The Financial Implications of Releasing Rolando McClain
It was recently reported that Rolando McClain’s tenure with the Oakland Raiders may be coming to a quick end with the player being thrown off the practice field and McClain later using social media to...
View ArticleMike Brisiel’s Not Quite Paycut
The postmaster brought along news yesterday that initially elated many Raider fans, but then gave way to many questions. It was announced right guard Mike Brisiel restructured his contract yesterday, a...
View ArticleRaiders Play Kick the Can with Tyvon Branch
In news less surprising than finding sleet on the ground in the northeast, the Raiders converted SS Tyvon Branch’s 2013 $6,000,000 base salary and $3,500,000 into a signing bonus to obtain more needed...
View ArticleRaiders Continue Purge of “out of whack” Contracts
The Raiders continued their roster make over, releasing FS Michael Huff, WR Darrius Heyward-Bey, and DE Dave Tollefson. The moves collectively saved about 6.2 million in space for the Raiders...
View ArticleRaiders Finally Drop Tommy Kelly
The Raiders released DT Tommy Kelly yesterday, a move long suspected to be in the works. Kelly was the Raiders 2nd longest tenured player, only surpassed by kicker Sebastian Janikowski. While...
View ArticleRaiders, Seahwaks, and Cardinals Make Some Moves with Flynn and Palmer
With accurate news of Quarterbacks Matt Flynn and Carson Palmer’s restructures in hand, I figured now would be a good time to look at the set of moves that landed Flynn in Oakland, Palmer in Arizona,...
View ArticleRaiders Complete Demolition, Terminate Rolando McClain
The odyssey of Raiders General Manager Reggie McKenzie’s quest to eliminate “out of whack” contracts and other malcontents has come to a close. With the official release of linebacker Rolando McClain...
View ArticleBest & Worst Contracts: The Oakland Raiders
A few weeks ago Jason LaCanfora published a list of best and worst contracts in the NFL so I thought it might make a good idea for us to do the same here at OTC, with a team by team approach. I’ll try...
View ArticleJon Condo’s Extension With Raiders Worth $3.2 Million
The Raiders continued their special teams extension when the locked up Long Snapper Jon Condo to a three year contract worth $3.2 million. The $1.067 annual value places Condo near the top of the...
View ArticleState of Rebuild – Oakland Raiders
How do you build a winning football team? Over the next few weeks I am going to look at a handful of teams that are relatively early in their rebuilding process or on the verge of a possible rebuild....
View ArticleDetails Of Marcel Reece’s New Contract
Last week Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reported that Raiders FB Marcel Reece signed a contract extension that would provide for the largest guarantee ever for a Fullback. We now can share the details of...
View ArticleLooking at Possible Contracts For the Raiders Jared Veldheer
It was reported yesterday that the Raiders and LT Jared Veldheer are working on a contract extension, so I figured we could take a look at what contract possibilities there could be for him. Veldheer...
View ArticleFree Agency Thoughts: Oakland Raiders
Key Additions: Matt Schaub ($6.8M per year), Austin Howard ($6M), LaMarr Woodley ($5.2M), Justin Tuck ($5M), Donald Penn ($4.8M), Antonio Smith ($4.5M), Tarell Brown ($3.5M), James Jones ($3.3M),...
View ArticleBest & Worst Contracts 2014: Oakland Raiders
We close out week one with the Oakland RaidersBest Contract: Tarell BrownMuch like last season I don’t think there is a lot to choose from on the Raiders. They have done their best to change the...
View ArticleRaiders 2016 Offseason Preview
Current Estimated 2016 Cap Space: $71.9 million Expected 2016 Cap Space: $78.3 million Estimated Rookie Cap: $6.267 millionRoster Overview Players Under Contract: 44 Pro Bowlers: 3 Unrestricted Free...
View ArticleLooking at the Oakland Raiders Contracts and Future Salary Cap
I had a number of requests to look at the Raiders salary cap and contract decisions and since I find the Raiders a pretty fascinating team and this is an ultra slow time for contract news it seems like...
View ArticleLooking at a Potential Extension for Derek Carr
With Derek Carr eligible for a contract extension upon completion of this season, his third in the NFL, the Oakland Raiders and Carr’s representatives will likely sit down this offseason and try to...
View ArticlePlaying the GM of the Oakland Raiders (Part 1)
Over the last two or three weeks the Oakland Raiders have been at the top of my questions list The Raiders are finally on the uptick and have some big time players on rookie contracts. Whenever that...
View ArticlePlaying GM of the Raiders (Part 2)
In part 1 of our look at the Raiders I examined some of the contract strategies of Oakland and set forth a few possible parameters for contract extensions. In part 2 I will make some rough estimates...
View ArticlePlaying GM of the Raiders (Part 3)
In part 1 of the series I looked at contract tendencies with the Raiders and in part 2 I focused on contract extensions, here we put it all together and see what mess I created. I ran all the numbers...
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