Could Al Davis Make A Bigger, Last Minute Offer

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  • Big M
    Registered User
    • Jan 2004
    • 148

    Could Al Davis Make A Bigger, Last Minute Offer

    With the aquisition of Randy Moss, the Raiders have a very formidable deep passing game. Moss, Porter and Ronald Curry are a heck of a WR core. Kerry Collins throws a pretty good long ball. What they lack is a front line RB to set up the pass. They MUST find one and Davis is aware of this problem.

    By trading away the #7 overall pick, they won't get a shot at a true blue chip RB. TD stated today at the Indy Combine that the Cardinals trade is NOT etched in stone and they will be talking to many teams. Dismissed it as a good rumor. ( On local Channel 4 Sports at 6pm )

    So, who is still out there in the UFA RB market ? Henry and....little else.

    Go ahead TD, play hard to get. Something tells me our GM suddenly is holding a Full House and he knows this. L.J.Shelton isn't bad at all ( I'd take it) but Davis is known to roll the dice.

    Let them come and grovel. I'm betting Henry is suddenly more popular than he was 3 days ago, before all the good RB's ahead of him were locked up by their own teams.

    I bet Davis will talk to TD and may give us more than we could expect. He's low on options. Call it an educated hunch.

    Stay tuned.
  • ICE74129
    Legendary Zoner
    • Feb 2005
    • 10796

    #2
    What are they going to give us? I will say this, if we don't nail down a LT some how we are screwed. Mike Williams fat ass will NEVER be fast enough to play LT.

    Do you have a link for what he said?

    I'm sorry this buggs me. Even with a first round pick there are no tackles worth it in the draft.

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    • Mr. Cynical
      Maybe?
      • Oct 2003
      • 9766

      #3
      I'm up for it....like you said, TH's value jumped with the locking down of other RBs.

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      • ICE74129
        Legendary Zoner
        • Feb 2005
        • 10796

        #4
        Originally posted by Mr. Cynical
        I'm up for it....like you said, TH's value jumped with the locking down of other RBs.
        Up for what? Even with a 1st round pick we still don't have a LT. I am starting to think TD is out thinking himself on this one

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        • Romes
          Registered User
          • Jul 2002
          • 5764

          #5
          Gallery would be awesome but no way would they give him up for Henry.

          Way too young and way too talented.
          Originally posted by paladin warrior
          RALPH is drove me nut.

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          • ICE74129
            Legendary Zoner
            • Feb 2005
            • 10796

            #6
            Originally posted by Romes
            Gallery would be awesome but no way would they give him up for Henry.

            Way too young and way too talented.
            I would sacrifice TH our 3rd and next years 1st for Gallery

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            • Big M
              Registered User
              • Jan 2004
              • 148

              #7
              Originally posted by ICE74129
              Up for what? Even with a 1st round pick we still don't have a LT. I am starting to think TD is out thinking himself on this one
              Maybe, maybe not. Shelton is good but what if the Raiders offered 6-8 345 lb. OT Langston Walker, who has started 11 games over the last couple of years,( their top backup OT ) plus another player ? They also have 2 starting caliber Centers in Adam Treu and Jake Grove. We could offer Henry and a pick ( or backup player) for 2 OL Vets who could play immediately.

              Hmmm...

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              • The King
                Without me it's just Awe so
                • Jun 2004
                • 42380

                #8
                Originally posted by Big M
                Maybe, maybe not. Shelton is good but what if the Raiders offered 6-8 345 lb. OT Langston Walker, who has started 11 games over the last couple of years,( their top backup OT ) plus another player ? They also have 2 starting caliber Centers in Adam Treu and Jake Grove. We could offer Henry and a pick ( or backup player) for 2 OL Vets who could play immediately.

                Hmmm...

                I was thinking walker and jano for travis
                I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
                "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
                You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
                It was all
                true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
                He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can
                mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


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                • Tatonka
                  Registered User
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 21289

                  #9
                  i just hope it works out.. hey.. maybe he thinks they can lock down JJ still.. who knows..

                  i am not worried.. just excited for news.
                  "All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity." ~ Gordie Howe

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                  • Tatonka
                    Registered User
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 21289

                    #10
                    after taking on jerry porters new contract.. and randy moss.. how much money can they have left??
                    "All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity." ~ Gordie Howe

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                    • Kenny
                      Registered User
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 2728

                      #11
                      How about Henry for Walker and Curry (or Gabriel). They get a RB that fits their system, and we get a young and talented LT, and an up and coming WR to fill our #3 spot.

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                      • ShadowHawk7
                        Ground your Jets Vilma, no way you're shooting this guy down.
                        • Mar 2003
                        • 2274

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Big M
                        Maybe, maybe not. Shelton is good but what if the Raiders offered 6-8 345 lb. OT Langston Walker, who has started 11 games over the last couple of years,( their top backup OT ) plus another player ? They also have 2 starting caliber Centers in Adam Treu and Jake Grove. We could offer Henry and a pick ( or backup player) for 2 OL Vets who could play immediately.

                        Hmmm...
                        I'd take one of those centers, and that guy, and a maybe a pick. I good w/ SHelton too tho.
                        "It's not whether you win or lose; it's how you play the game."
                        -Vince Lombardi

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                        • colin
                          Drew's my hero!
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 2491

                          #13
                          henry + picks for OL + maybe kicker = :>

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                          • northernbillfan
                            Hello, I'm Mike and I'm a Bills fan.

                            Administrator Emeritus
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 27551

                            #14
                            The Henry for Shelton trade still sounds good, tho I think TD will up the ante and ask for a draft pick.
                            When I die, please don't let my wife sell my camera equipment for what I told her I paid for it.


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                            • ryjam282
                              Offical Billszone Starting QB
                              • Mar 2003
                              • 3261

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Tatonka
                              after taking on jerry porters new contract.. and randy moss.. how much money can they have left??

                              Don't you think that is the beauty of it, Henry has a very small cap hit next year. The Raiders were supposedly going to go after Lamont Jordan very hard but now with the Moss trade they can't afford too much more in salary's so Henry is right up there alley. I would take pretty much any of there lineman, they are all big monsters....Langston Walker and maybe a pick or so, then we could try and draft Nugent with that pick or maybe Clarett



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