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Snead is a good WR 3 or 4 but he is going to see the field more often than we would like. Brown and Ruggs will probably miss games due to injury. Edwards showed very little last season to think that he can be relied upon. It was a short season and no rookie WRs did any good so maybe he has a chance.
Awesome news. This is huge if they were able to front load some of the new monies into this year's cap, making the long-term cap costs much less than $18 MM per. Big win for team and player if so.
Whether it does or not, the contract will seem like a huge bargain soon. You lock him in for 5 years, and he's only #5 in money now?
What a bargain! Kolton likes being a Raider, that's a positive sign. Nice to see some of the foundation staying in place.
Great news indeed. Hopefully seven years from now we won't be talking about how Gruden's first pick ended up being his best one.
Outside of Ingram, I am not sure there are any LBs that I would really care to add. Maybe Kwon Alexander?
any warm body, that's played in NFL? they have 4 dudes you've heard of. and 4 dudes, with a total of 9 tackles in the NFL.
Gruden is so far behind the game. He’s collecting running backs while the D can’t stop anyone. The secondary is still horrible.lot of the info in this article, is why i'm not in love with the drake signing. i didn't know the raiders are the only team with 2 rbs with 10M+ guaranteed.
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drake is upbeat about his role, but of course he is. gruden is being tricksy gruden.
This is damn good business right here. Front load the deal right now, since they had extra cap space to work with; and then be setup to pay him relative cap peanuts in '23-25. This only works for character guys who won't then pout and/or hold out if they outperform the deal down the line. Seems like Miller is one of those, so good for him (to lock up a huge immediate pay raise) and for the team (to lock up long-term value and cap flexibility with an ascending premium-position player).
lot of the info in this article, is why i'm not in love with the drake signing. i didn't know the raiders are the only team with 2 rbs with 10M+ guaranteed.
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drake is upbeat about his role, but of course he is. gruden is being tricksy gruden.
Eh, if you look at that list of RBs, I think I'd take the Jacobs/Drake $23 MM combo over most of the contracts on the list. Note, I said contracts, not players. In the upside scenario, the Jacobs/Drake combo performance could easily match the top players on this list, or at least come reasonably close at a fraction of the cost. Eww, that Zeke deal.
agreed. in a vacuum, i'm stoked to have drake on the team. but the D needed/needs so much help. and if tricksy gruden has him returning kicks and playing wr, does it make sense? and don't forget the 3.5M for richard.
I just took a look at some hilites of this guy. He looks more like THill than Ruggs ever will. I could actually see Gruden taking this dude and hoping they'll win a lot of 50-48 games. If not with the 20th pick, then moving up to get another 1.
Not seeing Hill in his highlights. Mecole Hardman, yes. Tyreek the Freak, no. Nowhere near enough in that reel to make him worth taking over an impact defender for the Raiders IMO.
If the Chiefs don't invest in their line they are morons who are going to get their best asset killed.
I definitely like the cost of Brown vs. Agholor. My biggest concern with Brown is that he seems to hurt often. The Raiders don’t really have any WRs on the roster other than Renfrow. Relying on a player that misses games every season due to injury seems stupid.Chadstroma said:
His highlights are a blast. Anyone who hasn't YouTubed, I recommend.Ed Wood said:
Agree. The Raiders don’t need gimmick players. They need to fill holes on D and the o line. This type of player is fun to take in later rounds when you are just rolling the dice. Gruden seems to roll the dice against the odds with every pick which is why his drafts are failures.
Some guy with SI has the 9ers interested at 12 (and 43), Washington at 19, Indy at 21 and the Chiefs at 31. I agree between the lack of production years 1-3 and just one year of standout ball, he'd be a gamble going that high.
We signed him. Obviously I am happy. Good depth as a SS and can fill in at FS (I seem to remember him playing some the first go round with us) I still want a true FS to start though. Maybe we look for one in the 2nd?ICON211 said:
insurance for capt concussion?
I was just coming to post!!! Some fantastic stuff and I'm only a third of the way thru it. Al's greatest coaching hire. Here's to 85, John.
Ronnie Lott. (My board is 30 years old.) All they have to do is move up from 20 to 19.
Kyle Pitts.
