Week one free agency:
Today the Raiders announced the signing of two players.
K Caleb Sturgis (4 years 2.56M 240k bonus)
CB Derek Cox (2 years 1.75M 140k bonus)
Week one free agency:
Today the Raiders announced the signing of two players.
K Caleb Sturgis (4 years 2.56M 240k bonus)
CB Derek Cox (2 years 1.75M 140k bonus)
Week two of free agency:
The Raiders have signed a number of player this week.
RE Olivier Vernon (4 years, 7.4M 1.76M bonus)
RG Ryan Seymour (3 years 2.17M 150k bonus)
HB Charles Sims (1 year 590k)
MLB Jamar Chaney (3 years 2.25M 420k bonus)
Week three free agency recap:
The Raiders made a big splash at corner by signing CB Janoris Jenkins (5 years 22.5 million). The Raiders also announced that Stedman Bailey would be returning to the team with a 2 year 1.48 million dollar deal. There was zero FA interest for him.
Other depth positions were filled as well.
K Dustin Hopkins (3 years 1.92M)
C Brian Folkerts (2 years 1.5M)
RE Frank Moala (2 years 2.16M 100k bonus)
RT Derek Newton (3 years 2.19M)
DT Devon Still (4 years 4M)
LOLB Kaelin Burnett (3 years 2.49M)
Some big signings around the league....
QB Andrew Luck
Phillip Rivers
Tony Romo
Chase Daniels
Kirk Cousins
Jay Cutler
Ryan Tannehill
RGIII... again...
Sam Bradford
Ben Roethlisberger
Mark Sanchez... again...
HB Matt Forte
Arian Foster
WR Julio Jones
Pierre Garcon
DeSean Jackson
Victor Cruz
DT Antonio Smith
Vince Wilfork
RE Justin Tuck
CB Stephon Gilmore
Jimmy Smith
FS Reggie Nelson
Deshon Goldson
SS Mark Barron
Overall, the Jets made the biggest gains through free agency. They will be a strong team this season. Tennessee also had some nice signings. The AFC made some big gains.
I see quite a few former Dolphins on the Raiders.
I have given up on any hope of free agency in Madden. The farther you go the more crazy it is. Plus it's so easy to sign players for cheap. Many players will not be offered contracts so all you have to do is short change them/ cut the bonus and offer in the last week of free agency and it's pretty much a guarantee they sign with you.
As for Julio Jones, that was the same with me. He went in as an FA and was not signed until pre-season. However, this off-season he was the #1 target teams went after and he got huge bucks.
My biggest concern moving forward is how borked the QB situation will be. Historically, PS3 Madden began to fall apart by season 3/4. That is where I currently sit right now.
$90,000 just doesn't even seem realistic or possible, especially for one of the highest priced trainers in the pool. $900,000 would make much more sense.
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Which makes no sense to me. If someone (a producer, designer, whoever) is going to make an argument that the money stuff needs to be dumbed-down in order to be more accessible, making the numbers smaller (or more unrealistic) doesn't really make it more accessible. Unless it somehow makes the salary cap easier to navigate, which I doubt. Math is still math, whether the numbers are small or large. If they need dumbed-down, they need to be removed, not decreased.
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TheDraft is upon us. Oakland has the 24th overall pick. Needs include MLB and FS. Will there be the possibility of trading up??? Only time wll tell.
Breaking news...
The Raiders are announcing a trade...
have traded the 24th pick and WR James Jones to the
in exchange for the 6th overall pick.
Oakland management believes that Jones is in the twilight of his career and the up and coming recievers need time to develop.
With the #6 pick,snag the #1 linebacker in the draft, MLB Lynden Johnson. May had Johnson as a possible #1 overall pick. He is a tackling machine! The only question is how he wll fit in a 4-3 D as he is coming from an attacking 3-4 scheme. The 22 year old will be competing for the starting job so we will get our answer soon enough.
Riaders tried to swing another trade with the Titans, 49ers, Panthers, Ravens, and Packers but every deal fell through. Finally the Packers selected TE Poppy Chaman. The Raiders just could not get the deal done. This kid will be something special.
Not a huge area of need for Oakland but with the 2nd round pick they selected the best player on the baord, CB Tyri Bernard from Boston College. Bernard is a speedster. He is a prototype DB who prefers a 4-3 D formation. The Raider DB depth is improving.
With the 3rd round pick, Oakland selects WR Christian Terry, a strong route running WR out of Wyoming.
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