2025 Las Vegas Raiders thread - ☠ Jersey number is SRS BZNS ☠ (8 Viewers)

[joey]

Top rookies buying numbers off vets is not a new thing. Are we that bored right now?

Agreed.

And, yes..yes we are that bored right now.

 

[Chaka]

Are we that bored right now?

Yes?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Raiders' Ashton Jeanty spent a small fortune to buy jersey number from All-Pro teammate in Las Vegas

The rookie just forked over a massive amount of money to get the number of his choice in Las Vegas

www.cbssports.com

Cut Carlson..that’s lame

Screw that. He's a vet, he's earned that number. Some rook that's done nothing isn't entitled to ****. I think it's lame rookies even offer to do this, go make your own mark.

It’s a kicker….

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Are we that bored right now?

Yes?

Yes

 

[DA RAIDERS]

M I C H A E L
B A R R E T T

 

[CGRdrJoe]

I'd sell my number too, but then again, I am broke...

"WVU Alum"...might explain why. (just ribbing ya)

the correct reply to that was:

Username checks out...

hth.

THE JERK STORE IS RUNNING OUT OF YOU!!!



#pleasetellmethatreferenceisn'ttooold

we are old, I read that in Costanza's voice

 

[joey]

We’ve refined the schtick in my friend/family group to simple call someone “JerkStore” and everyone gets it.

#ImOldToo

 

[SDJohnny]

NFL Network running Sea of Hands now, Ghost to the Post next.

 

[Chaka]

NFL Network running Sea of Hands now, Ghost to the Post next.

I need to start drinking so, for a minute I can think I'm watching the Raiders be successful live.

 

[joey]

NFL Network running Sea of Hands now, Ghost to the Post next.

I need to start drinking so, for a minute I can think I'm watching the Raiders be successful live.

Open a 50 year old bottle of wine since that’ll be the right vintage for those games.


It’s been sooooooo long :(

 

[Chaka]

NFL Network running Sea of Hands now, Ghost to the Post next.

I need to start drinking so, for a minute I can think I'm watching the Raiders be successful live.

Open a 50 year old bottle of wine since that’ll be the right vintage for those games.


It’s been sooooooo long :(

Well, I have ten five year old bottles....

 

[SDJohnny]

NFL Network running Sea of Hands now, Ghost to the Post next.

I need to start drinking so, for a minute I can think I'm watching the Raiders be successful live.

Open a 50 year old bottle of wine since that’ll be the right vintage for those games.


It’s been sooooooo long :(

I know, I know...

 

[ZADO]

M I C H A E L
B A R R E T T

for those in the back

MICHAEL
BARRETT

 

[Sarlakticacid]

M I C H A E L
B A R R E T T

for those in the back

MICHAEL
BARRETT

Who? Initially thought it was a Michael Bennett comeback

 

[DA RAIDERS]

MICHAEL. BARRETT.

 

[joey]

Old man Barrett’s son? Oh yeah. Him.

 

[Chadstroma]

M I C H A E L
BLEEPING
B A R R E T T

 

[Chaka]

Even knowing that Coach Pete is the most positive guy on the Planet, and the fact that I was a "No RB @#6" guy, this gets me very excited.

I am a firm believer that people of a certain age should never buy jerseys of current players (I only own one sports jersey and it's a Kurt Rambis), if Jeanty is the guy Chad thinks he is I may violate that rule.

 

[Chadstroma]

Even knowing that Coach Pete is the most positive guy on the Planet, and the fact that I was a "No RB @#6" guy, this gets me very excited.

I am a firm believer that people of a certain age should never buy jerseys of current players (I only own one sports jersey and it's a Kurt Rambis), if Jeanty is the guy Chad thinks he is I may violate that rule.

I think we now have our best back since Allen/Jackson.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Even knowing that Coach Pete is the most positive guy on the Planet, and the fact that I was a "No RB @#6" guy, this gets me very excited.

I am a firm believer that people of a certain age should never buy jerseys of current players (I only own one sports jersey and it's a Kurt Rambis), if Jeanty is the guy Chad thinks he is I may violate that rule.

I think we now have our best back since Allen/Jackson.

Easy capt optimist I hope you’re right, but let’s not go crazy now. Let’s see him be better than McFadden first. I just he brings the joy and raider was that Crockett did

 

[Chaka]

Even knowing that Coach Pete is the most positive guy on the Planet, and the fact that I was a "No RB @#6" guy, this gets me very excited.

I am a firm believer that people of a certain age should never buy jerseys of current players (I only own one sports jersey and it's a Kurt Rambis), if Jeanty is the guy Chad thinks he is I may violate that rule.

I think we now have our best back since Allen/Jackson.

From your lips...

 

[SDJohnny]

Sources: The #Raiders and 2x First-Team All-Pro punter AJ Cole have agreed to a 4-year, $15.8M extension with $11M guaranteed, making him the highest-paid punter in the NFL.Cole had one year remaining on his current deal, so he’s now under contract for the next 5 seasons at just under $20M

 

[Chaka]

Sources: The #Raiders and 2x First-Team All-Pro punter AJ Cole have agreed to a 4-year, $15.8M extension with $11M guaranteed, making him the highest-paid punter in the NFL.Cole had one year remaining on his current deal, so he’s now under contract for the next 5 seasons at just under $20M

Take the all pro players where you can get them.

And if Jeanty wants his number he should pony up, yo.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Sources: The #Raiders and 2x First-Team All-Pro punter AJ Cole have agreed to a 4-year, $15.8M extension with $11M guaranteed, making him the highest-paid punter in the NFL.Cole had one year remaining on his current deal, so he’s now under contract for the next 5 seasons at just under $20M

Take the all pro players where you can get them.

And if Jeanty wants his number he should pony up, yo.

And Carlson better improve his play….

 

[CGRdrJoe]

I get it now, in the offseason his name is MICHAEL BARRETT

 

[joey]

I get it now, in the offseason his name is MICHAEL BARRETT

His name is Robert Paulson.

 

[ZADO]

The Athletic’s Tashan Reed reports Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly is “moving receivers around a lot” in OTAs.

Kelly, entering his first year as Vegas’ OC, has moved Jakobi Meyers and rookie Jack Bech from the outside to the slot in early practices. This suggests both receivers — along with Brock Bowers — could see varied use in what is expected to be a run-first Kelly offense. Meyers in his two years with the Raiders has played from the slot at a 31 percent rate, way down from his days in New England, which saw Meyers operate from the slot on two-thirds of his routes. Bech during his breakout 2024 season at TCU ran 27 percent of his routes from the slot. In 2024, Meyers ranked 40th out of 66 qualifying receivers in yards per route run from the slot, a key measure of pass-catching efficiency. That’s bound to rise with Geno Smith under center for Vegas in 2025.

 

[Chadstroma]

I watched a little of the presser yesterday before having to perform Daddy Taxi duties....

One thing I really enjoyed hearing was Chip talking about Mayer and indicated that they would be using more two TE sets saying something along the lines of "I checked, you can use two tight ends. So we will. You can even use three so we might do that."

Makes too much sense to me not to do. We have two tight ends that can catch. We got a RB. So, you go heavy set like that and if we run have a couple of big guys out there and then we can pass out of it too and hurt you bad. How is a defense going to defend that? Not many teams have guys who can cover both Bowers and Mayer AND hold up against them in the run game.

 

[LawFitz]

I watched a little of the presser yesterday before having to perform Daddy Taxi duties....

One thing I really enjoyed hearing was Chip talking about Mayer and indicated that they would be using more two TE sets saying something along the lines of "I checked, you can use two tight ends. So we will. You can even use three so we might do that."

Makes too much sense to me not to do. We have two tight ends that can catch. We got a RB. So, you go heavy set like that and if we run have a couple of big guys out there and then we can pass out of it too and hurt you bad. How is a defense going to defend that? Not many teams have guys who can cover both Bowers and Mayer AND hold up against them in the run game.

Bowser
Mayer

Jacoby
Bech
Thornton

Jeanty

Geno

Kelly
Carroll
Spytek
Brady

Massive Upgrades littered throughout that list compared to 2024.

 

[Chadstroma]

I watched a little of the presser yesterday before having to perform Daddy Taxi duties....

One thing I really enjoyed hearing was Chip talking about Mayer and indicated that they would be using more two TE sets saying something along the lines of "I checked, you can use two tight ends. So we will. You can even use three so we might do that."

Makes too much sense to me not to do. We have two tight ends that can catch. We got a RB. So, you go heavy set like that and if we run have a couple of big guys out there and then we can pass out of it too and hurt you bad. How is a defense going to defend that? Not many teams have guys who can cover both Bowers and Mayer AND hold up against them in the run game.

Bowser
Mayer

Jacoby
Bech
Thornton

Jeanty

Geno

Kelly
Carroll
Spytek
Brady

Massive Upgrades littered throughout that list compared to 2024.

You forgot
M I C H A E L
B A R R E T T

 

[scothawk]

I watched a little of the presser yesterday before having to perform Daddy Taxi duties....

One thing I really enjoyed hearing was Chip talking about Mayer and indicated that they would be using more two TE sets saying something along the lines of "I checked, you can use two tight ends. So we will. You can even use three so we might do that."

Makes too much sense to me not to do. We have two tight ends that can catch. We got a RB. So, you go heavy set like that and if we run have a couple of big guys out there and then we can pass out of it too and hurt you bad. How is a defense going to defend that? Not many teams have guys who can cover both Bowers and Mayer AND hold up against them in the run game.

Bowser
Mayer

Jacoby
Bech
Thornton

Jeanty

Geno

Kelly
Carroll
Spytek
Brady

Massive Upgrades littered throughout that list compared to 2024.

You watched Geno last 2 years?

 

[Chadstroma]

I watched a little of the presser yesterday before having to perform Daddy Taxi duties....

One thing I really enjoyed hearing was Chip talking about Mayer and indicated that they would be using more two TE sets saying something along the lines of "I checked, you can use two tight ends. So we will. You can even use three so we might do that."

Makes too much sense to me not to do. We have two tight ends that can catch. We got a RB. So, you go heavy set like that and if we run have a couple of big guys out there and then we can pass out of it too and hurt you bad. How is a defense going to defend that? Not many teams have guys who can cover both Bowers and Mayer AND hold up against them in the run game.

Bowser
Mayer

Jacoby
Bech
Thornton

Jeanty

Geno

Kelly
Carroll
Spytek
Brady

Massive Upgrades littered throughout that list compared to 2024.

You watched Geno last 2 years?

You watch our QB play the last 2 years?

 

[Chaka]

I watched a little of the presser yesterday before having to perform Daddy Taxi duties....

One thing I really enjoyed hearing was Chip talking about Mayer and indicated that they would be using more two TE sets saying something along the lines of "I checked, you can use two tight ends. So we will. You can even use three so we might do that."

Makes too much sense to me not to do. We have two tight ends that can catch. We got a RB. So, you go heavy set like that and if we run have a couple of big guys out there and then we can pass out of it too and hurt you bad. How is a defense going to defend that? Not many teams have guys who can cover both Bowers and Mayer AND hold up against them in the run game.

Bowser
Mayer

Jacoby
Bech
Thornton

Jeanty

Geno

Kelly
Carroll
Spytek
Brady

Massive Upgrades littered throughout that list compared to 2024.

You watched Geno last 2 years?

Yes. Did you watch Gardner Minshew, Jimmy Garopolo, Brian Hoyer and Aidan O'Connell?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I watched a little of the presser yesterday before having to perform Daddy Taxi duties....

One thing I really enjoyed hearing was Chip talking about Mayer and indicated that they would be using more two TE sets saying something along the lines of "I checked, you can use two tight ends. So we will. You can even use three so we might do that."

Makes too much sense to me not to do. We have two tight ends that can catch. We got a RB. So, you go heavy set like that and if we run have a couple of big guys out there and then we can pass out of it too and hurt you bad. How is a defense going to defend that? Not many teams have guys who can cover both Bowers and Mayer AND hold up against them in the run game.

Bowser
Mayer

Jacoby
Bech
Thornton

Jeanty

Geno

Kelly
Carroll
Spytek
Brady

Massive Upgrades littered throughout that list compared to 2024.

You watched Geno last 2 years?

You watch our QB play the last 2 years?

2?

 

[ZADO]

Jah Joyner Highlights

6`4''

262 lbs

UDFA catching eyes

 

[Hankmoody]

Jah Joyner Highlights

6`4''

262 lbs

UDFA catching eyes

Was very surprising he wasn't drafted and a great snag in UDFA

 

[Hankmoody]

2?

Typo, he missed the second 2.

 

[massraider]

Maxx on his pod mentioned Darien Porter and Thornton as impressing him.

OTAs don't mean much, but really cool to hear good things about two guys i thought might be more project types from the draft

 

[LawFitz]

Maxx on his pod mentioned Darien Porter and Thornton as impressing him.

OTAs don't mean much, but really cool to hear good things about two guys i thought might be more project types from the draft

Projects or not, this team is thin enough at their positions where they will likely be learning on the job soon. Porter, especially, I am getting hyped on, but I could see a world with Thornton as the opening day deep threat every team needs.

 

[SDJohnny]

Maxx on his pod mentioned Darien Porter and Thornton as impressing him.

OTAs don't mean much, but really cool to hear good things about two guys i thought might be more project types from the draft

Projects or not, this team is thin enough at their positions where they will likely be learning on the job soon. Porter, especially, I am getting hyped on, but I could see a world with Thornton as the opening day deep threat every team needs.

Jacobi Meyers said a lot of positive things about Thronton's reciever skills.

"I like him a lot, actually. I didn't know much about him coming out. But now that he's here, just seeing the different parts of his game, like, he's not just a guy that can run fast. He has some real receiver capabilities. I'm excited to help him grow and push him along and just see what he can do on the field when the pads come on".

 

[Chaka]

Koonce practicing

 

[LawFitz]

Love and hate that this team has me excited again. Off we go again, Raiders. NFL such a racket!!

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Games I have circled as possibly attending this year: Titans, Jags, and Browns. Ticket prices are on the very low end and practical compared to the Cowgirls prices. Hopefully I've not been let down by their game play when October comes around

 

[SDJohnny]

Games I have circled as possibly attending this year: Titans, Jags, and Browns. Ticket prices are on the very low end and practical compared to the Cowgirls prices. Hopefully I've not been let down by their game play when October comes around

I'm going to Titans. Tickets were a little less than face value. Going to UNLV (Sat), see John Mulaney, and then Raiders.

 

[massraider]

When the Vegas deal was first on the menu, I figured a great benefit to having my home team in Vegas was going to games was going to be pretty affordable, for what you get. It's a lot more expensive to do Vegas than it used to be.

It's still better than planning trips to Indy or Detroit, but flights to Vegas, and the good hotels have really jumped in price

 

[DA RAIDERS]

When the Vegas deal was first on the menu, I figured a great benefit to having my home team in Vegas was going to games was going to be pretty affordable, for what you get. It's a lot more expensive to do Vegas than it used to be.

It's still better than planning trips to Indy or Detroit, but flights to Vegas, and the good hotels have really jumped in price

I may go back to road games. Vegas kinda sucks. I don’t like gambling. The tailgate blows except lot j and the prices are just stoooooopid

 

[krsone21]

I have read that TE Qadir Ismail has been impressing in practices. I'll have to keep an eye on him during pre-season games to see how he looks with pads on.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

When the Vegas deal was first on the menu, I figured a great benefit to having my home team in Vegas was going to games was going to be pretty affordable, for what you get. It's a lot more expensive to do Vegas than it used to be.

It's still better than planning trips to Indy or Detroit, but flights to Vegas, and the good hotels have really jumped in price

yeah, I can usually get a reasonable round trip flight out of Oakland and as long as I go with my dad the rooms are comp'd at Ceasar properties for us (combo our player cards) so it takes some of the sting out. That said the Steelers game I went to 2 years ago was lame since it was basically a Steelers home game and ticket prices were ridiculous.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

The opposing fans are a factor as well. When the raiders lose, which is often, just makes it worse.

 

[Chaka]

So, the Raiders acquired one DT in FA (Leki Fotu) and drafted 4th & 6th round DTs.

This is FBGs depth charts for the DL:
LDE: Maxx Crosby, Charles Snowden, Ovie Oghoufo, Jah Joyner
RDE: Malcolm Koonce, Tyree Wilson, Andre Carter, Jahfari Harvey
LDT: Christian Wilkins (Q), Leki Fotu, Tonka Hemingway, Anthony Booker, Zachary Carter, Treven Ma'ae
RDT: Adam Butler (Q), Jonah Laulu, JJ Pegues, Laki Tasi

Looking at this I see a DE rotation of Maxx (they need to get him to come off the field more. 95%+ snap counts are way too much), Koonce (because we all hope he is a gem) and Tyree.

No one else on the roster is screaming for a massive opportunity.

My prediction/belief is: Graham and Carroll love Tyree and he has a huge breakout season. I predict double digit sacks. He had 4.5 on a 50% snap rate last year, I predict 10+ on an 80% snap rate and Koonce becomes the rotation guy.

Seriously, why else didn't they address such a thin position?

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