2025 Las Vegas Raiders thread - ☠ Everyone is 0-0 ☠ (10 Viewers)

[Chadstroma]

Tyler Lockett before the Eagles or Cowboys grab him please

I am not disaapointed in missing out on Diggs. For both him and Cooper, I am less than enthusiastic about bringing them on board when they have bounced around different organizations that essentially showed they were not wanted there any longer. There are reasons for that.

Lockett makes sense for more so the relationship connections to Carroll and Smith but he is a bit up there in age but more importantly has shown a steady decline in production.

I believe Keenan Allen is done. I have no interest in him.

That all being said, we do need to add a veteran to their WR group and Cooper or Lockett would be the best two options. I think Cooper has more in him and closer to being a top WR but is potentially a locker room problem and may not have interest in coming back to the Raiders. Lockett would add more to the locker room but is a far cry from being a #1 at this point in his career.

The point is, I don't think any particular WR is a must target at this point but we do need to add someone.

Feels like the Raiders are planning to draft a WR early. There isn’t much hope for the FA that are left. I’m ok with that. Trying to fill holes with FAs that are washed doesn’t work.

Your point is very well-taken, but I think they go Jeanty. You can't go into a season with Zamir White, Sincere McCormick, Raheem Mostert, and Dylan Laube as your running back room on a Pete Carroll-coached team. Mostert is the best of those and I think he'll be thirty-three.

Well, maybe you can take a guy later on in the draft to compete with those guys, I guess, but do you really think Carroll is going to abide that without protestation? I was going to say something about Brady, but he functioned without a good RB room for years. Aside from Corey Dillon, NE totally skimped at RB.

There was a ton of talk in here, by people more knowledgeable than I about such things, that Luke Getsy really did Zamir a disservice switching to a zone blocking scheme. Apparently Zamir can excel in a power blocking scheme (or maybe it's the other way around) if the last four games in 2023 are any indication.

He probably isn't a game changer but with a good scheme and competent QB play he can probably manage the position and he has some upside.

I believe strongly that the wide zone scheme change was horrible for both the line and Zeus. The gap/zone mix of McDoofus was clearly a better fit for both him and the line and we saw definite flashes, however, not enough for me to feel comfortable that that is the only reason for his implosion. I still think if Jeanty is a legit elite RB then we can't pass him up and at 6 if he is there unless we get a huge package offered to us to move down.

 

[DocHolliday]

Feels like the Raiders are planning to draft a WR early. There isn’t much hope for the FA that are left. I’m ok with that. Trying to fill holes with FAs that are washed doesn’t work.

Agreed except we need more than one WR. We have Meyers and Tucker now. Granted, having Bowers is kind of a cheat code that helps but we are woefully thin at WR right now. (It also makes me confused on why we reportedly shoped Mayer considering if we are that thin at WR why not keep two good TE's and go 12 personnel a lot?).

I like Lockett as an addition, not a solution.

A vet WR will be added since the WR room is so thin but it should just be considered a body and nothing to get excited about. It doesn’t even matter which one is added since they will be gone after this season and won’t be expected to contribute much.

 

[massraider]

It would be nice to add a different element at WR. Most of these vets feel like Jakobi to me. I dunno if he's the goods, but Tet McMillan really fits

Tets draft stock has sermingly been falling. I have seen several times that he struggles against press which scares the crap out of me for any NFL receiver but more so for a bigger guy that isn't known for elite speed. If you can't get off the line, you can't be a NFL receiver.

So have I, but Matt Harmon's Reception Perception does not agree he can't beat press.

There's like 3 draft guys I follow, I think the rest are, frankly, doo doo.

 

[kaso]

It would be nice to add a different element at WR. Most of these vets feel like Jakobi to me. I dunno if he's the goods, but Tet McMillan really fits

Tets draft stock has sermingly been falling. I have seen several times that he struggles against press which scares the crap out of me for any NFL receiver but more so for a bigger guy that isn't known for elite speed. If you can't get off the line, you can't be a NFL receiver.

So have I, but Matt Harmon's Reception Perception does not agree he can't beat press.

There's like 3 draft guys I follow, I think the rest are, frankly, doo doo.

Who are the 3 Mass?

 

[LawFitz]

Jeanty, Shedeur, or BPA defender (Graham? Walker?) at #6. Then trade back into end of rd 1 to reunite Chip Kelly with this dude: https://www.tankathon.com/nfl/players/emeka-egbuka.

 

[massraider]

It would be nice to add a different element at WR. Most of these vets feel like Jakobi to me. I dunno if he's the goods, but Tet McMillan really fits

Tets draft stock has sermingly been falling. I have seen several times that he struggles against press which scares the crap out of me for any NFL receiver but more so for a bigger guy that isn't known for elite speed. If you can't get off the line, you can't be a NFL receiver.

So have I, but Matt Harmon's Reception Perception does not agree he can't beat press.

There's like 3 draft guys I follow, I think the rest are, frankly, doo doo.

Who are the 3 Mass?

Jeremiah, Zierlein, Brugler.
The pretenders change their arguments based on what these guys say.

I like the analytics stuff that JJ Zacharison and Matt Harmon do.

The PFF guys I will listen to, but don't take their opinions as gospel.

 

[LawFitz]

A case for Amari Cooper...

I'm not a huge fan, mostly because he's been overrated almost his whole career, the first part of which he spent milking the Raiders until Chuck II came to town. BUT,

Once you get past the Amari's not a top-10 alpha NFL WR1, you find he is - when healthy(ish) - a top 10-15, at worst 20, NFL WR1 (on a PPG basis) - when healthy, i.e. he gotta stay healthy - and why you commit only 12 mos at a time.

How much to get those 12 mos and maybe a couple more entering age 31 season?
$10 MM guaranteed for one year with incentives to 15-20? I'd sign him for 10+ incentives, while the team seeks a long-term WR1 in drafts... Like the current Geno deal but for WR.

 

[ICON211]

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports WR Hunter Renfrow is meeting with the Raiders.
Renfrow did not play last season after getting released by the Raiders at the end of the 2023 season. Reported as being more “retired” than “unsigned,” it would appear the former fifth-round pick could be eyeing a return. Still only 29 years old, Renfrow had emerged as a reliable slot receiver early in his career and posted a line of 103-1,038-9 in his third season — earning a Pro Bowl nod. He would go on to catch just 61 passes for 585 yards and two touchdowns over his last two years in the league and was limited to just 10 games in 2022 due to injuries. His reduced role ultimately led to his release, but with a new regime now in place and the Raiders needing receiver help, a reunion could bode well for both sides. Rapoport reports that Renfrow also met with the Panthers on Wednesday, adding “he plans to play in 2025.”

 

[Chadstroma]

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports WR Hunter Renfrow is meeting with the Raiders.
Renfrow did not play last season after getting released by the Raiders at the end of the 2023 season. Reported as being more “retired” than “unsigned,” it would appear the former fifth-round pick could be eyeing a return. Still only 29 years old, Renfrow had emerged as a reliable slot receiver early in his career and posted a line of 103-1,038-9 in his third season — earning a Pro Bowl nod. He would go on to catch just 61 passes for 585 yards and two touchdowns over his last two years in the league and was limited to just 10 games in 2022 due to injuries. His reduced role ultimately led to his release, but with a new regime now in place and the Raiders needing receiver help, a reunion could bode well for both sides. Rapoport reports that Renfrow also met with the Panthers on Wednesday, adding “he plans to play in 2025.”

Interesting.

When he was on his game he was awesome. He certainly fell off. Maybe a year off did him well? As discussed earlier, we need several WR's to be added, I like the idea of kicking his tires.

 

[kaso]

What?!

Free-agent WR Hunter Renfrow (Raiders) is visiting the Las Vegas Raiders Friday, March 28.

 

[kaso]

My post was clearly late.
I was always a Renfrow fan. Maybe because I'm a small white guy.

 

[32 Counter Pass]

Oh goodie! We can watch Renfro fumble away a few victories then go on IR with a concussion. #clownshow

 

[Chaka]

Renfrow
Renfrow!
RENFROW!!!

 

[joey]

With our WR corpe and Renfrow’s history with the Raiders, you just sign the dude to a team-friendly deal (if he’ll take it) and see what he’s got. I would LOVE for this redemption story to work out.

 

[ICON211]

With our WR corpe and Renfrow’s history with the Raiders, you just sign the dude to a team-friendly deal (if he’ll take it) and see what he’s got. I would LOVE for this redemption story to work out.

Yup, I mean what's the downside? Not like you go into this expecting anything great and maybe he surprises and does well.

 

[rockaction]

Man, I liked Renfrow when he came out of college and then when he broke out a little I really wanted to acquire him in dynasty. I was ready to send offers, etc., and then the next year he just fizzled. Like something happened to him mentally more than physically. And then he got lost in the shuffle somehow, which is more an indictment of how the Raiders were run than it is of him. At least IIRC.

I wish him the best in his comeback endeavor. I always thought he was going to be the next excellent small slot receiver who was a route-running technician and left DBs in the dust off of the line. Good luck to him. He's likely going to need it. Tough to walk away from this game and come back, but if anybody can, it's a guy like him at the position he plays.

 

[LawFitz]

I've seen a few people say Shedeur's best NFL comp is Geno Smiff. Thinking plan A may be to Sanders should he fall to 6 and let him compete with and learn from Geno for a year or two.

 

[SDJohnny]

Sources: The #Raiders are signing veteran LB Devin White to a 1-year deal.Raiders GM John Spytek drafted White in Tampa Bay and now reunites with him in Las Vegas.

 

[massraider]

Camp fodder with a big name. Not mad at signing him for essentially free, but Dat boy no good

 

[Chadstroma]

White is still young (27) and was productive for most of his time in Tamp. Speed demon LB with 4.4 speed. Never really understood why the implosion with Philly then Texans. All FA signings now will have some form of glaring question mark over them to get answered. You take swings and hope more work out than do not. I like this swing.[/QUOTE]

 

[joey]

White is still young (27) and was productive for most of his time in Tamp. Speed demon LB with 4.4 speed. Never really understood why the implosion with Philly then Texans. All FA signings now will have some form of glaring question mark over them to get answered. You take swings and hope more work out than do not. I like this swing.

And besides that, we need human beings with a pulse to play linebacker instead of empty lockers.

 

[Chaka]

White is still young (27) and was productive for most of his time in Tamp. Speed demon LB with 4.4 speed. Never really understood why the implosion with Philly then Texans. All FA signings now will have some form of glaring question mark over them to get answered. You take swings and hope more work out than do not. I like this swing.

Agreed. This is the type of swing you want to see them make. Guys who have demonstrated ability and are still young enough to have upside.

Now go sign Renfrow, Samuel, Blackmon and Willis.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Devin white. Used to be a baller

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Renfrow? No thanks.

 

[Hankmoody]

When he was on his game he was awesome. He certainly fell off. Maybe a year off did him well? As discussed earlier, we need several WR's to be added, I like the idea of kicking his tires.

So was Kenny Golladay.

 

[Hankmoody]

Chaisson to the Patriots.

ETA: Comp... Yadda yadda yadda

Only got 1-$5M. Disappointing he was not re-signed.

Details are finally in and it's even worse - 1 year, $3M. Not even a comp pick involved, I have no idea why we would let him go for that.

 

[Chaka]

When he was on his game he was awesome. He certainly fell off. Maybe a year off did him well? As discussed earlier, we need several WR's to be added, I like the idea of kicking his tires.

So was Kenny Golladay.

The Raiders probably aren't on the hook with White for $72 mil over four years.

 

[Chadstroma]

Chaisson to the Patriots.

ETA: Comp... Yadda yadda yadda

Only got 1-$5M. Disappointing he was not re-signed.

Details are finally in and it's even worse - 1 year, $3M. Not even a comp pick involved, I have no idea why we would let him go for that.

Yikes

 

[Chadstroma]

When he was on his game he was awesome. He certainly fell off. Maybe a year off did him well? As discussed earlier, we need several WR's to be added, I like the idea of kicking his tires.

So was Kenny Golladay.

There is a long list of so was's... and there is also another long list of guys that fell off for numerous different reasons and came back under different circumstances.

 

[SDJohnny]

When he was on his game he was awesome. He certainly fell off. Maybe a year off did him well? As discussed earlier, we need several WR's to be added, I like the idea of kicking his tires.

So was Kenny Golladay.

There is a long list of so was's... and there is also another long list of guys that fell off for numerous different reasons and came back under different circumstances.

Aren't we the team of second chances, reclamation projects? Gannon, Plunkett, Lyle Alzado, etc.?

 

[Chaka]

FWIW Stefon Diggs's deal with the Patriots is essentially a one year $19 mil deal that is heavily incentive laden. It isn't really 3 years, $69 mil.

If he'd take something similar I think Amari would be a fine addition.

 

[Chadstroma]

With our WR corpe and Renfrow’s history with the Raiders, you just sign the dude to a team-friendly deal (if he’ll take it) and see what he’s got. I would LOVE for this redemption story to work out.

Go back ans watch his route running... just sick. I don't recall anyone doing that and breaking ankles in very good CB's off a route.

 

[joey]

Now I want be Renfrow signed asap

Coincidentally, just last week, my YouTube feed showed me a Renfrow compilation. Ankles broken left and right.

 

[Chaka]

With our WR corpe and Renfrow’s history with the Raiders, you just sign the dude to a team-friendly deal (if he’ll take it) and see what he’s got. I would LOVE for this redemption story to work out.

Go back ans watch his route running... just sick. I don't recall anyone doing that and breaking ankles in very good CB's off a route.

It's probably asking a lot to see him back in his 2021 form but, man he had some sick short area quickness.

 

[joey]

With our WR corpe and Renfrow’s history with the Raiders, you just sign the dude to a team-friendly deal (if he’ll take it) and see what he’s got. I would LOVE for this redemption story to work out.

Go back ans watch his route running... just sick. I don't recall anyone doing that and breaking ankles in very good CB's off a route.

It's probably asking a lot to see him back in his 2021 form but, man he had some sick short area quickness.

Who knows what form he’s in. Sign him and find out!

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Good lord. Hunter chat activated! Dude is washed*. In his last two seasons combined he had 61/585/2 . He was an awesome story and was great for about season and a half. He got his bell rung and was never the same. At all. For a minimum contract with no guarantees? Sure, take a look. But he hasn’t gotten a sniff from anyone in the nfl since he was cut. There’s a reason for that.

May as well bring Waller back. Dude was unreal for just over one season. Sucked the rest of the time though.

*like everyone else I loved him when he ballin. But that ship has sailed.

 

[Chaka]

Good lord. Hunter chat activated! Dude is washed*. In his last two seasons combined he had 61/585/2 . He was an awesome story and was great for about season and a half. He got his bell rung and was never the same. At all. For a minimum contract with no guarantees? Sure, take a look. But he hasn’t gotten a sniff from anyone in the nfl since he was cut. There’s a reason for that.

May as well bring Waller back. Dude was unreal for just over one season. Sucked the rest of the time though.

*like everyone else I loved him when he ballin. But that ship has sailed.

Maybe. Likely even. But there are lots of indications that his issues were mental and about passion (very likely related to that nasty concussion). He may not have "gotten a sniff" but do we know if he was actually looking? The word "semi-retired" has been bandied about a lot lately.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Pass

 

[Chaka]

Pass

Weird.

For a minimal investment these are the types of guys you take a shot on (Renfrow, White, Samuel, Blackmon, Willis etc). Maybe they're just camp bodies who don't make the final 53.

But there are limited opportunities to add players at this point and this roster is way too depleted to assume all needs will be addressed in the draft.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Pass

Weird.

For a minimal investment these are the types of guys you take a shot on (Renfrow, White, Samuel, Blackmon, Willis etc). Maybe they're just camp bodies who don't make the final 53.

But there are limited opportunities to add players at this point and this roster is way too depleted to assume all needs will be addressed in the draft.

Fair enough. I said with a minimum salary with no guaranteed money, I’d take a look. But he will be a distraction imho. Pete doesn’t need to answering questions about renfrow, the great white hope raider.

 

[ICON211]

Pass

Weird.

For a minimal investment these are the types of guys you take a shot on (Renfrow, White, Samuel, Blackmon, Willis etc). Maybe they're just camp bodies who don't make the final 53.

But there are limited opportunities to add players at this point and this roster is way too depleted to assume all needs will be addressed in the draft.

Fair enough. I said with a minimum salary with no guaranteed money, I’d take a look. But he will be a distraction imho. Pete doesn’t need to answering questions about renfrow, the great white hope raider.

I don't get this. He may get a question or two about him, but nothing raising to a distraction level.

If a team signed like a Tebow or a Kapernick several years ago there would have been media descending on the team and every other question would have been about them. That's a distraction.

If anything it could be a feel good story if he starts doing well, but I can't see much attention being paid to a Hunter Renfrow signing.

 

[Chaka]

Pass

Weird.

For a minimal investment these are the types of guys you take a shot on (Renfrow, White, Samuel, Blackmon, Willis etc). Maybe they're just camp bodies who don't make the final 53.

But there are limited opportunities to add players at this point and this roster is way too depleted to assume all needs will be addressed in the draft.

Fair enough. I said with a minimum salary with no guaranteed money, I’d take a look. But he will be a distraction imho. Pete doesn’t need to answering questions about renfrow, the great white hope raider.

No offense, sincerely, but I laugh when I see statements like "minimum salary...no guaranteed money...etc". Same with the "they should just trade back...." stuff. It's wishful thinking IMO.

None of these guys are going to command long term, cap breaking deals and, at this point, there are no big names that the Raiders are going to miss out on if they pay these guys a few bucks.

Geno is the only player of note they need to pay and they have plenty of cap space.

So go get some bodies, there are potentially a few gems still out there, I would hate to miss out on them because the Raiders made low-ball offers.

 

[Chaka]

Pass

Weird.

For a minimal investment these are the types of guys you take a shot on (Renfrow, White, Samuel, Blackmon, Willis etc). Maybe they're just camp bodies who don't make the final 53.

But there are limited opportunities to add players at this point and this roster is way too depleted to assume all needs will be addressed in the draft.

Fair enough. I said with a minimum salary with no guaranteed money, I’d take a look. But he will be a distraction imho. Pete doesn’t need to answering questions about renfrow, the great white hope raider.

I don't get this. He may get a question or two about him, but nothing raising to a distraction level.

If a team signed like a Tebow or a Kapernick several years ago there would have been media descending on the team and every other question would have been about them. That's a distraction.

If anything it could be a feel good story if he starts doing well, but I can't see much attention being paid to a Hunter Renfrow signing.

Yup. Renfrow doesn't move the distraction needle one bit.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I get it. Why not? Team sucks anyway. But judging by this thread, he will be a distraction. Even if it’s a small one. Should they go after every washed up dude that flashed?

I’d rather they get guys like Lockett Patrick hollins. Etc in camp. They’ll cost more but you know what you have.

 

[rockaction]

hollins.

Signed with New England.

Patrick

Re-signed with Detroit.

Too much skiing, not enough

I kid. I'm just a loser. Hope the slopes treat you well.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

hollins.

Signed with New England.

Patrick

Re-signed with Detroit.

Too much skiing, not enough

I kid. I'm just a loser. Hope the slopes treat you well.

I just pulled some random names for comp.

 

[rockaction]

hollins.

Signed with New England.

Patrick

Re-signed with Detroit.

Too much skiing, not enough

I kid. I'm just a loser. Hope the slopes treat you well.

I just pulled some random names for comp.

Yep. Understood. I'm really just fooling around and bored.

 

[Chaka]

I get it. Why not? Team sucks anyway. But judging by this thread, he will be a distraction. Even if it’s a small one. Should they go after every washed up dude that flashed?

I’d rather they get guys like Lockett Patrick hollins. Etc in camp. They’ll cost more but you know what you have.

I think it's unfair to call Renfrow washed one moment then suggest Lockett as an option in the next.

I have been stumping for Lockett as well but mostly as a locker room guy. He's 32 and has declined three consecutive years. Maybe that's because of JSN last year but not the two years prior. And the fact that the Raiders haven't even brought him in for a visit with Pete and Geno already on board is a bit concerning. Still, I would be happy to have him on the team.

Hollins is 31, another former Raider and would be just as much of a distraction as Renfrow, which is to say he wouldn't be a distraction at all, and he has never flashed anything near what Renfrow did. Great run blocker though, really one of the elite run blocking WRs in the league as I understand it. To bad he signed somewhere apparently, he would have been another welcome addition.

Patrick is also 31 and has also never looked as good as Renfrow did at any point.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I get it. Why not? Team sucks anyway. But judging by this thread, he will be a distraction. Even if it’s a small one. Should they go after every washed up dude that flashed?

I’d rather they get guys like Lockett Patrick hollins. Etc in camp. They’ll cost more but you know what you have.

I think it's unfair to call Renfrow washed one moment then suggest Lockett as an option in the next.

I have been stumping for Lockett as well but mostly as a locker room guy. He's 32 and has declined three consecutive years. Maybe that's because of JSN last year but not the two years prior. And the fact that the Raiders haven't even brought him in for a visit with Pete and Geno already on board is a bit concerning. Still, I would be happy to have him on the team.

Hollins is 31, another former Raider and would be just as much of a distraction as Renfrow, which is to say he wouldn't be a distraction at all, and he has never flashed anything near what Renfrow did. Great run blocker though, really one of the elite run blocking WRs in the league as I understand it. To bad he signed somewhere apparently, he would have been another welcome addition.

Patrick is also 31 and has also never looked as good as Renfrow did at any point.

Again, I picked 3 random dudes that are just that, random dudes. But I’d rather have any of the 3 over Renfrow. Renfrow hasn’t done much of anything in what, 4 years? Waller is the same. Has 1.5 awesome seasons. Then something happened. Cooked. Renfrow is done. IMHO.

 

[Chadstroma]

Pass

Weird.

For a minimal investment these are the types of guys you take a shot on (Renfrow, White, Samuel, Blackmon, Willis etc). Maybe they're just camp bodies who don't make the final 53.

But there are limited opportunities to add players at this point and this roster is way too depleted to assume all needs will be addressed in the draft.

Fair enough. I said with a minimum salary with no guaranteed money, I’d take a look. But he will be a distraction imho. Pete doesn’t need to answering questions about renfrow, the great white hope raider.

Distraction? Wha?

Zero distraction.

He hasn't even been signed. Why not bring him in like they did and kick the tires. If he looks promising enough then sign him and see how he does in camp. If not, then don't. I have no idea why this is a distraction.