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NFL 2018/2019 Thread

Johndicezx9 said:
The move to Vegas and their part of funding the new stadium has tapped them out. The NFL wants teams to put salary commitments for players in escrow accounts, and they didn’t have it. They’ve over-extended themselves at this point.

2 first round picks is a high price for the bears, a .500 team at best, and the lower salaries buy the Raiders time.
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I still don’t get it. If it’s just a matter of cash flow, well that’s why there are banks. To borrow from. :wow
 
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CocoLoco said:
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Seriously or just more “Eldy’s hopes and dreams?”
:rofl
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DON'T YOU RUIN IT FOR ME! :cry

Mike95060 said:
Prolly and Im totally ok with it.
WE THE CHAMPS ALL SEASON BISHES!!!
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I hate you. :|

Johndicezx9 said:
The move to Vegas and their part of funding the new stadium has tapped them out. The NFL wants teams to put salary commitments for players in escrow accounts, and they didn’t have it. They’ve over-extended themselves at this point.

2 first round picks is a high price for the bears, a .500 team at best, and the lower salaries buy the Raiders time.
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I am honestly surprised this deal happened, but with Green Bay fading, it seems like Chiraq and Mo-Town are trying hard to take advantage behind the powerhouse developing in Minnesota. I have to assume the Raiders plan is just to build a brave new world in Vegas.
 
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And the Raiders waive Martavis Bryant. Way to waste a 3rd round pick. WTF?
 
Move to Vegas already

I’m cheering for the 9ers this season :x
 
Wtf, you guys get a defensive player of the year, our defense sux ballz and u let him go.

This is not working well for the raiders at all
 
DTM74 said:
They'll get a high draft pick, he'll be a star, and they'll let him walk because they can't pay him :laughing
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In 2023... :laughing

It really is Gruden's big gamble at this point:

So here’s the deal: If a head coach feels like his team is a draft or two away, and he has a 27-year-old star who’s looking for a market-correcting contract, might it make sense to project at what level he’ll be playing two years from now? At that point, Mack will be five months from his 30th birthday, and if the Raiders had negotiated a deal with him (no sure thing), he’d be the most expensive non-quarterback player on the roster. Like I said, I wouldn’t deal him, but the idea that there’s no merit doing it—given the haul Oakland got from Chicago and where Gruden saw the team—is off-base. Now, Gruden better hit on those draft picks.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...oster-cut-down-day/ar-BBMKJkv?ocid=spartanntp

Whether this pans out a la Jimmy Johnson when he showed up and traded Herschel Walker in '89, or it flops, it's on Gruden. Gonna be a long couple of years, though.
 
fortunately the Raiders draft class looks great this year (sans trading away an extra 3rd round pick for Bryant). If anything it shows the thoughts of the GM and coach: the team has glaring needs at multiple positions. No wonder mckenzie picked two d-linemen and two o-linemen in the 1st 4 rounds. It sucks right now because there's no way you replace a player like Mack with one guy. Hopefully the trend of better draft classes continue into the coming years.

Carr signed a year early, and it hindered the ability to sign Mack. Can't have almost $50M of cap space taken by two players when there are so many other holes to fill. I'd rather have Mack than Carr, but it shows that even a slightly-above-average QB like him is sorely needed to even have a chance these days.
 
I am in the school of what good is a defensive star rusher when he's gonna get smothered in yellow flags anyway due to new rules.

Man, if Carr gets hurt or underperforms this year, well, that will then officially really, really hurt.
 
Bay Arean said:
I am in the school of what good is a defensive star rusher when he's gonna get smothered in yellow flags anyway due to new rules.

Man, if Carr gets hurt or underperforms this year, well, that will then officially really, really hurt.
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I get that, and also that a team needs a good qb above all else.

Mack didn't get a lot of flags (maybe I'm misremembering?). IMO that's part of what makes him special. But more importantly than that or his sack totals, is his ability to do something else on the play. Like a strip sack/fumble recovery, or a rush-tipped pass-then INT. He is truly a remarkable player.

I think I'm just putting the rose-colored glasses on with ignoring that this team is officially prioritizing future picks for Vegas to enjoy over being a better team now...however there also is no team that has two $20M+ guys. I would have been (super pleasantly) surprised if the Raiders of all teams would have been the first.

Yeah there's a real worry here that Carr may not live up to his...one...year of top-12 QB play. I'm hoping that Gruden's influence may help. We'll see very soon.
 
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Come to think of it, 2-14.

Gruden gets fired after a loss to the 49ers with a 1-6 record. :twofinger
 
Gruden has a guaranteed contract. He wont get fired. But he said he wouldn't take the Raiders money if he can't get it done. :laughing
 
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