To add for clarity, the Raiders have anywhere from $40M to $50M in cap space AFTER those signings and including Crosby

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

To add for clarity, the Raiders have anywhere from $40M to $50M in cap space AFTER those signings and including Crosby

Yeh they had a vault of money to start with...

42 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

Why Calcaterra?

I hope it's just so they can feel like they don't have anyone on the roster so they don't "need" a TE in the draft...and once they draft (hopefully) a solid TE prospect or two, Calcaterra gets cut later.

Dejean will be a safety. Everyone just accept it. Will there be a pass rusher available at 23 better than Smith Hunt, doubtful.

Eagles going OL and WR/TE first 2 picks. Bank on it.

I could see them going QB before any position on defense in rounds 1 and 2.

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

Can they though? Just because a contract has contingencies and start date doesn’t mean it’s not enforceable.

There’s no contract. They had an agreement in principal. Frank Gore backed out before official. Others have changed their mind before official too. The deals not official and there was nothing submitted to the league, so why not?

3 minutes ago, DaBirds said:

Wtf??

He's a moron.

1 minute ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

Dejean will be a safety. Everyone just accept it. Will there be a pass rusher available at 23 better than Smith Hunt, doubtful.

Eagles going OL and WR/TE first 2 picks. Bank on it.

I could see them going QB before any position on defense in rounds 1 and 2.

No he wont.

6 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

There’s nothing stopping Dallas from backing out of Gary. Not that they would, but they could.

As frequently as JJ likes trading and giving assets away to GB he ain't gonna back out now...he may throw in one of the 5th rd comp picks he got this year before tomorrow as it is.

Giants signed a tank of a FB in Ricard

34 minutes ago, T-1000 said:

Back to the Eagles, you don't think they would actually be done at TE and go into the draft with Calcaterra and Mundt? What an absolute crap show nightmare that would be. Until/if they sign a legit number 1 TE I am officially concerned.

Depends: do they draft a top TE that would be a day 1 starter, who is a good receiver and at least a pretty good blocker?

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

There’s no contract. They had an agreement in principal. Frank Gore backed out before official. Others have changed their mind before official too. The deals not official and there was nothing submitted to the league, so why not?

I could potentially see the league AND the NFLPA trying to wedge in here somehow...anyone know if this has ever happened before? I would think it has...This many trades into the Tampering/FA period probably hasn't been seen before though.

41 minutes ago, justwinbaby said:

DEI will do that

51 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

I can't remember the last time I've seen this

Frank Gore in their front office?

The timing

I'm a workout/athlete guy for most positions, but not typically CB, which I often label as a read&react position more than a downhill position. However, extreme speed does help with recovery. Not needing to recover in the first place helps even more.

That said, I LOVE the Riq Woolen signing. Young, upside, extreme athleticism...and pretty darn good coverage metrics. But maybe most importantly:

All CBs, even the elite of the elite (Surtain, Q, Sauce)...they can be beaten. (Just ask Q about the 1st quarter of the 49er game). When you get the elite island aura is when you have an elite CB on a defense with adjacent holes in the secondary and the discrepancy results in them being completely ignored. (Even Asante reached this point one year with us). For that reason with Q and Coop orbiting 2/3 of the WRs on the field, Woolen will get targeted a lot. And he's a freaking playmaker. If your secondary becomes a funnel for the opposing team to target the guy with a knack for INTs, I'd say that's a bigger problem for the other team than it is for us.

5 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

I could potentially see the league AND the NFLPA trying to wedge in here somehow...anyone know if this has ever happened before? I would think it has...This many trades into the Tampering/FA period probably hasn't been seen before though.

How would they? There was no contract. Either team is completely within their rights to back out before they submit it to the league. They usually don't because it gets you a bad reputation, but they broke no rules.

Howie signed one blocking TE and couldn’t resist sneaking Calcaterra back on the roster. Jeez.

58 minutes ago, RLC said:

Noooooooooooo

Can't all be home runs

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

I'm a workout/athlete guy for most positions, but not typically CB, which I often label as a read&react position more than a downhill position. However, extreme speed does help with recovery. Not needing to recover in the first place helps even more.

That said, I LOVE the Riq Woolen signing. Young, upside, extreme athleticism...and pretty darn good coverage metrics. But maybe most importantly:

All CBs, even the elite of the elite (Surtain, Q, Sauce)...they can be beaten. (Just ask Q about the 1st quarter of the 49er game). When you get the elite island aura is when you have an elite CB on a defense with adjacent holes in the secondary and the discrepancy results in them being completely ignored. (Even Asante reached this point one year with us). For that reason with Q and Coop orbiting 2/3 of the WRs on the field, Woolen will get targeted a lot. And he's a freaking playmaker. If your secondary becomes a funnel for the opposing team to target the guy with a knack for INTs, I'd say that's a bigger problem for the other team than it is for us.

I have said I want CB2 to be a playmaker because Q and Coop have not been generating INTs. Woolen will do that.

Calcaterra is going to have a 10 year Eagles career.

Just now, NOTW said:

Anything to piss him off

Ryan Grant got that contract? Lol