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"@billromanowski: Thank God I don't have to watch Rolando McClain anymore! It is an honor and a privilege to play and he was an embarrassment not only. To the Raiders and to all the warriors who worked their asses off. Sorry but I am glad not to see him play again...hopefully EVER!"

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"@billromanowski: Thank God I don't have to watch Rolando McClain anymore! It is an honor and a privilege to play and he was an embarrassment not only. To the Raiders and to all the warriors who worked their asses off. Sorry but I am glad not to see him play again...hopefully EVER!"

 

Guy comes with obvious baggage.... But so does romanowski... So...

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Reports (and his own Facebook posts) say that Rolando McClain will be released by the Raiders this week. He had a ton of talent and upside at one point (#8 pick in the draft) and heard that he did not fit well with Dennis Allen from a friend in Oakland but has a short history of underperforming and shooting guns during fights. He did have 99 tackles and 5 sacks last year and is only 23 years old. With the state of our linebackers, what do we think?

 

Take away his guns and give that man a buffalo bills helmet :>)

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"@billromanowski: Thank God I don't have to watch Rolando McClain anymore! It is an honor and a privilege to play and he was an embarrassment not only. To the Raiders and to all the warriors who worked their asses off. Sorry but I am glad not to see him play again...hopefully EVER!"

Romanowski only said that because McClain is black. But as far as racist, juice head, morons go, Romo is one of the best.

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Hawk was also a let down

Sims is another top 10 43 lb that let down.

 

 

High bust rate

 

Mayos good not great

Keith rivers?

 

That's your non pass rushers from 2005 to a year ago (only missing LK because he's only played 10 games)

But we have to draft Manti Te'o! Trade up if necessary! Drafting an inside linebacker high fixes everything!

 

In fairness, it was disingenuous to leave out Patrick Willis just because he was drafted #11. That's not functionally different from a top 10 pick, and he was certainly worth hit. I'd like to point out, however, that this year his fellow SF ILB Navarro Bowman has arguably been better, and Bowman was drafted in the 4th round. Willis is a big-time outlier in terms of a non-pass-rushing LB drafted high who ultimately justifies the pick. Even Mayo, who's a really good player, hasn't really proved to be worth his draft position. Despite having Vince Wilfork up front, the Pats have fielded some incredibly bad defenses with Mayo in the starting lineup, even against the run. Don't get me wrong, Mayo's probably not part of the problem. But the idea behind a high first round pick is that you draft a guy who's part of the solution. A foundational player that you build around, not just a guy who develops into an okay starter at a position of moderate importance. This was a lot of the problem with Whitner as well. He was a solid starter for us, but to justify his draft position, he needed to be an impact player/difference maker, and he never was. He's finding more success in SF, because there it's understood that he's just another quality starter on a stacked defense. Willis, Bowman, and the Smith brothers are their foundational guys.

 

Sorry for the rant, LB-philes. I don't want to turn this thread into a Manti Te'o thread, because maybe he is the next Patrick Willis, and there's already like 5 threads discussing him, so let's just take it over there if you want to fight me on this. And even I get the value of a true 3-down ILB who can hold up against the run, play deep middle in a Tampa-2, and run with TEs man-to-man. Having Willis & Bowman lets the 49ers play base defense against the pass, which is very valuable. My main point is that if the 49ers could only keep Willis/Bowman or the Smiths, they and every other team would choose the Smiths without hesitation.

 

Back to the topic at hand, I'm against claiming McClain on waivers. I'm so-so on signing him to a lower-salary contract if he becomes available as a free agent. I don't think the Bills have the kind of strong leadership and powerfully positive culture needed to straighten out wayward personalities like McClain. Plus it's very unlikely that he'd unseat Barnett or Scott in the "nickel" (really a dime) we play, so he'd only be able to get on the field for 30-40% of snaps anyway. If we think Sheppard isn't getting the job done in those snaps, wouldn't it be easier to just bench him and activate Kirk Morrison?

 

Still, McClain is young and has a lot of natural ability. Maybe he'd be worth it just as a marginal upgrade over Sheppard. In any case, I'm interested to see if any team puts in a waiver claim. I predict no.

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Reports (and his own Facebook posts) say that Rolando McClain will be released by the Raiders this week. He had a ton of talent and upside at one point (#8 pick in the draft) and heard that he did not fit well with Dennis Allen from a friend in Oakland but has a short history of underperforming and shooting guns during fights. He did have 99 tackles and 5 sacks last year and is only 23 years old. With the state of our linebackers, what do we think?

 

He was a beast in college and I really wanted him here then, he's floundered out there but maybe he could do better here. Of course we ruin good players too so who knows, heck Dante Whitner is a stud now.

 

 

"@billromanowski: Thank God I don't have to watch Rolando McClain anymore! It is an honor and a privilege to play and he was an embarrassment not only. To the Raiders and to all the warriors who worked their asses off. Sorry but I am glad not to see him play again...hopefully EVER!"

 

ouch!

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There's been a lot of talk about McClain being lazy and not much of a team player. I google searched his arrest photo and found this http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/002/758/820/rolando-mcclain-arrest-photo_display_image.jpg?1353114457

 

Doesn't seem too bothered about being being cuffed and looks like a moron. No thanks

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http://www.mercurynews.com/raiders/ci_22084902/rolando-mcclains-days-an-oakland-raider-were-numbered

 

I 100% agree we should kick the tires on him because it's a major need. The guy is talented and hopefully this is a wake up call. But I don't expect much. Teams, even the Raiders, don't just cut 23 yo top 10 picks for no reason. The draft is such a crapshoot.

 

The Bills have never taken this kinda guy. EVER. I wouldn't bet on it.

 

Marshawn Lynch says hi.

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