Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 16195070)

That they do.

Remember when folks kept squealing that the cap is a myth when we gave Clark his deal and insisted "Ah, a Jones contract will still be easy..."?

Fellas - the Cap isn't a myth. Never has been. You can ignore it for a year and often even for 2.

But the bill WILL come due.

This may honestly be the year to allow it. We don't know what any of these maneuvers will actually mean for the Chargers, Broncos or Raiders. They may still be far inferior to us. So why chase? Give it a minute to settle out, see where the division stands, hope you're still the top dog and then next year attack as needed.

There are just a lot of unknown variables right now.

But if that's the approach, we'd better be smart about it and if possible try to find some younger veterans we can get a little term on.

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15 (Post 16195075)

Nobody enjoys a down year after four straight AFCCG's either.

I mean, he's going to have to write those checks eventually to field a team. We don't have any cap space without doing so.

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 16195071)

Awry? Or just a different plan than signing Za'Darius Smith, which I think we all thought was the plan for a good part of the week?

Maybe they're going to throw numbers at DE, with a couple of potentially ascending guys and a boring vet like Ingram. Maybe they're going to trade for someone. Maybe they're just that confident in the draft resources available?

"easy" plans tend to be expensive. Or at least obvious and easy.

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15 (Post 16195081)

It takes some stones to be confident in the draft falling your way when you basically only have 4 picks that matter this year and they are all late in each round.

Originally Posted by BossChief (Post 16195091)

We’re trading down. Gotta add a couple more picks to the middle rounds.

Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE! (Post 16195053)

Good thing we got Burton re signed. There is a spree on fullbacks rn

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former Patriots’ fullback Jakob Johnson has agreed to a one-year deal with the Raiders, per <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewJRosenhaus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrewJRosenhaus</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLrecord?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NFLrecord</a>. Rejoins Raiders’ HC Josh McDaniels.</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1504209528149192704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raiders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Raiders</a> FB Alec Ingold is signing a two-year deal worth up to $7.5 million with the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dolphins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dolphins</a>, per source. Mike McDaniel loves his fullbacks, and Ingold is about to become the second highest-paid one in the NFL.</p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1504205615647842305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE! (Post 16195062)

Patterson underwhelming wtf? He’s a star

Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 16195086)

If the draft is the plan in regards to the DE position, then a trade up is inevitable.

Also, 4 picks “that matter”?

Every pick matters for a team, especially one that got Smith and Sneed the last two years on day 3.

Originally Posted by BossChief (Post 16195091)

We’re trading down. Gotta add a couple more picks to the middle rounds.

Originally Posted by In58men (Post 16195103)

Hahahahahaha

Log off

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15 (Post 16195105)

You can't count on picks in the late 200's making an impact in the 1st year - or ever. Trey is an outlier, and also plays a position that is a hell of a lot more likely to make an earlier impact from the later rounds.

Late 200's typically get you a BoPete Keys. The last 7th rounder that's done anything for this team is Allegretti as a backup, then back to Succop, then back to Jarrad Page.

They have holes NOW. Four 7th round picks aren't filling those holes, nor are they any kind of capital to move much.

Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 16195111)

The Chiefs have a 4th rounder as well, and nobody said anything about “counting” on day 3 picks, but to say they don’t matter is silly.