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Re: Gannon to stay a Raider!
« Reply #2 on: Mar 2nd, 2004, 8:51pm » |
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Well, if you believe Gannon's got anything left in the tank. I think to think he is going to return to solid #2 FF QB form, no less #1 FF QB form, would be foolhardy. I suppose it is better news than hearing he is done, but that's about it.
Quote:| ...but not at all surprising. To me anyway, and some other guys on here that I have had conversations with about this subject. |
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Re: Gannon to stay a Raider!
« Reply #3 on: Mar 3rd, 2004, 12:15am » |
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Well, I still think Gannon has some left in the tank. I think he is still a #1 QB..just my opinion though. 
Will he produce top 10-12 stats, I don't know. I want to yes, but being logical, I would say no, but the issues last year were more so due to Callahan's offensive schemes and poor play by the WRs and OL, than Gannon's poor decisions. His WRs are getting old, Brown should just retire, Porter needs to show more, A LOT MORE! 
Rich will still post top 20 #s. that makes him a good backup. They have Fargas, who has always had injury issues, Porter, some good young TEs and will draft a WR. Fitzgerald or Williams will be in sliver and black next year, that's a given. Unless of course they trade for T.O., which I think is still a strong possibilty. 
the entire Raiders team si not what it used to be, but Turner's offense will give Gannon a much betetr than average shot to be a good #2 FF QB, if not a poor #1.
My bet: 3200-3600 yds and 18-24 TDS, 10-14 INTs. Not to bad at all for a #2 QB.
Of course if you have Daunte or Favre on your team he is more of a security blanket, but if he already have both  , you will be just fine!
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Re: Raiders Offseason Report
« Reply #7 on: Mar 17th, 2004, 2:19pm » |
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Well, Rich Gannon is apparently on the mend. But, for how much longer does he fit into the Raiders' plans? Here's what "The REAL Feed" says:
QB Gannon expected to be ready for minicamps
NFL.com (16.03.2004 23:24)
Rich Gannon is progressing in his recovery from shoulder surgery and the Raiders are optimistic their veteran quarterback will be ready for a mandatory minicamp.
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AP report -
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/football/nfl/oakland_r aiders/8202682.htm;
Local report, suspect, though, considering the author's erroneous allusion to Jeff Garcia -
http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~10847~2022852,00.html.
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Re: Raiders Offseason Report
« Reply #13 on: Mar 20th, 2004, 7:51pm » |
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Sapp should look good in Silver and Black he is over 30, has a big mouth, attitude, washed up, and now is over paid. Sapp is past his prime and is now just one of the most over hyped players in the league.
I think this was horrible move by the slavemasters  (Raiders). They could have spent their money a lot more wisely than this. Don't they have more important needs to spend their money on like QB, RB, LB, WR, among many others. This is the reason why they have cap problems  .
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Re: Raiders Offseason Report
« Reply #16 on: Mar 24th, 2004, 6:34pm » |
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More inside stuff on the Sapp deal....
EXCLUSIVE SAPP NEGOTIATION DETAILS
In the wake of the stunning, last-minute courtship of defensive tackle Warren Sapp by the Raiders, we've gathered some exclusive details regarding the manner in which the deal went down -- and regarding the Raiders' plans for the veteran defensive tackle.
First, we've confirmed that the Raiders literally came out of the blue with on Friday night, after Sapp had decided that he'd focus on getting a deal done with the Bengals.
We're told that, after Raiders owner Al Davis became aware of Internet reports linking Sapp to Cincy, Mike Lombardi called Sapp's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, and Lombardi expressed a strong interest in getting something done.
It was the Raiders' first serious overture to Rosenhaus, we're told, primarily because Davis wanted to be sure that Tampa Bay was out of the picture before the Raiders entered the bidding. Davis's biggest fear was that he'd spark a premature bidding war with the Buccaneers, given the recent history of acrimony between the two franchises.
Sure, the Bucs didn't want Sapp back. But if they thought the Raiders wanted him, G.M. Bruce Allen and coach Jon Gruden might have changed their tunes.
At the time the Raiders got involved, the Bengals had upped their offer to Sapp from four years and $16 million to roughly $18.5 million over the same time period. Once the Raiders started putting money on the table, however, the Bengals essentially stepped aside.
Also in the mix at the end were the Chiefs and the Ravens. The Chiefs previously had offered a package worth $3 million annually for Sapp, and they'd fallen out of the picture as Sapp focused on the Bengals. But with the Chiefs' arch-rivals upping the ante, it made sense for Sapp and Rosenhaus to see if K.C. was willing to outbid Davis. Possibly fearing that they'd ultimately lose out on a showdown with the Raiders, the Chiefs backed off.
So did the Ravens, even though we hear that linebacker Ray Lewis got owner Steve Bisciotti directly involved in the discussions on Friday night and/or Saturday morning. Lewis, a former teammate of Sapp's at the University of Miami, had been pushing hard for the Ravens to reel in the big fella -- and it'll be interesting to see if Lewis harbors any resentment as a result of the team's failure to make it happen.
We're hearing that Sapp's contract with the Raiders will pay him more over the first four seasons that will contracts signed by other defensive tackles, including Anthony McFarland, Robaire Smith, Cornelius Griffin, and Rod Coleman.
Also, although Sapp's contract has a seven-year term for the purposes of managing the cap consequences of the signing bonus, the deal contains a clause that allows him to retire after four years, with no requirement that any portion of the signing bonus be repaid.
And in Oakland, Sapp's career could extend beyond four more seasons. With defensive tackles Ted Washington and John Parrella already on the roster, Sapp won't have to do a lot of run stuffing. In fact, there's already talk of Sapp possibly sliding to the outside from time to time, lining up as a defensive end.
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http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
Yeah, I know. But I'll bet it's true. Has that ring to it.
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Re: Raiders Offseason Report
« Reply #20 on: Apr 3rd, 2004, 7:51am » |
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From the above article:
"One Raiders coach hinted that Oakland officials are content for now to wait and see how the Bengals handle the Dillon situation. "The [preference] is to trade for him, and get him into the system, but only at the right price. But most people think you can get [Dillon] for nothing when they cut him in the summer," said the coach."
Everything I read says it's been all about the haggling, with Big Al playing the role of a guy who can wait and get it for free, but he'll still talk to ya. If you can come down a little. Ya know. Etc., etc., etc.
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Re: Raiders Offseason Report
« Reply #21 on: Apr 13th, 2004, 6:33pm » |
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Will the Raiders trade their number 2 pick?
Here's what I read at All Sorts Sports:
"The Raiders would trade the second pick in the draft to the Redskins for the fifth overall pick and LT Chris Samuels. The Redskins then would select Robert Gallery to replace Samuels. The Raiders then would take WR Roy Williams or TE Kellen Winslow. The deal makes sense on a couple of fronts. Raiders coach Norv Turner was Samuels' first coach in the NFL, and Redskins management has been frustrated over the inability to sign Samuels to a contract extension. The Redskins reached a similar impasse with CB Champ Bailey and subsequently traded him to Denver. . . . One unheralded reason the Chargers and Raiders might like to trade out of the first and second spots in the draft: money. Both teams have poor fan support and unfavorable stadium contracts. To sign the first pick in the draft, the Chargers would have to cough up a signing bonus in the neighborhood of $15 million and commit to a contract worth approximately $46 million."
What about the rumor that the Giants want to do a deal with the Chargers to get the number one pick for Gallery? He seems to be an interesting factor in a lot of places. Especially the NFC East! People are saying he's the best lineman to come out in a decade or two.
Then from About.com:
"April 13
(3:00 PM): More noise, or smoke, from Bolts on top pick... Just days after letting the world know that the #1 pick overall at this year's draft was up for sale, San Diego appears to be backtracking ever so slightly on their desire to move down. Late last week, the Chargers announced to the rest of the league that the #1 was available when the team took the unprecedented step of faxing out a news brief to almost every news outlet in the country that GM A.J. Smith had had talks with Ernie Accorsi, his counterpart with the Giants, about a possible flip of the 1st and 4th picks. Today, however, the Chargers sound less sure that they want to part with the #1 pick. The reason ostensibly is Iowa OT Robert Gallery. Like just about every other team with a top 10 pick, the Chargers are indicating that the hulking Gallery is the player they'd really like to come out of the 2004 draft with in tow. Indeed, the Chargers appear to have had it in mind that if they traded down with the Giants, Gallery would still have been there when they used the Giants' 4th pick. Washington, though, threw cold water on that scenario when it became known that the Redskins were working on a deal with Oakland to move into the #2 pick to grab Gallery themsleves if he hadn't been selected first overall. The Chargers' apparent change of heart regarding a trade down could reflect a couple of things. Either they really do like Gallery and will stick at #1 in order to select him; or they could simply be sending a message to Washington that if the Redskins want Gallery they'll have to go all the way to the top spot to get him."
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