt some media have that all access pass, but then they also have an agenda. I have criticized Derek Carr mercillessly here in the SP and have produced a lot of damning evidence. But I can't ignore all the positives I hear and have seen from the youtube cutups. He's got the arm-talent that's rare. His mechanics can sure use some work, no doubt. And athletically, he's on par with the much ballyhooed Manziel. Talent alone, there's no reason he should still be on the board in the second round. If Reggie decides to get him, I won't blink an eye. I trust that Reggie has done a whole lot more homework on Carr than you or I will ever do.Su'a Filo, Matthews, Hageman are the BPAs heading into Rd 2, IMO. I would be very happy with Su'a Filo. Dude is a ten-year+ stud starter at G and would bring a nasty element to our OL.
Please, please, please someone, anyone trade ahead of us and take the Daviderrick Carr bullet.
Very annoyed that we could have Bridgewater right now on a five year rookie deal by only having to give up our 2nd and 4th rounders. And if what S&B says it true, I'm extremely concerned about Reggie rating Carr ahead of TB. Before you jump on me for implying that I know more than an NFL GM, it's my opinion, that's all, but I've seen too many bad calls in years past to still believe that NFL GMs know what they are doing. Most of them don't. I'm losing faith in Reg.
I lost faith long ago. Reggie got lucky Mack fell to him. Even a blind squirrel finds a coconut once in awhile...especially when the coconut hits him in the head.Very annoyed that we could have Bridgewater right now on a five year rookie deal by only having to give up our 2nd and 4th rounders. And if what S&B says it true, I'm extremely concerned about Reggie rating Carr ahead of TB. Before you jump on me for implying that I know more than an NFL GM, it's my opinion, that's all, but I've seen too many bad calls in years past to still believe that NFL GMs know what they are doing. Most of them don't. I'm losing faith in Reg.