NYRaider Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 2 hours ago, MrOaktown_56 said: Ziegler is doing a decent job so far. His approach to research allocation is very thoughtful. This draft will be very telling. With Champ Kelly in the building, they should hit a home run. I think his biggest mistake was letting Quinton Jefferson go for a pretty modest deal and signing Bilal Nichols in his place. If Jefferson was on the team, some of those 4th quarter losses could have gone the other way. Jefferson was a Gus Bradley guy that returned to Seattle to play in a scheme he's familiar with, who knows if he wanted to come back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOaktown_56 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 40 minutes ago, NYRaider said: Jefferson was a Gus Bradley guy that returned to Seattle to play in a scheme he's familiar with, who knows if he wanted to come back. We should have tried harder regardless. He was definitely our best interior pass rusher by far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humble_Beast Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 10 hours ago, MrOaktown_56 said: We should have tried harder regardless. He was definitely our best interior pass rusher by far. money talks, should have paid him after he balled out in 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agarcia34 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Andre James holds a 6.9 million cap number and a savings of 5 million if they cut him. Don’t see how he’s on this team for the 23 season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidersAreOne Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 31 minutes ago, agarcia34 said: Andre James holds a 6.9 million cap number and a savings of 5 million if they cut him. Don’t see how he’s on this team for the 23 season. His whole contract was such a weird, weird ordeal by our previous regime. They loved him so much to commit a big figure to an absolute unknown with little to no experience. Still so shocked. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 6 minutes ago, RaidersAreOne said: His whole contract was such a weird, weird ordeal by our previous regime. They loved him so much to commit a big figure to an absolute unknown with little to no experience. Still so shocked. And, AND traded away one of the best Centers in the game to do so. I guess Hudson is pretty much done now and we were shipping him out while we could still get something for him, but the succession plan was definitely not in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_palooka Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2023/1/16/23556729/las-vegas-raiders-news-nfl-offseason-resources Quote a study by Pro Football Focus’ Arjun Menon found that the Raiders have the fourth-most resources to improve their roster heading into the offseason. Menon quantified each team’s resources using the amount of draft capital, effective cap space and prorateable money each team has, placing a greater weight on each category in that order. Las Vegas currently has 11 draft picks, putting them in the 90th percentile of the study, about $11.8 million in effective cap space, per OverTheCap.com, which is in the 70th percentile, and their prorateable money is just shy of the 70th percentile. All of that gave the Silver and Black a 90.3 composite score, behind the Houston Texans (100.0), Chicago Bears (96.8) and Seattle Seahawks (93.6). However, the study includes Derek Carr’s contract, so the Raiders could potentially leapfrog the Seahawks after getting a boost in effective cap space once Carr comes off the books. Interesting study. Raiders have a lot to work with before they do anything with Carr. Up to DZ to maximize these resources now and build something. Won't be perfect next season, but should expect to see a major step in the right direction. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 12 hours ago, big_palooka said: https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2023/1/16/23556729/las-vegas-raiders-news-nfl-offseason-resources Interesting study. Raiders have a lot to work with before they do anything with Carr. Up to DZ to maximize these resources now and build something. Won't be perfect next season, but should expect to see a major step in the right direction. We already have our core of stud players on the roster. Just need to add the right pieces around them. I'm praying for the TB12 effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 14 hours ago, agarcia34 said: Andre James holds a 6.9 million cap number and a savings of 5 million if they cut him. Don’t see how he’s on this team for the 23 season. James has a $5.5M cap hit and we'd save $3.5M if we cut him. Bolden ($2.2M savings) and Nichols ($3.2M savings) are both obvious cut candidates as well. If we cut those three and trade Derek Carr we'll start the offseason with around $73M in cap space and we can create even more space with restructures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbsk Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 On 1/15/2023 at 8:57 PM, MrOaktown_56 said: We should have tried harder regardless. He was definitely our best interior pass rusher by far. I don’t recall him being anything special, a flash here and there maybe best of a bad bunch. I though Solomon Thomas was decent too. What has he done this year though, is it substantially more than Nichols? I’ve only seen the Seahawks once or twice and I don’t think he was starting, maybe rotating in. Genuinely curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_palooka Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Darbsk said: I don’t recall him being anything special, a flash here and there maybe best of a bad bunch. I though Solomon Thomas was decent too. What has he done this year though, is it substantially more than Nichols? I’ve only seen the Seahawks once or twice and I don’t think he was starting, maybe rotating in. Genuinely curious. Agreed. Only player I can point to that I'd like to have seen back is Morrow. He did well in Chicago and the LB depth was atrocious. Nixon turned into a hell of a KR. I question why Bisaccia didn't have him returning kicks in Vegas only to have him in Green Bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOaktown_56 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 36 minutes ago, big_palooka said: Agreed. Only player I can point to that I'd like to have seen back is Morrow. He did well in Chicago and the LB depth was atrocious. Nixon turned into a hell of a KR. I question why Bisaccia didn't have him returning kicks in Vegas only to have him in Green Bay. Jefferson had 5.5 sacks at DT and you didn’t want him back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOaktown_56 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Darbsk said: I don’t recall him being anything special, a flash here and there maybe best of a bad bunch. I though Solomon Thomas was decent too. What has he done this year though, is it substantially more than Nichols? I’ve only seen the Seahawks once or twice and I don’t think he was starting, maybe rotating in. Genuinely curious. He had 4 more sacks than Nichols and 40–50 pressures total. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_palooka Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 minute ago, MrOaktown_56 said: Jefferson had 5.5 sacks at DT and you didn’t want him back? At the time, no. He's just a guy. Was hoping they could upgrade the DT spot. But, I've been hopeful of that for 15 years now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humble_Beast Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 On 1/8/2023 at 9:39 PM, NYRaider said: Our opponents for next season… Home: Broncos, Chiefs, Chargers, Patriots, Jets, Packers, Vikings, Steelers, Giants Away: Broncos, Chiefs, Chargers, Bears, Lions, Dolphins, Bills, Colts Pretty favorable schedule, we’ll have 12 games in domes and only 4/17 games are in cold weather cities. (Denver, KC, Buffalo, and Chicago) Should keep DC one more season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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