Comments on: McKenzie says Raiders will have competition at quarterback, and every position

By: oakfosho

oakfosho — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 02:36:40 +0000

Reggie has nothing else to say,cause the Raiders have no other players to talk about.You can blame Reggie the bottom lipped retard for that.He has destroyed this team cause he is way over his head.Sure hope Al’s son has inherited some of his fathers genes and fires this bum now!

By: nbooat

nbooat — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:27:35 +0000

Raiders…Carson Palmer…commitment to excrement!!!

By: boogerhut

boogerhut — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:16:58 +0000

Gotta agree with the earlier poster. Dude looks like the ballchinian from men in black.

By: ademell1

ademell1 — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:02:56 +0000

What does Palmer have to throw to??

You gotta give Palmer a guy like Greg Jennings. These young receivers DESPERATELY need mentoring. If they’re not running the wrong routes or dropping balls they’re getting hurt.

Reggie’s #1 priority in FA should be to court Jennings and get him signed. Otherwise expect much of the same this year from the receivers.

How do they expect Palmer or anyone else to succeed at QB when Darrius Heyward-Bey is your #1 receiver? That’s atrocious.

By: hex25

hex25 — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:49:59 +0000

Should of bever let Gruden go

By: johnstone17

johnstone17 — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:19:53 +0000

Yeah, I’m sure as he closes in on 80 years of age, John Maddeen really wants to spend 70 hours a week rebuilding the Raider. Reggie is doing what needs to be done!

By: raiderapologist

raiderapologist — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:17:44 +0000

I don’t know that there is a player on that roster worth tagging. Wheeler isn’t. Bryant played well, but the franchise number for defensive tackles will be north of 8 million. If McKenzie tags anyone it will probably be Myers, but what he should be doing is working to whittle down Palmer’s number. 13 million salary, 15.3 against the cap for a team that will likely be drafting top 10 next year is way too much money.

By: commitment2excrement

commitment2excrement — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:15:18 +0000

Hey now…

At least their specialists are above average, when their long snapper isn’t concussed anyways. But then again if you have that much cap room wasted on ST they better perform, like beating the worst team in football with 3 FG’s.

By: ultramegacritic

ultramegacritic — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:02:09 +0000

Im a Raider but I hate McKenzie. Mark Davis is not a football guy so he listened to guys he thought were cool with his dad and that guy was Ron Wolfe. Little did Mark know that Wolfe hates the Raiders and wants to Raiders to fail. So he pushed a guy in McKenzie that he knew was as dumb as a box of rocks and Wolfe went on to the Chargers!
Mark Davis needs to step in now and fire McKenzie and the whole coaching staff and bring in Gruden and Madden

By: atwatercrushesokoye

atwatercrushesokoye — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:58:46 +0000

That’s weird change, cause the Raiders haven’t been competitive in a decade.

By: 52lightsxout52

52lightsxout52 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:56:48 +0000

McKenzie is taking the same approach as his mentors in Green Bay, Ron Wolf, and Ted Thompson. Replenish the roster with young talent and create competition at every position so that none of the veterans get too comfortable, and the young additions feel they have a legit chance to secure starting jobs. Competition brings out the best in the players, and will be reflected in performance on the football field…

By: eatitfanboy

eatitfanboy — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:51:49 +0000

Are bizarre haircuts a job requirement for Raiders top management?

By: onderin

onderin — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:51:44 +0000

I know people are thinking it’s obvious that the Raiders are having an open competition since they’ve been so bad. But really, what else is there?

I know most people don’t believe in them, but a good sign of change is the fact that so far this Reggie regime hasn’t made any egregious decisions in free agency and no major reaches in last years draft.

I know Raider fans want good things to happen right away, but Reggie is working things for the long haul. That’s how good organization work.

By: danieladubay

danieladubay — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:38:55 +0000

Palmer has one foot out the door already and this just confirms it. I don’t know what the cap situation is for his contract but if the Raiders aren’t penalized for releasing him then they should do it. It is obvious that he is not the QB of the future, so they should just do the right thing.

By: Patriot42

Patriot42 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:29:58 +0000

The raiders as well as all of the other teams are hoping to draft well so why is this news?

By: packerbackernj

packerbackernj — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:26:55 +0000

Reggie, thanks for all you did in Green Bay, but you still look like an alien from the Men in Black series of movies.

By: radrntn

radrntn — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:16:41 +0000

not sure if that is saying much, but hey when you get dealt a crappy hand you make the best of it. To bad it’s not a game of poker where you can try to bluff.

By: warpd

warpd — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:11:36 +0000

Brilliant strategy, Reggie. Start your best players, surely none of the other GMs or coaches will think to do that. Super Bowl bound!

By: mikebrownfaux

mikebrownfaux — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:09:11 +0000

Hey Carson.. Are you missing Mike Brown and the crappy Ohio weather yet??

By: nomoreseasontix

nomoreseasontix — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:02:06 +0000

Competition will only work if you have good players competing for the positions.
If you have garbage players competing, well…
It’ll be like a tallest midget competition.

By: jturbo1402003

jturbo1402003 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:49:16 +0000

I love that Reggie is opening all positions open to competition including QB where I hope Terrelle Pryor wins and is the Raiders starter for 2013. 1 we could cut Carson save a bunch of $ from the cap and 2 w Peyton in Denver we aren’t competing for Division w Palmer so in a weak QB draft class only makes sense to play Pryor this whole season see what he has w an offense tailored to his strengths. If he doesn’t pan out then we can draft a QB in next years draft which experts are saying will be a strong QB draft class. Just my opinion. Go Raiders

By: EJ

EJ — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:44:48 +0000

Pryor should be the starter anyway. He has the athleticism, all he needs is good coaching. Give him a chance Raiders!

By: mtntrouter

mtntrouter — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:42:31 +0000

Palmer will restructure and be the starter. I’m not sure what the cap hit would be for releasing Palmer, but the Raiders would get no value for the 2nd rd pick Palmer is costing them in this draft either. I doubt you could trade Palmer with a $13m salary as well. Were it me, I’d play either Palmer, Pryor, or both and let those two get beat-up. With a bare cupboard, we aren’t going to the playoffs this year. Build up the lines/secondary/rb. Next year, when we are drafting Top 10 we can get our franchise QB when the crop is much better. Teddy Bridgewater ain’t no joke.

By: therealraider

therealraider — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:37:24 +0000

Its the level of competition thats a problem.

By: sportsmeccabi

sportsmeccabi — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:33:29 +0000

Except GM and head coach, right?

By: themagicman1223

themagicman1223 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:27:24 +0000

But they did draft a good offensive line I can give them that.

By: themagicman1223

themagicman1223 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:26:49 +0000

The raiders are going to stay irrelevent for many many more years, they are terrible at drafting.