No doubt, but on the flipside of that, there have been many competent and even franchise starters in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. And that mid round pick doesn't force a teams hand to start the kid day one and most of the time, mid round picks can be recouped fairly easy. WE now have an extra 3rd rounder that is in the top 100. Not as big of a gamble if there is someone there that is under-rated, imo. Having said that, not saying we should think of that as QBof as much as just if some kid looks to have some promise, it's low risk. Honestly though, I'm kinda glad they've decided to scrap this perpetual band-aid solutions to avoid the all out rebuild and said, let's get young and deal with some lumps for hopefully a better future. Maybe we just let Howell play and see what 2026 brings and I'm okay with a down year of 5-6 wins if we re-build to real contentions. Winning 9 or 10 games and knowing damn well we have no shot is the worst place to be.
I remember John wanting Mahomes and the rumor was Russ was upset, and this was when Russ was ballin, but John knew Mahomes had something special … John kinda knows QB’s he’s shown that …
Great deep ball. He def could extend plays too. Hes better than i ever gave him credit for
I hate it when google is down.
If by next season you mean 2025 then for the Raiders 31 million and for the Seahawks 13.5 in dead money.
Geno is an adequate NFL starter. He's an improvement over whatever the Raiduhs had in '24 and likely over whatever else they might have had in '25. And then the Pete connection.... it's a big upgrade for LVR in my view and it gives that team a couple years of space to find a long term guy.
Clearly, Carroll doesn't want a youngster and a rebuild.....he is 73 so I get it.
Rumors are that the Raiders aren't done... They are going to also be pursing a young QB in the draft...
Meh....not with the 1st rounder....this draft isn't loaded. I would roll with AOC as Geno's backup and maybe go after a QB in the '26 or '27 draft at this point.
