Comments on: Raiders avoided $5 million guaranteed by cutting Routt now

By: raidermike34

raidermike34 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:59:13 +0000

Raidernation!! We are a now beginning to trim the roster spots where we need the upgrade, we have coaches and a GM that can now attract solid FA”s thru free agency that would like to play for Coach Allen again ex: (Grimes, Porter) these 2 would probably play for what we paid Routt in 1 season, if we signed both..thats where we need to look at!! the smaller scale scenarios and possibilities that can snowball into our laps, being able to attract these solid players thru FA with the extra $$ to sign them is needed. We need to only bolster our LB, DL, CB, and WR spots..I love the coaches we signed and i believe we will have the needed discipline that we needed to instill years ago come 2012!! i am excited Go RAIDERS!!!

By: farmmbig

farmmbig — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:23:11 +0000

Who did they cut?

By: cowboyhater

cowboyhater — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:19:56 +0000

You keep thinking that trading away all of your picks, cutting players to make room to pick up FA’s, and paying for another teams trash is a recipe for success. (See the Washington Redskins……) Been a skins fan for a long time, and have been down this road before, and now we are trying to get out of this 20 year disaster, to actually rebuild our roster with draft picks. Good luck Raider Fan!

By: bealeman

bealeman — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:35:27 +0000

And starting at cornerback this year for the Green Bay Packers……

By: keithdylan

keithdylan — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:13:33 +0000

Hard to argue with any personnel move made by the organization that got taken to school by the Bengals front office.

The Bengals were voted the worst professional sports franchise last year and they still held you down and took your lunch money.

Do you not understand it is a different regime in place? Those days are over.

By: nflofficeadmin

nflofficeadmin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:01:29 +0000

This has got to be good news for re-signing Tyvon Branch. Branch is a pro bowl caliber player that despite putting up great numbers has managed to fly under the national radar.
Go RAIDERS!!

By: EJ

EJ — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:37:35 +0000

He is in Buffalo today for a visit.

By: raiderredleg

raiderredleg — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:56:39 +0000

His 2011 performace certainly didn’t warrant 5 mil guarenteed this year and with no draft picks the Raiders only hope to improve the defense is through FA and that will take lots of money. Money Al Davis paid out last year.

Probably won’t be the last of Al’s “scholarship players” to go.

Looks like a fairly amicable partying…He now has head start on finding a new team. Glad the team handled it with class and let him go earlier than later so he could move on with his career.

He is still young enough to sign a one year, incentive laden contract in 2012, show he can perform at a high level and then clean house with a longer term deal.

Sure someone like Belicheck will snap him up and try and build on his natural God given skills.

By: tatum064

tatum064 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:25:16 +0000

tebowspeech says:
Feb 9, 2012 11:34 PM
This should clear up some cap space for the Raiders to acquire someone past their prime.
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Yeah. You wouldn’t want McFadden to drop another 165 yards on you.

(The Running back, not the ex-Steeler corner)

By: mr510

mr510 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:31:07 +0000

I guess we’ll get a better look at how good our former corners(Nnamdi and Routt) really are next year. Nnamdi was injured this year so I’ll give him a moligin.

By: staffordsyear

staffordsyear — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:38:17 +0000

@eastsideballa

Well on the plus side he wont have to face cj…only in practice;)

By: blacnsilvr

blacnsilvr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:07:20 +0000

I wouldn’t care if we saved 5 dollars!! He’s outta here!!

By: hoodheisman

hoodheisman — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:34:39 +0000

The only thing better than getting rid of Al’s mistakes is getting rid of Al’s mistakes quickly.

By: raidersfreak

raidersfreak — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:08:27 +0000

Good move here looks like McKenzie margin for error is very tight.

No how about Mclain depending on his contract he does not stupid moves both on and off the field.

We need a hard hitting LB core guys that know their gappin assignments and don’t over pursue.

By: mikeeg

mikeeg — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:02:32 +0000

Did Hue Jackson sign off on this? Last i heard, was he wanted more control of the team.

By: Fantasy Football Legend

Fantasy Football Legend — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:51:45 +0000

My guess he lands with Cowboys or Redskins.

By: moderndayjhericurl

moderndayjhericurl — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:35:31 +0000

@rundmc20

You soung like a retard if you think mcfadden was even close to being the best back in the league.

By: vincentbojackson

vincentbojackson — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:33:32 +0000

Hard to argue with any personnel move made by the organization that got taken to school by the Bengals front office.

The Bengals were voted the worst professional sports franchise last year and they still held you down and took your lunch money.

By: nomesayin

nomesayin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:55:19 +0000

Yeah, Routt was a flag machine, but the officials had a habit of picking on him with a lot of bogus calls too.

Sometimes I couldn’t even get mad at him, the calls were so “tuck-rule”-ish.

By: AlohaMrHand

AlohaMrHand — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:50:10 +0000

The Raiders are already smarter and more savvy with McKenzie in charge.

By: huejackson

huejackson — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:48:23 +0000

No Super bowl winning team has had a “shut down” CB in years.. CBs are over paid and not worth it..
It all starts with your D line

By: jamezz23

jamezz23 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:47:19 +0000

the lions should send a message for all the dbs in free agency. either you sign with the lions or else megatron might be your worse nightmare next year where ever you may land.

By: rundmc20

rundmc20 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:43:27 +0000

Just one of many big contract under performing players who will be shown the door. I just hope they give DMC one more shot, I know his injury situation but the guy was the best back in the league when he got hurt. Looks like Reggie is freeing up money for some free agents !

By: war27

war27 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:40:49 +0000

The Raiders covered Johnson with a LB for the big plays.

By: lumpinyourthroat

lumpinyourthroat — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:39:49 +0000

This just in Stanford was just flagged for illegal contact while cleaning out his locker.

By: thraiderskin

thraiderskin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:35:38 +0000

We should have traded him to the Chargers…

By: tebowspeech

tebowspeech — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:34:59 +0000

This should clear up some cap space for the Raiders to acquire someone past their prime.

By: pdxpanther

pdxpanther — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:31:13 +0000

Better to defend him in practice than to face him in a game for another team.

By: blackbeard43

blackbeard43 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:30:40 +0000

I like it. Routt was the most penilized player on the team and I’m not sorry at all to see him go…

I’m curious to see if Allen and Tarver are going to convert Huff to CB and if he’ll be able to cut it.

Go Raiders!

By: eastsideballa

eastsideballa — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:17:49 +0000

I would say the Lions should sign him but after what Calvin Johnson did to him in Oakland he probably doesn’t wana be around CJ.