Andrew Son

The Raiders would never move Cooper because they can actually use him. We have been in the business of adding and paying talented players for years. We do hand out big contracts. We go after Mario, McCoy, Clay, and extend Darius and Hughes. Our problem hasn't been an overall lack of talent, it's been a lack of organizational direction and QB. I am not arguing against Watkins' talent. My point is that from a team building standpoint, it may not have been the best move to hand out a huge contract to a WR. For this team right now. We seem to have a plan in place, beyond just throwing **** at the wall. It may or may not work, lets let it play out.

You are leaving out the giant investment that they are going to have to make in order to keep him beyond this year. It is far from a homerun at this point. What if Goff sucks?

I don't know yet, but he hasn't been good. I just see some similarities in the situation. Personally, I'd rather confirm that I have my guy before making this type of investment. Like the Falcons did. Otherwise Sammy may be wasted.

You may want to look within your home state for an example

If only we had tried to acquire an elite weapon to help develop our less than impressive first round QB. Yep, don't see any Whaley similarities here...

That might be true if they were confident that they could sign him, beyond just the tag

Like Watkins in LA?

For a guy with injury concerns that is a FA after this year?

Must happen in the first quarter then, based upon your outlook.

I think we are going to try to spread teams horizontally, not vertically

I'll be interested to see what this means for Shady. Both Jordan and Boldin are elite blockers. Zay should be a good blocker as well, but that has yet to be seen. Add that to an increased role in the passing game, and McCoy could be in for a MONSTER year.

That is the point. What really matters in this league, and how do you get it? Are you going to argue that the Pats* don't constantly let there "star" athletes go for little compensation to avoid paying them? The key is having a top organization with a system in place. All on the same page. And having a QB. Not just blindly acquiring talented players and hoping for the best. Let's put a little trust in our new regime and let the process play out.

Yeah, I went through the drop statistics. This is getting way overblown

So do the Pats*

Like it. Trumps lunch pail.

Rams are taking the Whaley approach. We'll see if it works out for them

Great post, thank you

Didn't know you were so high on Sammy and the 2017 season...

Bump This will probably be a popular thread this year with all the picks

If Sammy stays relatively healthy from here on out it's a TERRIBLE trade. Performance is not the bet. The bet is can he stay healthy. We'll see how it plays out

I wouldn't look. It will get worse

Half of the people on this board don't meet that criteria!

Maybe they can sign Method Man

Tolbert had no chance on that play

With great feet and quickness as well! Interesting player for sure. Will be a fan favorite.