Las Vegas Raiders Thread

Yeah I think I might put my head in the sand until after the draft - even the Zach Wilson to LV rumors are floating now he's looking to be traded. :(

This would be the year to try to draft up based on the QB talent available but I just don't think we are a team that is a QB away from competing and we don't have a lot of high value players we can afford to lose in trade (holding onto Crosby and Adams I think is key for any kind of success next year) We need reinforcements at TE , RB and O line as well - . If we can get solid play from O'Connell and get some quality on o-line - especially in the interior and Right Tackle I think we can make some progress.

Yes you are right on RB - Zamir White did look good at the end of the season - even if Jacobs doesn't resign RBs can be found in the later rounds. I wouldn't be sold on Russ - I think its more likely no-one signs him when he is released and he will catch on with someone mid season when a starter goes down.

Please no not Dak - he would be a big upgrade no doubt but the contract would leave us cash strapped to improve anywhere else - I dont think he is the missing piece for this team - we have too many other gaps to fill.

We are not in a good draft spot to get a QB and I agree I don't think Telesco will trade up for a QB. that will probably leave us reaching for a QB and that doesn't usually end well...

There appears to be a view forming that the Raiders are looking at OL or CB at 13 and then potentially trading back into the 1st round to get Penix. More importantly it seems that most analysts are agreeing with you InsideEdge! Not seeing many analysts predicting a Raiders trade into the top 4 now.

Hi Kev, you beat me to it, was going to post up something as we had all been very quiet over the off season. I was really pleased that the draft panned out the way it did. For once, we didnt overreach (and I'm sure Penix and Nix will be fine QBs but the hype behind the position this year was unreal) and we drafted Best player available. Couple of thoughts:

1. Agreed about the areas of need. The O-Line looks stronger now and the Secondary too.
2. I'm not that worried about QB, AOC and Minshew may not be elite but the position wont be wanting for effort. And AOC with a decent O-Line and a full off-season program will be a better QB than last year
3. After Garropalo and Renfrow are officially released the Raiders will have good cap space. We arent done yet with Free Agency. And there are still some elite Secondary players who can come in and make a difference. Xavien Howard and Justin Simmons, I'm looking at you.
4. We are looking better but so are our Division rivals. The Bolts and Chiefs specifically. I still think the Broncos have some catching up to do, even to catch us.
5. No-one has a losing record in May!!! 🤣
6. On a side issue, what were Atlanta thinking???? Signing Counsins to a massive contract and then taking a QB first round. Quite apart from the other needs that werent addressed, how do you think Cousins feels now???

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after seeing the first 2 preseason games I am leaning towards Gardner Minshew as the starter but I don’t have a good feeling either QB is going to have a high ceiling this year.

yep the first half of the cowboys game we played a lot of starters and the big worry was inability to finish drives and we allowed Trey Lance move the ball easily. Antonio Pierce will need to hit the ground running in the opener against the chargers or it could go south quickly

and sadly it looks like it will be heading south real quickly if yesterday is anything to go by and Baltimore up next to likely make it 0-2.

Can't disagree with that at all. I think the Raiders are really going to struggle badly this year. The only battle I see the Raiders maybe winning is beating and finishing ahead of the Broncos. At the end of the day its a QB driven league and the Raiders simply are not at the races in that regard. Minshew and O'Connell are both good backup QB's but no way good enough to start and take a team to the playoffs and be a threat to get to a superbowl. Until the Raiders address properly the QB situation the team is going nowhere IMHO.

Unfortunately I can't disagree with you there. There does not seem to be any other directions to go QB wise that would be a good idea at the moment. While as you rightly say draft wise at this point the next class of QB's seems to be a real step down from last seasons. All in all it looks like this could be a really rough season viewing wise. I expect the Raiders to be not only 0-2 by next weekend but probably after taking a real beating from the Ravens as well.

That was a standout performance from the defense last night - really kept us in the game especially in the 3rd quarter when it looked like the ravens would pull away. Could have ended differently if Justin Tucker hadn't missed on 2 50+ FGs but credit the D for forcing the long range FGs.

The Offense remains a work in progress - the o-line got over run early and didn't open any running lanes, but when you have Davante Adams there's always a chance. Brock Bowers looked great too. Gives us something to build on for sure.

Well I am happy to have been so wrong on how this weekend would go. A remarkable late comeback that was for sure.

And I wouldn't be surprised to see us lose this weekend - Andy Dalton is 4 from 4 against us!