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Maclin for the right price yeah Incognito isn't even getting a visit.
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I think Incognito is done. I've always wanted Maclin, wanted him before Heyward-Bey in that draft.
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Feel like incognito would be an upgrade from Brisel and Lucas Nix...plus he'll prolly come cheap and re connect with Sporano.
let's be honest here...With the pieces we had at OLine I think they over achieved from what we thought going into the season...imagine if Sporano had some better players to coach with...
let's be honest here...With the pieces we had at OLine I think they over achieved from what we thought going into the season...imagine if Sporano had some better players to coach with...
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For the price. I'm down for Incognito. However, I thought Reggie had a focus on integrity so I don't think he will be invited especially with his twitter foolery as of late.
Macklin would be cool. I'd be down for him. How about Hakeen Nicks?
Macklin would be cool. I'd be down for him. How about Hakeen Nicks?
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Sydney Rice anyone?
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I don't know if he can stay healthy. Him, Streater and Holmes are some big *** targets for whoever is the QB next season though.
However, I still have hope in Denarius Moore being a Marvin Harrison type WR.
However, I still have hope in Denarius Moore being a Marvin Harrison type WR.
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I can him being cheap. IMO it would be worth the risk
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Sydney Rice wouldn't be any more effective than Streater/Holmes were last season. Watkins is the real deal but I still don't want a WR with the first rounder.
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Almost March Reggie is going to have to put in work.
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There are a lot of quality WR in this draft, so if we pass Watkins when he's there I don't think I'll be too upset, especially if we trade down.
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[h1]Raiders sign CB Taiwan Jones to three-year, $4.355 million extenstion[/h1]
Posted by Mike Wilkening on February 24, 2014, 2:23 PM EST
The Raiders have signed one of their key special teams players to a contract extension.
The team announced Monday it had reached a new three-year contract with reserve cornerback, a converted running back who paced the club in special teams tackles (13) in 2013.
Jones’ new deal is for $4.355 million over three years, a league source told PFT’s Mike Florio. All told, he is due $5 million over the next four years, making him one of the NFL’s highest-paid special teams players.
Jones, 25, is now signed through 2017.
“It’s a blessing,” said Jones, who attended high school in Antioch, California, in a team-issued press release. “It’s rare to see and to know that my local team wants me to stay home, and it’s just a blessing. I’m glad to be part of it, happy to remain here and there are big things coming that I am happy to be part of it.”
By extending Jones now, the Raiders would seem to be banking on the 6-foot, 197-pound Jones continuing his improvement as a cornerback while remaining a core special teams performer.
Posted by Mike Wilkening on February 24, 2014, 2:23 PM EST
The Raiders have signed one of their key special teams players to a contract extension.
The team announced Monday it had reached a new three-year contract with reserve cornerback, a converted running back who paced the club in special teams tackles (13) in 2013.
Jones’ new deal is for $4.355 million over three years, a league source told PFT’s Mike Florio. All told, he is due $5 million over the next four years, making him one of the NFL’s highest-paid special teams players.
Jones, 25, is now signed through 2017.
“It’s a blessing,” said Jones, who attended high school in Antioch, California, in a team-issued press release. “It’s rare to see and to know that my local team wants me to stay home, and it’s just a blessing. I’m glad to be part of it, happy to remain here and there are big things coming that I am happy to be part of it.”
By extending Jones now, the Raiders would seem to be banking on the 6-foot, 197-pound Jones continuing his improvement as a cornerback while remaining a core special teams performer.
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Him being able to spend time at CB makes this a great deal. Money well spent.
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Hopefully Houston & Veldeer gets signed next
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and draft wise, bc i doubt we'll get clowney or khalil mack
if dee ford drops to the second round, i'd really like that pick
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Sammy Watkins ran an unofficial 4.34 in the 40 at the combine (official time was 4.43). And people were saying he's slow. He's not Al's definition of fast, but he ain't slow.
I won't be mad if we take him. Watkins as our play-making WR1 and Streater as our jump-ball/possession WR2.
I'd say Mack has a good chance of dropping to us with all the QBs.
I won't be mad if we take him. Watkins as our play-making WR1 and Streater as our jump-ball/possession WR2.
I'd say Mack has a good chance of dropping to us with all the QBs.
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I wouldn't be mad if we took Watkins either! I just don't want Bortles
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Report: Johnny Manziel impressed Raiders at combine
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap20...t-johnny-manziel-impressed-raiders-at-combine
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Of course you guys are impressed by an above average 40 time
Al Davis still alive?
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[h1]Not yet 'put-up-or-shut-up'for Raiders' owner Mark Davis[/h1]
http://www.sfgate.com/sports/articl...owner-5267649.php?cmpid=twitter-mobile#page-1
Most people didn't enjoy the Super Bowl blowout, but Raiders owner Mark Davis said he was riveted.
"People who said it was boring, they're crazy," Davis said. "It was a scientific dismantling of Peyton Manning. They're showing how to do it. I was intensely interested.
"The Seahawks looked like the old Raiders on defense. Tough. Confident. Four-man rush. Not a lot of blitzing. Just beat them up."
Davis is trying to get the Raiders back to their long-lost days of excellence, and is trying to be patient with general manager Reggie McKenzie and head coach Dennis Allen after back-to-back 4-12 seasons.
Davis sat down for a one-on-one with The Chronicle at the NFL combine in Indianapolis, a night after he finished team interviews with the top quarterbacks in the draft, including Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater. Davis touched on wanting an identity for the Raiders, the team's $64.5 million in salary cap space and where he and McKenzie don't see eye to eye:
Q: The NFL is a quarterback league. How important is it to get one, and how much has it set you back not having one?
A: In my opinion, the quarterback is the driving force in the league. As you can see right now. Everybody that is winning has a quarterback. But there are different ways to go about getting one. The Colts drafted Andrew Luck and built their team around him. Denver had the infrastructure and then plugged Peyton Manning in there. Kansas City, same thing. They had everything set up but just didn't have the quarterback - they were actually inept the year before and we beat them twice.
So, the way I look at it is you can't force it. If there is a guy there at No. 5 in the draft that you really believe can be your franchise quarterback - and he doesn't have to be your franchise quarterback this year, but somebody that will be in the next year or two - then you think about it. But if not, then pick another guy who is going to be a leader for your organization.
We have to find somebody in the draft or in free agency that is going to be the identity of the Raiders. I don't know if we really have an identity now.
The two guys that we've got, Terrelle (Pryor) and Matt (McGloin), are young guys that still need experience. Whether they get that here or not is to be seen.
Q: When you sit down with one of these young quarterbacks at the combine, what are you looking to see?
A: I think everybody is looking for something different, to be honest. I haven't really sat down with Reggie and Dennis to see what they're looking for in a quarterback, but I know what I am kind of looking for. We only interviewed six or seven of them, and I just wanted to see what they had to say. You're limited to the amount of people you can interview. Then, of course, there are the pro days.
Q: (Louisville quarterback Teddy) Bridgewater said you guys were laughing, having a ball in there.
A: He's a great guy. I like him a lot. ... They're all good guys.
Q: It is a very deep draft. Is taking the best player available the way to go, given all your needs?
A: I would think so. But I don't know if you can fully go with the best player available. My philosophy would be to start building the foundation of the team. Wide receiver - there are a lot of them this year - but I don't know if you can take a receiver at No. 5 because we have so many other needs for the foundation of the franchise.
Q: With the roster upheaval the last couple of years and all the salary cap space available, would you say this is the Raiders' most important offseason in awhile?
A: Every offseason is the most important at that time, but this is one that we've been building toward the last few years. ... So, yeah, there is no question. We have to hit it right now. The coaches, they're all signed. Dennis Allen has every coach that he wanted. Everybody was all worried about that on the outside, but on the inside we knew what we were doing.
Reggie (McKenzie) has the fifth pick in the draft, and we have almost every one of our picks. We have to hit it now.
Q: Is this a put-up-or-shut-up season?
A: It's not put-up-or-shut-up, but there are no excuses. Alright? When I said there was a deconstruction and a reconstruction period, that was to give an idea of what's actually been happening, but it's no excuse. In my mind.
It was a description. But at the same time, even though we've been deconstructing, that didn't mean we couldn't have been adding players over these last two years that could be part of the foundation of this franchise. And I am not so sure that we've done that yet.
Q: Is it safe to say you were disappointed in last season?
A: Absolutely. Yeah. I have been disappointed the last two years. I want to win.
Q: But given the roster cuts, you must have been braced for a little bit of a rocky road?
A: Absolutely. The deconstruction part has been done very well. I am just not sure that we put pieces in place. Like I said, I am still looking for the identity of this franchise.
Q: You've said that Reggie is your guy, from day one. What are your thoughts on the job that Dennis has done? Has he grown in your eyes a little bit?
A: He's Reggie's guy. Reggie is my guy. Reggie made a statement that I don't particularly agree with. I went to school in Chico, and 4-12 last year and 4-12 this year are the same thing to me. I don't find one better than the other. (Laughing) We do math differently at Chico State than they do in Tennessee.
Losing those last games last year was not good. And the way we lost them was terrible. But ... looking at the whole thing, this is where we are, and these guys have an opportunity to show what they can do. There are no built-in excuses anymore.
Q: Did going 1-8 down the stretch give you any pause that you have the right guys in place?
A: When you're not winning, there are always thoughts. But you have to look at the whole picture. You can't act on emotion. You just can't do it. I see continuity being a good thing but you have to have the right kind of continuity. I am giving these guys a chance to do it. It's tough at times. We had these games that we were ahead at halftime and then we lose them. It's hard to have patience when you see that. Being patient is tough.
Q: Tough schedule next year. That won't be an excuse?
A: Hell no. You just have to go out and win.
Q: And you have $65 million in cap space. That has to be exciting.
A: It's absolutely exciting. The table is set for the Raiders to start building for the future. My goal is to get to multiple Super Bowls, not a one-and-done deal.
Q: I know you enjoy dealing with the fans. Does not having won for 12 years make that harder?
A: It hits me in the heart. Everybody, wherever you go, everybody loves the Raiders, the mystique. It's amazing. ... My real goal is to perpetuate the legacy of my father. I am not here to do anything for me. The Raiders are a way of life for a lot of people, and it's my responsibility to get that back, that pride, that poise, that commitment to excellence. Those things are things that people live by, and we have to get it back for them.
Vic Tafur is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: [email protected]Twitter: @VicTafur
http://www.sfgate.com/sports/articl...owner-5267649.php?cmpid=twitter-mobile#page-1
Most people didn't enjoy the Super Bowl blowout, but Raiders owner Mark Davis said he was riveted.
"People who said it was boring, they're crazy," Davis said. "It was a scientific dismantling of Peyton Manning. They're showing how to do it. I was intensely interested.
"The Seahawks looked like the old Raiders on defense. Tough. Confident. Four-man rush. Not a lot of blitzing. Just beat them up."
Davis is trying to get the Raiders back to their long-lost days of excellence, and is trying to be patient with general manager Reggie McKenzie and head coach Dennis Allen after back-to-back 4-12 seasons.
Davis sat down for a one-on-one with The Chronicle at the NFL combine in Indianapolis, a night after he finished team interviews with the top quarterbacks in the draft, including Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater. Davis touched on wanting an identity for the Raiders, the team's $64.5 million in salary cap space and where he and McKenzie don't see eye to eye:
Q: The NFL is a quarterback league. How important is it to get one, and how much has it set you back not having one?
A: In my opinion, the quarterback is the driving force in the league. As you can see right now. Everybody that is winning has a quarterback. But there are different ways to go about getting one. The Colts drafted Andrew Luck and built their team around him. Denver had the infrastructure and then plugged Peyton Manning in there. Kansas City, same thing. They had everything set up but just didn't have the quarterback - they were actually inept the year before and we beat them twice.
So, the way I look at it is you can't force it. If there is a guy there at No. 5 in the draft that you really believe can be your franchise quarterback - and he doesn't have to be your franchise quarterback this year, but somebody that will be in the next year or two - then you think about it. But if not, then pick another guy who is going to be a leader for your organization.
We have to find somebody in the draft or in free agency that is going to be the identity of the Raiders. I don't know if we really have an identity now.
The two guys that we've got, Terrelle (Pryor) and Matt (McGloin), are young guys that still need experience. Whether they get that here or not is to be seen.
Q: When you sit down with one of these young quarterbacks at the combine, what are you looking to see?
A: I think everybody is looking for something different, to be honest. I haven't really sat down with Reggie and Dennis to see what they're looking for in a quarterback, but I know what I am kind of looking for. We only interviewed six or seven of them, and I just wanted to see what they had to say. You're limited to the amount of people you can interview. Then, of course, there are the pro days.
Q: (Louisville quarterback Teddy) Bridgewater said you guys were laughing, having a ball in there.
A: He's a great guy. I like him a lot. ... They're all good guys.
Q: It is a very deep draft. Is taking the best player available the way to go, given all your needs?
A: I would think so. But I don't know if you can fully go with the best player available. My philosophy would be to start building the foundation of the team. Wide receiver - there are a lot of them this year - but I don't know if you can take a receiver at No. 5 because we have so many other needs for the foundation of the franchise.
Q: With the roster upheaval the last couple of years and all the salary cap space available, would you say this is the Raiders' most important offseason in awhile?
A: Every offseason is the most important at that time, but this is one that we've been building toward the last few years. ... So, yeah, there is no question. We have to hit it right now. The coaches, they're all signed. Dennis Allen has every coach that he wanted. Everybody was all worried about that on the outside, but on the inside we knew what we were doing.
Reggie (McKenzie) has the fifth pick in the draft, and we have almost every one of our picks. We have to hit it now.
Q: Is this a put-up-or-shut-up season?
A: It's not put-up-or-shut-up, but there are no excuses. Alright? When I said there was a deconstruction and a reconstruction period, that was to give an idea of what's actually been happening, but it's no excuse. In my mind.
It was a description. But at the same time, even though we've been deconstructing, that didn't mean we couldn't have been adding players over these last two years that could be part of the foundation of this franchise. And I am not so sure that we've done that yet.
Q: Is it safe to say you were disappointed in last season?
A: Absolutely. Yeah. I have been disappointed the last two years. I want to win.
Q: But given the roster cuts, you must have been braced for a little bit of a rocky road?
A: Absolutely. The deconstruction part has been done very well. I am just not sure that we put pieces in place. Like I said, I am still looking for the identity of this franchise.
Q: You've said that Reggie is your guy, from day one. What are your thoughts on the job that Dennis has done? Has he grown in your eyes a little bit?
A: He's Reggie's guy. Reggie is my guy. Reggie made a statement that I don't particularly agree with. I went to school in Chico, and 4-12 last year and 4-12 this year are the same thing to me. I don't find one better than the other. (Laughing) We do math differently at Chico State than they do in Tennessee.
Losing those last games last year was not good. And the way we lost them was terrible. But ... looking at the whole thing, this is where we are, and these guys have an opportunity to show what they can do. There are no built-in excuses anymore.
Q: Did going 1-8 down the stretch give you any pause that you have the right guys in place?
A: When you're not winning, there are always thoughts. But you have to look at the whole picture. You can't act on emotion. You just can't do it. I see continuity being a good thing but you have to have the right kind of continuity. I am giving these guys a chance to do it. It's tough at times. We had these games that we were ahead at halftime and then we lose them. It's hard to have patience when you see that. Being patient is tough.
Q: Tough schedule next year. That won't be an excuse?
A: Hell no. You just have to go out and win.
Q: And you have $65 million in cap space. That has to be exciting.
A: It's absolutely exciting. The table is set for the Raiders to start building for the future. My goal is to get to multiple Super Bowls, not a one-and-done deal.
Q: I know you enjoy dealing with the fans. Does not having won for 12 years make that harder?
A: It hits me in the heart. Everybody, wherever you go, everybody loves the Raiders, the mystique. It's amazing. ... My real goal is to perpetuate the legacy of my father. I am not here to do anything for me. The Raiders are a way of life for a lot of people, and it's my responsibility to get that back, that pride, that poise, that commitment to excellence. Those things are things that people live by, and we have to get it back for them.
Vic Tafur is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: [email protected]Twitter: @VicTafur
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I think it's safe to say Mark will be giving Reggie and DA the boot if this season is a bust.
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Yup. I feel AFC West will be a competitive & interesting division pending on who's on our roster. Expect our defense to be good since DA supposedly a def minded coach
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Great interview by Mark Davis.
