Originally Posted by JudasRising20:
Who said hazing rookies was classy? He also left the team hanging this season.
:-)
Uh, Niang was just coming back from some kind of surgery (shoulder?). he wasn't going to play this season anyway. He didn't leave the team hanging at all, dipstick. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hoover:
We are likely to have 9 picks in the coming draft. We can easily spend a couple of picks on the offensive line and it's not going to "destroy the team." For example you grab an interior linemen in 3rd or 4th and come back a take a project with a 6th rounder.
One or two picks is fine. He said “multiple” which of course could be just two but likely more. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
What a great way to destroy a team.
Why would drafting offensive lineman destroy the team?
Oline is clearly our biggest issue on offense. We might be needing an RT now too. OLine/Dline play is the only reason why the Raiders cause us any problem. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Hazing is classless period.
And he didn’t leave anybody hanging. He did what he thought was right for himself and his family. There’s more to life than football.
NFL players are basically tested every day for COVID. I don't think NFL players are contracting COVID at a higher rate than people in other professions. But whatever. It would be nice to have him and he's not here. He did have an injury in college but I understood he was otherwise slated to play in 2020. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JakeF:
Why would drafting offensive lineman destroy the team?
Oline is clearly our biggest issue on offense. We might be needing an RT now too. OLine/Dline play is the only reason why the Raiders cause us any problem.
Between Durant and Niang RT should be just fine. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JakeF:
Why would drafting offensive lineman destroy the team?
Oline is clearly our biggest issue on offense. We might be needing an RT now too. OLine/Dline play is the only reason why the Raiders cause us any problem.
Drafting multiples of any position is unwise when the team has so many needs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
What a great way to destroy a team.
??? I didn't say spend all of the picks on OL. I said multiple. That could be as few as 2. Pick 32 on a RT and a 6th on a guard isn't going to destroy our team. SMH. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Drafting multiples of any position is unwise when the team has so many needs.
Personally, I don't think there's any position of need that is in more need when we're playing Durant in week 13 of the season against a play-off team.
And as we'll probably have two 3's and two 4's I think dropping a couple of them on restocking what is an extremely depleted offensive line makes perfect sense. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jjchieffan:
??? I didn't say spend all of the picks on OL. I said multiple. That could be as few as 2. Pick 32 on a RT and a 6th on a guard isn't going to destroy our team. SMH.
Unlikely we take a OL in the first. Maybe the second, but I think that's a stretch, unless we come across a can't-afford-not-to-take-this guy scenario.
We'll take a WR in the first, IMHO. At the very least we have to replace DRob. Probably also Watkins, unless he just explodes down the stretch and through the playoffs, and is willing to take another paycut. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JudasRising20:
NFL players are basically tested every day for COVID. I don't think NFL players are contracting COVID at a higher rate than people in other professions. But whatever. It would be nice to have him and he's not here. He did have an injury in college but I understood he was otherwise slated to play in 2020.
Durant will get 1st team reps this week, Rankin will be his backup. Remmers will not play unless he is really healed, they will likely give him time off to heal as he will be needed in the playoffs.
They have a couple of guys on the practice squad, but I think they are guard/center types. I think they will hold back on Mitchell Schwartz as long as they can, hoping he can get well for the playoffs [Reply]
