The Raiders are undergoing a lot of changes with a new regime in place and ridding the team of Stanford Routt and his bloated contract was one of the first roster moves of new general manager Reggie McKenzie. While the move was necessary in order to get the Raiders closer to the salary cap, it still leaves a gaping hole at the corner position. Now that Chris Johnson was also released, rebuilding the secondary is now a top priority for the Raiders this offseason. However, the Raiders will not be in the market for top corners; with little cap room and just two late-round picks to ...
Jose Canseco, who has been busy on Twitter with his usual rants, has been suspended by the Mexican League for refusing to take a drug test. According to ESPN, Quintana Roo Tigers' Team President said, that doping-control doctors advised Canseco against taking the test because he was using a medicine to produce testosterone.Canseco has been pledging his innocence, claiming that he has a prescription for testosterone and “can’t live without it." With his time in the Independent Leagues finished and now banned from the Mexican League, his playing ...
After a week that has seen defensive lineman Richard Seymour, quarterback Carson Palmer, and safety Michael Huff all restructure their contracts in an effort to create some wiggle room for the salary cap-strapped Oakland Raiders, yet another Oakland player has re-done his deal in an effort to help the team erase what began as a cap overage in excess of $20 million, as linebacker Aaron Curry has joined his teammates in "taking one for the team" by agreeing to renegotiate his contract late Friday.The 25-year-old Curry was the fourth-overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks, but ...
Sports media as a whole always seem so impressed with the New England Patriots and how they manage the structure of their team. So if they’re so impressive, what in the heck are they doing setting running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis loose on the free-agent market? New England is the team that, as YardBarker.com contributor Michael Stadlam put it, “seems to know how to get the most from his fairly limited talents.” Then who knows why the Pats chose not to sign the 26-year-old running back. Maybe it’s because they’ve been too busy trying to slap the franchise tag on that ...
Throughout the day, the Raiders have been working ferociously to get the salary cap situated. They fixed the "out of whack" deals of Richard Seymour, Michael Huff and Carson Palmer. Following those moves, the Raiders released Chris Johnson and Hiram Eugene.Now, the Raiders can add to the growing list of players who are willing to restructure their deals for the better of the team.After a long day of negotiations, Aaron Curry tweeted out that he and the Raiders restructured his deal. Before the deal, Curry was set to make $5.8 million. Details about the new deal has not been released yet, ...
As the Oakland Raiders continue to try to dig out from under a very precarious salary cap situation another prominent Raiders player has agreed to restructure his contract in an effort to provide the team with salary cap relief, as quarterback Carson Palmer renegotiated his contract with the team according to a report by ESPN's Adam Schefter.The Raiders flipped his $12.5 million base salary in 2012 to an $11.68 million roster bonus, which prorates like a signing bonus, to go along with an $825,000 base salary. They agreed to the change on Thursday.This was a deal that made ...
The Oakland Raiders have made significant strides in becoming a quality football team over the past couple of seasons, and this offseason will be vital in improving upon that.The Raiders missed out on the playoffs on the last week of the season last year and need to make some improvements if they want to make it over the hump.Although the Raiders are up against the salary cap, as seen by the release of cornerback Stanford Routt, they can still make signings to improve their team.The Raiders will be looking for playmakers to step in alongside Darren McFadden and impactful defensive players ...
Free agency starts Monday, and the Raiders are still hacking away at troublesome contracts to get under the salary cap. Once the Raiders are comfortably under the cap, they will turn their attention to signing free agents.It wouldn't be uncommon for a team to end up signing the majority of their own free agents, but this is no ordinary year in Oakland. Reggie McKenzie will try to re-shape the roster, and the fringe players could all be seeking employment come Monday.Some Raiders' free agents will be retained, while others will be boarding flights to different cities in 2012. QB Jason CampbellOdds he ...
You smell that?Ah, the fresh scent of pine tar and eye black. It’s that time of year again—yes, spring training.Pitchers are loosening up their arms and hitters are getting back into the swing of things. It’s a fresh new start to baseball. Spring is a period that symbolizes the blossoming of new growth—and baseball is no different. No team exudes the essence of springtime more than the Oakland Athletics, an organization that has almost completely re-harvested its roster over the winter.Out with last year’s crop: Trevor Cahill, Gio Gonzalez and Andrew Bailey are all shipped away.In with fresh seeds like ...
The last few days have been so confusing regarding Oakland Raiders' outside linebacker Kamerion Wimbley. After numerous rumors and speculations, the gist of the entire story is that the Raiders will release Wimbley if he refuses to take a pay cut (according to NFL.com's Jason LaConfora), which is very likely to happen. ESPN.com's Bill Williamson says Wimbley will not take a pay cut and expects him to be released.First off, I'd just like to say I'm very upset over this. I know that football is a game and loyalty is hard to come by nowadays, but Wimbley was considered a ...