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jumpman ii · Mar 17, 2015

Hope they still draft a RB.

ice city fc · Mar 17, 2015

We have to right.

jumpman ii · Mar 17, 2015

Trent going to be 3rd string

jumpman ii · Mar 17, 2015

@VicTafur: Richardson's deal is two years for $3.9 million, $8 million if he reaches incentives. #Raiders

ice city fc · Mar 17, 2015

Not a fan of that figure.

raider5 · Mar 17, 2015

Not bad. curious to see his guaranteed.

I wonder what those incentives include. At least that should give him some motivation...

MajinZuub · Mar 17, 2015

Less than 2 mil a year isn't that bad. He said they told him we're going to run a lot more of the formations he was in at Bama and that in Indy he didn't fit with the system (because not seeing holes is the systems fault :lol

) so he'll be more comfortable here. Typical FA signing response but I guess we'll see if there's any hope.

ice city fc · Mar 17, 2015

Yea I guess it's not that bad at all.

MajinZuub · Mar 17, 2015

If he is who we think he is he doesn't make it through pre-season

laker4lifeman · Mar 17, 2015

albooboo · Mar 17, 2015

we need a CB,OG, WR and DE and we go and sign a running back not surprised.

Johnny_Cakes · Mar 17, 2015

Reggae intends for the DBs we have now to develop and start. Any coming in now would purely be depth

sohi 23 · Mar 18, 2015

WR/Edge/OL should be the first 3 picks.

albooboo · Mar 18, 2015

@SoHi 23

I agree that we should go WR/DE/OL is we stay at 4.

we need the Browns to trade up. pick up a DE with the 12th pick, WR - DGB with the 19th pick. Our 2nd TE Maxx Willams or CB Peters from Washington. With our 3rd Tre Jackson from FSU or AJ Cann from SC.

jumpman ii · Mar 18, 2015

I really hope LW is there at 4.

albooboo · Mar 18, 2015

Jumpman II said:
I really hope LW is there at 4.

I wish this come true.

jumpman ii · Mar 18, 2015

the Kid gonna be a beast and he grew up a Raiders fan

MajinZuub · Mar 18, 2015

AlBooBoo said:
@SoHi 23

I agree that we should go WR/DE/OL is we stay at 4.

we need the Browns to trade up. pick up a DE with the 12th pick, WR - DGB with the 19th pick. Our 2nd TE Maxx Willams or CB Peters from Washington. With our 3rd Tre Jackson from FSU or AJ Cann from SC.

I don't want Maxx Williams or any of the other TE's in this draft. There's guaranteed going to be better value than him in the second.

albooboo · Mar 18, 2015

How about Perryman LB from the U or Armstead DE/DT from Oregon?

MajinZuub · Mar 18, 2015

I like both of them. Wouldn't be mad with either but I don't think we're going LB that high after the Lofton signing.

willie mcfly22 · Mar 18, 2015

interesting stat....
PEYTON MANNING LONGEST CAREER RUSH 33 YARDS...TRENT RICHARDSON LONGEST CAREER RUSH 32 YARDS

a one · Mar 18, 2015

The_Isomotion31 · Mar 18, 2015

Hardy signed with Dallas.

ihatemyshoes · Mar 19, 2015

Update on Coliseum City Project ...i've been keeping an close eye on this project ....some good news

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...y-floyd-kephart-oakland-raiders.html?page=all

jumpman ii · Mar 19, 2015

Coliseum City Article

Posted the article

Oakland's billion-dollar Coliseum City plan is ready for a big score

An agreement between Oakland and Alameda County that could pave the way for the massive Coliseum City development — including new stadiums for the Oakland Raiders and Oakland Athletics — will come before city and county leaders over the next few days.

Oakland City Council members are set to vote in a special session late Friday morning on a new exclusive negotiating agreement between the city, county and New City Development LLC, the group led by Floyd Kephart that is trying to pull together the project. The county could vote on the deal either Friday or Tuesday.

Bringing the city and county together on the exclusive negotiating agreement, or ENA, would be a major step forward in the $1.5 billion, 200-acre first phase of the Coliseum City project. It would mark the first time the city and county have addressed their joint ownership of the land that holds O.co Coliseum, the home of the Raiders and A's, and the Golden State Warriors' Oracle Arena.

New City in October won an ENA with the city, which expires April 21. But Kephart said his team — and the Raiders — has been hamstrung on development and financing plans for a 55,000-seat Raiders stadium without the county's involvement in land discussions for the new project.

"The No. 1 condition from the Raiders to stay is, 'Tell us how to deal with the land,'" Kephart said.

The new ENA continues to allow the Raiders and A's the option of bypassing New City and submitting their own stadium plans.

The soonest a new stadium could host the National Football League Raiders, who have made rumblings about moving to the Los Angeles area or San Antonio but recently signed a one-year Coliseum lease, would be the 2019 season, Kephart said. That assumes final approval of plans and permits next summer and a 32-month build-out.

"Everyone believes this could be done by 2019, if we just function," said Kephart, who last month was critical of the county's work toward bringing an ENA to a vote.

A three-way ENA also could unlock other parts of the Coliseum City plan, such as the development of nearly 5,800 housing units, office and retail space, infrastructure to support stadiums and larger, 800-acre project, and upgrades to BART's Coliseum station.

The new ENA expires Aug. 21, but New City must present "broad strokes" financing and site plans by June 21, Kephart said.

New City also must detail the public and private participants in the development and how the plan actually is funded.

At that point, it's put-up-or-shut-up time for New City and Kephart, who since October has said lining up money for Coliseum City and, specifically, a new Raiders stadium isn't the most vexing issue.

"We've always had that," Kephart said about the availability of money. "That's not my issue here. That's not my issue today. That's not my issue tomorrow. That's not my issue next week."
In addition to funds Kephart can access, Raiders principal owner Mark Davis has said that the team would put as much as $400 million in a new stadium.

The city and county will have 15 business days to approve or reject each plan that New City submits along the ENA path.

"It's a real agreement for performance," Kephart said.

The city, county or New City also can terminate the ENA at any time, Kephart said.
New City would have to find a way of dealing with the $100 million-plus debt remaining from the renovation of the Coliseum in the early 1990s, which wooed the Raiders back to Oakland from Los Angeles. "We have no thoughts on how that gets paid," Kephart said.
Raiders officials weren't immediately available to comment for this story, and phone calls to the offices of Alameda County Board of Supervisors President Scott Haggerty and Supervisor Nate Miley, who has proposed a half-billion renovation of the current Coliseum structure, weren't returned.

The new ENA shows the city and county are "committed to getting this done," Kephart said, specifically calling out the work of Haggerty, Oakland City Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and City Councilman Larry Reid.

Baseball's A's have nine years remaining on a 10-year lease signed last summer. The Warriors, meanwhile, have said they are committed to building a new arena in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood that will be ready for the tip off of the 2018-19 National Basketball Association season.

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