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I believe Gruden has already traded our practice squad to Tampa Bay for a plate of Hooters fried pickles and a Corona.
I have seen nothing that suggests Reggie and Gruden are not on the same page and working together. The first class of draft with them working together looks very promising.
This last trade fleecing DAL should have brought them that much closer together - in celebration, if nothing else.
Except for Gruden systematically getting rid of all of Reggie's high profile draft picks. Other than that Reggie's prospects look as solid as molasses in Arizona in July.
We now have what looks like a top 5 pick and two top 15 picks for next years draft. We also now suddenly have a good amount of cap room to make some FA moves as well. I never seen Reggie as a ego guy. I think he is very willing to work with Gruden to remake the team into a team that Gruden wants with players that he wants. I think people over play the fact that these players were "Reggies guys".... ALL the players other than rookies were "Reggies guys". This move is night and day different from Mack. Mack had lived up and then some to his name. Cooper has certainly shown the flashes of what his talent says he can be but he also never showed the demand of a true star #1 and the drops were maddening. Getting a 1 for him and not have to worry about his contract on top of the $13 he will get paid? Yea, we fleeced DAL there. Will Reggie leave? I dunno for sure but almost all of what I hear about him leaving is people taking guesses that all these moves are all Gruden and Reggie is not happy about it. I think that is silly.
Potential sure..... if their QB can throw straight. As I said when the deal went down. It isn't about how Mack plays. It is all about how Trubisky plays. He is hit and miss. I don't think they will make the playoffs myself.
About 9 pages got purged from this thread and that post was probably one of them. ?
Boy, I've seen em on different pages for ahwile now. Recently, obviously, Gruden is getting rid of all of Reggie's guys. And backwhen the Mack trade went down, Gruden was quoted saying something to the effect that he didn't know a Raiders second was in the deal and he wasn't involved in it.
His twitter account makes it clear he's not a Rhodes scholar. I'm wondering if he doesn't have it between the ears to be an NFL player.
? Hey, what can I say, I'm an optimist. Heck, I was an idiot enough to see em winning 11 games this year.
Raiders do not have the talent to win games. They barely had the talent to stay competitive when Lynch and Cooper were on the field. The Raiders may accidentally win a game or two this season but no more.
Do we really think that all of these moves happen without it being discussed by everyone internally? Do you think these moves are happening in complete isolation from Reggie?Ed Wood said:
Colts have a high scoring offense and Luck is one of the better QBs in terms of tossing 15 TDs in the last four games with a patchwork crew of receivers. Chargers look like they can vie with the Chiefs for the division, and are clearly in a better class than us. Denver, not so much -- we played them close in Mile High, and our next game is at home, so will optimistically say the Raiders can win that one. 49ers are a complete wild card, as their D can be shredded but Beathard sometimes looks poised back there.Ed Wood said:
Great post. This part really sticks out to me. So many things went our way that year, could have easily been 8-8 at the end of the season or worse.
They were probably surprised they got a 1st for Cooper. Can't really blame them for taking the deal, especially if they weren't planning on bringing him back. And watch Cooper is gonna have a monster 2nd half of the season with the Cowboys. That's just how those things work out for the Raiders. Cooper is a good kid, but he needs a fire lit under his a##. Maybe this will do it.
Other than the drops it is hard to say 'he is not doing this' or 'he is deficient in this area'. It just seems that he is missing a killer instinct type of competitiveness that propels talent to greatness. I would not argue with someone saying it was that mysterious X factor that is missing.Ed Wood said:
I stopped believing outlining reports with the Raiders a long time ago.Ed Wood said:
You're probably right, but they could use help on D and I remember hearing somewhere that they were hot on Joseph's tail during his NFL draft. Hoping they see that the Raiders have grossly miscast this guy as a SS, when clearly he's a FS. And IMO would be a solid one on the right team.
Wait, the same Tim Brown who was so incredibly vocal -- publicly and otherwise -- in criticizing Al, Norv Turner, and the Raider front office so much about his reduced role in the offense (while he was a Raider and even after he was released in '04 to join Gruden's Bucs for one year) that when he had his big news conference to end his career -- 16 years as "Mr. Raider" -- only Amy Trask and a few guys from finance showed up to the ceremony?
It's not Timmy's fault that Al could be a petty, vindictive #######. And neither Al or Timmy's personality has anything to do with how hard Timmy worked to be great. Timmy bled for the Raiders.
Without a doubt. No knock on TIm, one of my favorite Raider receivers, and a sheer joy to watch.
Likely because they see this year's draft class of Bosa, Rashan Gary, Raekwon Davis, and Clelin Ferrell as being deep, with other potential guys that can convert to ends (Sweat, Dexter Lawrence), etc.
