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To be fair very little is original reporting by them why should you pay cause they read nightgale's twitter?

You sure you know how contracts work? they aren't renegotiated every year. And guys top the old guys, look at patrick Mahomes. $450 million contract, 13th highest QB cap hit. Cap goes up but a two year old contract does not.

why? the cap basically doesnt exist anymore

Production meetings aren't the ones u are referring to. Those are in house of course he can do that. It's the ones on air staff and producers meet with team coaches and key players. They are vital. It's why you here color guys say things like coach xyz said they would try to feed the ball to the rb today. They create a well rounded broadcast that has depth and context. Missing on them is a huge deal.

What's Ansah doing nowadays?

I admit it's probably blinded by hope, but while everything you say is true, the problem is the raiders roster is awful. They have like two useful pieces out of 22. They don't have enough a qb, eb, wr, standout defender (outside crosby) or much on the line. Right now they are among 13 teams with two loses or fewer and 10 of em need qbs. Someone is gonna be left out. So by keeping crosby they are hoping to be one of the three teams to get high enough to get a qb. Or they are bringing in another crap vet and putting on the year again. Either way, next year is toast so now your heading into 2026 with still a need of talent but now you got crosby nearly 30 and on his last year. Each passing year his value goes down. Now the other option is to trade crosby for 3 or 4 picks over the next two years, all probably top 100. So now you got the ammo to add more talent faster or use some combo of those picks with your own to move up to get that qb you've been searching for for thr last 50 years While max might be homegrown keeping him, given all the circumstances might not be a good idea for the raiders.

Ok not sure what that has to deal with you calling him a "quick fix"

Don't think Maxx qualifies as a "quick fix" pro bowl type of players, under contract for next season and from the area.

They are unlikely to get a top 10 pick for him because those teams are not close to sell the farm. And late firsts are valuable to a team that is rebuilding. Think of how we did with Stafford. You can stand pat and draft a guy at 30 and get a 5th year of control, you can move up either with your top pick and get to one or two or use 30 and a 2econd wounder to get to 16, you can move back in an early second and pick up more picks for yourself. The pick offers a lot of flexibility which most go's crave

Hell at this point you just pray he comes back close to the same player

There is zero chance, less than zero actually, your gonna get bregman out of Houston for 3 years unless your paying him about 80 million per season.

Clark is at least one and half years away, wouldn't worry about making room for him. And you don't get better by trading your best player. Selling high on Riley, would hope to net you another Riley. We already have him and he's cost controlled. Goal now is to win not take a step back.

Isn't there like 2 rh power bats at 2nd in whole league? And why would they trade their best position player?

Both things can be true. He helped carry us to this point. But today he fell all part and put up a five spot by loading the bases, hitting a guy then giving up a grand slam on the next pitch. They aren't mutually exclusive ideas

Well this sucks

I hope judge and Soto kill em

Lane freaking thomas

Luke Scott kwan

3-2 don't bother at the close one

Sweet Jesus guys which pitch are we waiting for?!

They've burned their back end minus clase

Well ump has seen enough

There it was...

Who crumbled in the big spot, and a bunch of hitter who overswing - greene, tork, as examples. It's not a bad thing, it's just a statement and soemthing we all throught in the first four. The young kids in their first elimination game got caught. It happens, you just hope they learn from it.

Just not ready for primetime