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Plenty of reasons why you wait. If you have someone you think you can roll the dice on cutting so they can IR Parker then re-sign the player you could wait for final cuts. Parker would then be eligible to return after 4 games. They could also have been getting another medical opinion and just got the results. They might have been on the fence about cutting a bubble guy like ALW or maybe the UDFA rookie and decided not to which left no seat for Parker.
The only one that makes sense to me is they thought about cutting someone and hope that they were there to resign once they put Parker on IR. I just don't see Parker as that valuable that they would roll the dice on anyone they liked on a team like this that there will be a lot of hard cuts made. Parker has experience so yes, you keep him around unless there is someone clearly better but Parker was seriously playing worse than anyone... including Leatherwood... until he got injured.
I will be very interested to see if they pick up an OT that gets cut. I think the interior is set to be ok but that RT spot... I think they will be watching the waiver wire for sure on anyone that might be of value. Parker is on IR now and gone for the year. Munford is hurt (unsure how badly, I can't seem to find any good info on that) and then you have Leatherwood and Eluemanor with Bars as being the guys able to play at all.
Raiders signed Eluemunor last year after he was cut.
I believe Wynn has only been a LT and on his last year of contract. Hard to trade for that to fill a RT need and potentially only rent.
Right. He ate himself off the team, and has been just a guy.
If true, my $20 fictitious bar bets would’ve cost me dearly. I don’t understand how an Outland Award winning O-lineman can’t find a place on this squad in need of both starters and depth. Work ethic? Attitude? Lack of football IQ to pick up what’s being asked of him? I hope this rumor is false but, man, did Gruden and Mayock have a CRAPPY record for their 1st rounders. Ugh.
Being reported they shopped him to 31 teams with no takers.
Gruden sucked worse than even his worse detractors claimed.
) and this gets lost in the fog of the preseason.
Treyvon Mullen was traded for pocket lint today, reinforcing your point.Gruden sucked worse than even his worse detractors claimed.
Cant wait til the regular season starts, our team is playing really well (
I had not heard this WTF?
I would love to have been a fly on the wall to REALLY know who had the final say on these critical (failed) picks. So I can direct my ire in the right direction
This is more surprising than Leatherwood being sent packing IMO.Treyvon Mullen was traded for pocket lint today, reinforcing your point.Gruden sucked worse than even his worse detractors claimed.
Cant wait til the regular season starts, our team is playing really well (
This is more surprising than Leatherwood being sent packing IMO.Treyvon Mullen was traded for pocket lint today, reinforcing your point.Gruden sucked worse than even his worse detractors claimed.
Cant wait til the regular season starts, our team is playing really well (
Final say for early picks has to be Gruden. But for Leatherwood, this was a Cable guy. They hit on Miller and missed on Leatherwood. Pretty much exact same situations...great physical tools with questionable technique picked up way earlier than pretty much anyone expected... one that has panned out and one that has not (at least with the Raiders).I would love to have been a fly on the wall to REALLY know who had the final say on these critical (failed) picks. So I can direct my ire in the right direction
This is crazy to me based on what we saw before getting hurt.... then.... not so much considering there has been nothing about any buzz on him coming out of camp or preseason. It is shocking that all we could get was a 7th that can be a 6th for him.
I saw reports that they were working on the deal currently.
Look no further then the $100M manI would love to have been a fly on the wall to REALLY know who had the final say on these critical (failed) picks. So I can direct my ire in the right direction
I believe Abram was not seen as a reach but the rest were.
We did get some real playmakers tho, but ya ,im dying to see what this staff can do with a 1st and 2nd rd pick
If we keep getting Davante Adams level players brought in I'm just fine with never finding out.
I kind of feel this way a bit, but not to this extent. Feels a lot like just getting rid of guys because they were part of the last regime. Many new regimes do this though. Leatherwood was a big reach at 17 and I hated the pick at the time, but he was an Outland trophy winner and definitely had some talent. I would have liked to have seen him given a year of coaching with this staff.
If they are assets, they will make their mark elsewhere. Mullen with two surgeries on the same foot,
It is hard for me to believe that Mullen was being outplayed by others on the roster for even a backup role. I am willing to give the leadership of the team the benefit of the doubt though and let them make their decisions as they see fit. I feel like Mullen will be a player in this league for other teams. Not so sure about Leatherwood.
The way I see it is McDaniels and Ziegler are building off of what Gruden did right, and ripping the band aid off of where they feel Gruden screwed up.
on the thread title update.