Oakland will be more competitive than the Chiefs next year

[Brock]

Originally Posted by jdubya

Dennis Allen stayed for 2 1/2 years of his 3 year contract. That is much longer than Al would have kept him. Again, he was just a stop gap coach while the Raiders decimated their roster of high salaries/contracts until Reggie McKenzie got the salary cap in order. Not even Lombardi would have won more games for the Raiders the first 2 years after Al died.

I hate to break the news, but there was no point to firing Dennis Allen at that point. It's just another case of the team laying blame on somebody for their own ****ed up decision making, business as usual in Oakland.. Nothing's changed, unless you think letting Tony Sparano dog-paddle around out there serves some insane purpose.

[jdubya]

Originally Posted by Brock

I hate to break the news, but there was no point to firing Dennis Allen at that point. It's just another case of the team laying blame on somebody for their own ****ed up decision making, business as usual in Oakland.. Nothing's changed, unless you think letting Tony Sparano dog-paddle around out there serves some insane purpose.

You may be 100% correct. Time will tell

[RINGLEADER]

Carr is average.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

Carr is average.

He's nothing great right now but if Oakland doesn't completely ruin him he should be a solid starter...

[Pasta Little Brioni]

He would be a moron to work for Flowbee

[Jiu Jitsu Jon]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

He would be a moron to work for Flowbee

He also likes Carr. A lot. Don't act like you wouldn't work for Flowbee if he paid you several million a year.

[Valiant]

Carr has the chance to be great. The problem is that happening in Oakland is as good as the chiefs winning a playoff game. Dont worry, you oakland fans can envy him when he is on the patriots.

[jdubya]

Originally Posted by Valiant

Carr has the chance to be great. The problem is that happening in Oakland is as good as the chiefs winning a playoff game. Dont worry, you oakland fans can envy him when he is on the patriots.

Again, you are referring to the old Raiders where no players were developed….Al is gone. The new regime is actually building from the draft and developing. Time will tell if they bring in the right staff today but don`t judge any longer on the "Al" days because he is gone...

[jdubya]

Sorry TimBone…Just pointing out that very soon it is between the Raiders and Chiefs for dominance as the Doncs and Chiefs are running out of time this year

[scho63]

It would be real easy for Harbaugh to join the Raiders without having to move his family or change his life.

Not sure what it would take and after him having problems with the front office, not sure Oakland makes sense in that respect.

It would be a big coup for Oakland to get him.

[HemiEd]

I feel smarter after reading this thread.

[BigMeatballDave]

Let's not pretend it took some kind of genious to pick Mack.

A reeruned chimp could have made that pick.

[Pablo]

Raiders fans tell us they're going to be better next year is just like Rust telling us the this is the year of the Clones.

It's just never going to happen. They're always going to be laughably bad.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Raiders fans tell us they're going to be better next year is just like Rust telling us the this is the year of the Clones.

Exactly

[Mile High Mania]

In regards to cap flexibility, OAK has the most of any team going into 2015. They'll certainly be the team that can do the most to improve, question is can they be smart about it and can they lure quality FAs without terribly over spending.

http://overthecap.com/salary-cap-space/

Shows OAK about $52M under and KC over the cap for 2015

http://www.spotrac.com/cap-tracker/nfl/2015/

Another with OAK around $52M and KC about $900k under...

Denver is about $28M under the cap via both sites, threw that in purely as a jab.