"They Don't Know Its Us, Not Like Were The Raiders" Official 2016 Oakland Raiders Off-Season Thread

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Saw this on facebook. It's Jim Browns birthday.
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Back story on this cover for those who don't know. It came out December 12th, 1983...a day after the Raiders lost 34-24 at home to the St. Louis Cardinals, blowing a 24-7 lead. Jim Brown was 47 and he wanted to supposedly protect his career rushing record from Franco Harris. He always considered Harris soft for running out of bounds. And I like I said in another post, Marcus Allen always took this as a dig at him from Al Davis...the #32 being a subtle reminder that he could be replaced at any time. Whether that's true or not, only Al knows. Brown never even said Al approached HIM. It was all Jim Brown. But history shows that from this point on, Marcus Allen became the best player in football in that 1983 season...121 total yards and 2 TD's against San Diego to clinch home field in Week 16. 159 total yards and 2 TD's against Pittsburgh in the divisional round. 216 total yards and a TD against Seattle in the AFC championship game. And of course, 209 total yards, 2 TD's and the Super Bowl MVP against Washington. All after Jim Brown's cover.
 
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Skooby said:
Saw this on facebook. It's Jim Browns birthday.
12017572_1168362293194256_6691810972739468155_o.jpg


Back story on this cover for those who don't know. It came out December 12th, 1983...a day after the Raiders lost 34-24 at home to the St. Louis Cardinals, blowing a 24-7 lead. Jim Brown was 47 and he wanted to supposedly protect his career rushing record from Franco Harris. He always considered Harris soft for running out of bounds. And I like I said in another post, Marcus Allen always took this as a dig at him from Al Davis...the #32 being a subtle reminder that he could be replaced at any time. Whether that's true or not, only Al knows. Brown never even said Al approached HIM. It was all Jim Brown. But history shows that from this point on, Marcus Allen became the best player in football in that 1983 season...121 total yards and 2 TD's against San Diego to clinch home field in Week 16. 159 total yards and 2 TD's against Pittsburgh in the divisional round. 216 total yards and a TD against Seattle in the AFC championship game. And of course, 209 total yards, 2 TD's and the Super Bowl MVP against Washington. All after Jim Brown's cover.
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Never heard about this before :ohhh: :wow:
 
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Skooby said:
Saw this on facebook. It's Jim Browns birthday.
12017572_1168362293194256_6691810972739468155_o.jpg


Back story on this cover for those who don't know. It came out December 12th, 1983...a day after the Raiders lost 34-24 at home to the St. Louis Cardinals, blowing a 24-7 lead. Jim Brown was 47 and he wanted to supposedly protect his career rushing record from Franco Harris. He always considered Harris soft for running out of bounds. And I like I said in another post, Marcus Allen always took this as a dig at him from Al Davis...the #32 being a subtle reminder that he could be replaced at any time. Whether that's true or not, only Al knows. Brown never even said Al approached HIM. It was all Jim Brown. But history shows that from this point on, Marcus Allen became the best player in football in that 1983 season...121 total yards and 2 TD's against San Diego to clinch home field in Week 16. 159 total yards and 2 TD's against Pittsburgh in the divisional round. 216 total yards and a TD against Seattle in the AFC championship game. And of course, 209 total yards, 2 TD's and the Super Bowl MVP against Washington. All after Jim Brown's cover.
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Should I ask Marcus about this? :lolbron:
 
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Oakland Raiders don’t have to meet cap floor this offseason

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The Oakland Raiders once again have some of the most cap space of any team in the NFL. With the deadline for teams to reach the new mandated salary cap floor, There has been a lot of talk among fans about the idea that Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie MUST spend this offseason in order to reach that floor. While I would love to think the Raiders are going to spend big and add lots of big names this offseason, the reality of the cap floor isn’t so simple for two reasons.

THE PENALTY ISN’T MUCH OF A PENALTY

The “penalty” for a team failing to reach the cap floor is that said team must then reach the cap floor with players already on the roster. For example, if the Raiders end up $5 million below the cap floor, they must split that $5 million among the players already on the roster. So basically, the Raiders must spend it somehow, but if McKenzie doesn’t like the options on free agency, he can always just give the roster a little pay raise and call it a day.
This isn’t the most ideal answer since the players on the roster have already signed contracts based on what McKenzie and the Raiders feel they are worth. But at the same time, when your options may come down to overspending in free agency or overspending on guys who are already proven and have played for you, I can see the logic behind overpaying your own guys before unknown free agents.

DEREK CARR AND KHALIL MACK CAN STILL BE RE-SIGNED TO DEALS THAT GET THE RAIDERS TO THE CAP FLOOR

Here’s the biggest piece of confusion that seems to be surrounding the cap floor issue: When exactly do the Raiders need to hit that floor? This is crucial because players cannot extend rookie contracts until AFTER their third year, which many believe puts Derek Carr and Khalil Mack out of reach for the salary floor.
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For those of you who are not familiar with it, Over the Cap is a GREAT online resource for understanding contracts and how they impact the cap. The sight breaks down every contract in the NFL and is great for huge football nerds like myself.
According to Jason, the Raiders can re-sign Khalil Mack and Derek Carr in a way that their contracts, or at least a portion of them, will count against the salary floor. All the Raiders would need to do is re-sign them before the new league year starts and include large signing bonuses. The Raiders do not normally have big singing bonuses but for two guys who they know are building blocks for the team and given the cap floor issue, I could completely see that happening. Especially when the other option is McKenzie completely changing the way he does business.
Thus, the cap floor that people love to talk about really isn’t as big of a deal as some may think and I highly doubt the Raiders will feel forced to go on a crazy spending spree because of it.
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