can we do better with a 3rd than...

by zclayro on Mar 11, 2010 6:39 PM MST

Wait for it....

With the releasing of ILB Andra Davis today we has created a void on our team that may or may not be filled by current prospects on the team.

Also, with the news of Rolando McClain's health concerns moving forward I believe more than a few of us are skeptical about taking him with that 11th pick.

And as for Spikes, not that he would necessarily be there at 45, but the fact that we took a look at Ducasse I am going to (for the sake of this discussion) pretend that we are taking him with that pick.

Not sure that any other ILB would be worth taking for what we are looking at anywhere else in the first three rounds.

So would it be worth sending our 3rd round pick to the Raiders for Kirk Morrison? I for one have to say pull the trigger on that deal. Apparently Morrison and his agent are saying that they are in contact with teams. I am really hoping that we are one of them and that the fact that we let Davis go was because we had this deal all but locked.

I know you hate to give another draft pick to a team in the west, but atleast there is an above average chance that Al Davis will screw it up.

Morrison is a machine and is in his prime and is better than questionably any ILB we would take in the draft, especially one in the 3rd round

Poll

Would you sign Morrison to an offer sheet and thus send a 3rd round pick (RFA tender) to the Raiders

hell yea

57 votes

no, we will fill the void with someone already on the roster

18 votes

no, address it in the draft

36 votes

111 votes | Poll has closed

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Never Ever

Do business with the Raiders!!!!

by kimbertr on Mar 11, 2010 6:41 PM MST reply actions

i’m pretty sure they’re ruin the pick anyways

by higgyhoops12 on Mar 11, 2010 6:47 PM MST up reply actions

exactly

that was one of my last points in the the post

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by zclayro on Mar 11, 2010 6:48 PM MST up reply actions

Don't the Raiders still have to agree as to whom to take the third pick from.....

they would probably deal with anyother teams before they make trades with San Diego or Denver. Or can we just give them the pick and sign him slightly higher then anybody else?

by bronco112 on Mar 11, 2010 7:30 PM MST reply actions

actually, I think it is who Morrison signs an offer sheet from the team he wants...

then the raiders have the choice to match, or let him go…

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by HillisRanUover on Mar 11, 2010 7:39 PM MST up reply actions

exactly

they have no say except as whether to match it or not, and according to PFT

The Raiders would seemingly be thrilled if Morrison signs an offer sheet elsewhere.

so just sign him McX!

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"We laugh to stave off madness."

by zclayro on Mar 11, 2010 7:56 PM MST up reply actions

Interesting...

He wouldn’t be my first option, but I’d be willing to talk to him if for no other reason than to aggrevate Al Davis…

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by ejruiz on Mar 11, 2010 7:33 PM MST reply actions

The opportunity cost is awful from Denver’s prespective. Morrison is an average NFL player that will command an expensive new contract.

A 3rd round pick is very valuable in THIS draft and the salary of such a prospect will be much smaller than what Morrison woudl require.

I very much dislike this idea.

In my opinion.

by McGeorge on Mar 11, 2010 7:38 PM MST reply actions 1 recs

i would have to disagree and say he is an above average linebacker

and he as been one on a fairly poor team
i just think that the later round linebackers are more of gamble than a proven vet in his prime. The only ones i even really like are Micah Johnson (i was introduced to him through MHR mock drafts, but have since watched a bit of film on him) and Pat Angerer (who would need to gain some weight). Morrison is a sure tackler (634 total tackles in 5 seasons) and he hits hard (youtube it) and would look sweet in orange and blue (and we could rub it in to the raider fans)

"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that."
"We laugh to stave off madness."

by zclayro on Mar 11, 2010 8:03 PM MST up reply actions

Are you an economics teacher?

How is the opportunity cost awful?

1st Scenario: Broncos offer a 3 year 18 mil dollar contract (not a whole lot, but not a little). The Raiders choose that they don’t want him around for 3 more years and they want to get value out of him so they don’t offer. We get a good LB for pretty cheap.

2nd Scenario: Broncos offer a 3 year 18 mil dollar contract. The Raiders decide that they don’t want Morrison to go to the Broncos. They sign him. It doesn’t seem that the Raiders want Morrison anymore (they put a 3rd round tender on him), so the Raiders would have 18 million dollars tied up throughout the next 3 seasons.

by higgyhoops12 on Mar 11, 2010 8:18 PM MST up reply actions

Quite franky

I say that the Broncos sign him. Either way the Raiders lose. If Denver offers him a 3 year 18 million dollar deal and the Raiders don’t match, we get a good ILB for pretty cheap. If the Raiders do match, they’re stuck with a player that they don’t want anymore for 3 more years.

by higgyhoops12 on Mar 11, 2010 8:11 PM MST reply actions