MikeT14 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Golic and Wingo had an interesting question on their show today, and I am curious to hear your thoughts. Who plays in an NFL regular season game first this season, Khalil Mack or Dez Bryant? inb4 another Mack thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elky Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Mack. We've shown zero interest in Dez despite the fact Cordarrelle Patterson is probably going to be a starter. Mack will eventually give in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Why are we comparing a holdout to a guy who is refusing to sign with teams? Why not compare holdout (Mack) to holdout (Earl Thomas)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 How is Dez not signed? Even washed up he's better than half the receivers in the league. Asking too much? Just swallow your pride and play on a one year small deal and prove yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmad Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Mack, Dez ain't playing this year because he's too much of an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 26 minutes ago, BayRaider said: How is Dez not signed? Even washed up he's better than half the receivers in the league. Asking too much? Just swallow your pride and play on a one year small deal and prove yourself. I don’t think it’s money at this point. He got an offer for 3yrs/$21M and a 1yr/$4M (IIRC). I think he realizes at this point he’s not getting a $10M+ contract. He turned down the Ravens and Browns, and allegedly wants a one year deal to increase his value. So with all that in mind, I assume that he wants to play with a good quarterback to buff up his numbers. Flacco won’t do that for him. And even if Tyrod or Baker could (which isn’t a sure thing), he’s not getting looks over Gordon and Landry. IMO he’s waiting for a great situation (NE, GB, NO, etc.) even if it costs him 2018 dollars and team chemistry. Not sure I’d have waited this long if I were him, but I see what he’s doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Mack will play first. I doubt he misses Week 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas5737 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 1 hour ago, BayRaider said: How is Dez not signed? Even washed up he's better than half the receivers in the league. Asking too much? Just swallow your pride and play on a one year small deal and prove yourself. I think he will. He just needs a situation where he will get starter snaps to prove himself. With Landry and Gordon starting and Callaway and Higgins having good showings I think Dez would get the 3rd most snaps at WR with Cleveland but I don't think he would get enough to put up numbers that would help him next year to get a big contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 37 minutes ago, Yin-Yang said: Mack will play first. I doubt he misses Week 1. I actually think it's a lock he misses week 1. Much more than that, I can't say. I can't imagine that he misses much more time after that, but I think at this point he's sticking to his guns and making a statement. He's going to go the Donald route last year and miss a game (or two), and then come back. I do think that Mack plays first though. At this point, I think Dez is banking on a serious injury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 40 minutes ago, Yin-Yang said: I don’t think it’s money at this point. He got an offer for 3yrs/$21M and a 1yr/$4M (IIRC). I think he realizes at this point he’s not getting a $10M+ contract. He turned down the Ravens and Browns, and allegedly wants a one year deal to increase his value. So with all that in mind, I assume that he wants to play with a good quarterback to buff up his numbers. Flacco won’t do that for him. And even if Tyrod or Baker could (which isn’t a sure thing), he’s not getting looks over Gordon and Landry. IMO he’s waiting for a great situation (NE, GB, NO, etc.) even if it costs him 2018 dollars and team chemistry. Not sure I’d have waited this long if I were him, but I see what he’s doing. Dez to Seattle confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabbs4u Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 4 hours ago, AFlaccoSeagulls said: Why are we comparing a holdout to a guy who is refusing to sign with teams? Why not compare holdout (Mack) to holdout (Earl Thomas)? This! If neither reports like Bell by Labor day should get fun!! I'd honestly give Thomas his Trade demand. Then send his happy arse to any team not named the Dallas Cowboys so he doesn't get his wish!! Somewhere cold, snowy and in the AFC. I'm dead serious! Cincinnati, Buffalo, Jets, Cleveland and say Cheers! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 3 hours ago, Forge said: I actually think it's a lock he misses week 1. Much more than that, I can't say. I can't imagine that he misses much more time after that, but I think at this point he's sticking to his guns and making a statement. He's going to go the Donald route last year and miss a game (or two), and then come back. I do think that Mack plays first though. At this point, I think Dez is banking on a serious injury Maybe, I just don’t get it. Why sacrifice game checks? The team knows he’s serious about wanting a long term deal. I know Donald came back to have a strong season (as de Chancellor) but I’ve seen plenty of guys come back from a holdout only to get injured (Johnson, Revis). If he’s serious about missing games and wants to hurt the team, he should sit later in the season when they’re competing for a playoff spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Once Aaron Donald gets his deal, the Raiders will get the deal done with Mack. $800K/week will sink in pretty quickly with Mack once the deadline approaches. I think he will be starting the Raiders Week 1 or Week 2 at the latest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidersAreOne Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 The 4th Raider related thread on this page alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarCrazy2832 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I'll say Mack. Dez's best chance was someone getting hurt week 3 of preseason but no one worth his salt should be playing week 4 preseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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