MNF: Raiders vs Lions (1 Viewer)

[Super]

Lions look good, not sure about the uniforms

 

[Saintslfc13]

I agree to some extent. I like AA and thought we bailed too soon on him. I really like Ellis too. Both young and at a position of need for both depth and future. We would be a better defense with Ceedy for sure but we couldn't afford him so I was actually happy with the trade. Would have been happier if we managed the cap better. TRex was easy to see coming. I was a huge fan of Onyemata but he was much better juiced up.

Throw in Vonn Bell and Davenport and we walked young guys good enough to field a top 15 defense outside of a couple of corners while being the oldest team in the league. As cruel as it sounds, thankfully Davenport got hurt because if he was able to stay healthy after leaving here we would have all stroked.

We seem to be on the same page regarding the players we let go. Davenport was supposed to be a more versatile Hendrickson and to be fair to him he was but he just couldn’t stay healthy until his final season where the production fell off. Ceedy priced and talked himself out of the building and Philly let him walk after what I thought was a great season so he’s clearly rubbing people the wrong way. I think they make other moves to keep those two specifically if things went another way. Honestly the only real strange one for me is Onyemata but that’s probably just the salary cap then.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Davante Adams on his frustration after a one-catch game: I truly don't know what to say

Raiders receiver Davante Adams expressed his frustration for a lack of targets two weeks ago.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[breesgirl]

Anzalone, TRex, Marcus, Ceedy, Kaden Ellis, Onyemata.

That’s what dead money does to young talent.

What I often hate most about when good players leave is the revisionist history many fans engage in.

Anzalone- too injury prone to even consider re-signing

TRex- had only showed big numbers in one season(contract yea) and had much larger offers we wouldn’t have paid even w/the money.

Marcus- Wanted a change in scenery.

Ceedy—The malcontent (who we already offered more money to than other clubs)has already ended up w/his 3rd franchise?

Kaden- was lagniappe. He, like Trey, showed up for one season. Also, he wasn’t going to usurp #20.

Oneymata- Fans were ready to ship him off before he signed with ATL. He hadn’t been a monster since getting hit w/the PED suspension.

Our fans cherry pick when to complain about the dead money issue. Cause I didn’t hear much of this when we were collecting FA and extending players in the preseason/early this season.

 

[St. Geezy]

What I often hate most about when good players leave is the revisionist history many fans engage in.

Anzalone- too injury prone to even consider re-signing

TRex- had only showed big numbers in one season(contract yea) and had much larger offers we wouldn’t have paid even w/the money.

Marcus- Wanted a change in scenery.

Ceedy—The malcontent (who we already offered more money to than other clubs)has already ended up w/his 3rd franchise?

Kaden- was lagniappe. He, like Trey, showed up for one season. Also, he wasn’t going to usurp #20.

Oneymata- Fans were ready to ship him off before he signed with ATL. He hadn’t been a monster since getting hit w/the PED suspension.

Our fans cherry pick when to complain about the dead money issue. Cause I didn’t hear much of this when we were collecting FA and extending players in the preseason/early this season.

Agreed. What I also find is that many fans blame the cap when often times it was merely a personnel decision error.

Not to mention the fact that they act like the Saints are the only team that loses free agents. Teams with “healthy” caps, some of the most money in the league, lose free agents every year.

 

[bclemms]

What I often hate most about when good players leave is the revisionist history many fans engage in.

Anzalone- too injury prone to even consider re-signing

TRex- had only showed big numbers in one season(contract yea) and had much larger offers we wouldn’t have paid even w/the money.

Marcus- Wanted a change in scenery.

Ceedy—The malcontent (who we already offered more money to than other clubs)has already ended up w/his 3rd franchise?

Kaden- was lagniappe. He, like Trey, showed up for one season. Also, he wasn’t going to usurp #20.

Oneymata- Fans were ready to ship him off before he signed with ATL. He hadn’t been a monster since getting hit w/the PED suspension.

Our fans cherry pick when to complain about the dead money issue. Cause I didn’t hear much of this when we were collecting FA and extending players in the preseason/early this season.

I literally listed many of those things.

Trey- You don't trade up on multiple first round pick busts to let the 24 year old pass rusher knocking down double digit sacks in spot duty out of your building. You find a way.

As for the signing of players in the offseason, we shuffled players based on affordability and signed Carr. We can't afford to move on from any starter on the team that isn't in a rookie deal we are so locked up with cash.

Anzalone the fans jumped his arse for making a bad play in a key situation. He played in every game his last season here. After realizing he is 29 years old I feel less bad about him not being here.

 

[St. Geezy]

I literally listed many of those things.

Trey- You don't trade up on multiple first round pick busts to let the 24 year old pass rusher knocking down double digit sacks in spot duty out of your building. You find a way.

As for the signing of players in the offseason, we shuffled players based on affordability and signed Carr. We can't afford to move on from any starter on the team that isn't in a rookie deal we are so locked up with cash.

Anzalone the fans jumped his arse for making a bad play in a key situation. He played in every game his last season here. After realizing he is 29 years old I feel less bad about him not being here.

I also think it’s worth noting that the cap not only didn’t go up as much as it was supposed to, it actually went DOWN for the first time ever, like WAY down, due to the financial effects of the pandemic.

With our style of cap management, where we live on the edge and “borrow from future years” on an endless rolling basis, that without question threw our plans into disarray in the exact worst year possible (the contract expiration off-season for most of our stellar 2017 rookie class).

We were looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of a -$30m swing from what was planned that year. Can’t fault the front office for not building in “Possible unprecedented global catastrophe” into their accounting ledger plans.