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Mr. Scot

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Ex-Rams G/T Rodger Saffold has failed his physical with the Raiders, voiding his five-year, $42.5 million contract.

He's once again a free agent. It's to the point where we just feel bad for GM Reggie McKenzie, who is simply out of his depth. Valuing Saffold more, the Raiders let perfectly fine in-house option Jared Veldheer walk. Now they have neither, and a titanic hole on Terrelle Pryor/Matt McGloin/Unsigned Free Agent's blindside. As for Saffold, it wasn't exactly a secret that his health was a question mark. He's missed 17 games over the past three seasons. More versatile than effective, he'll go back to shopping his wares as a guard who can play tackle. It's quite possible he'll end up back with the Rams on a bargain deal. The Raiders are going to be historically bad (again) in 2014

 

 

NFL.com's Mike Silver reports it was Raiders owner Mark Davis who nixed the Rodger Saffold deal.

Davis apparently had concerns about the shoulder Saffold injured last preseason. Per Silver, Saffold "could have had surgery and been ready for training camp," but Davis wouldn't have it. It's a troubling development for many reasons. It shows a lack of faith in GM Reggie McKenzie, and is an indication that, despite his protestations to the contrary, Davis has some of his father's management style to him. Davis has left egg on his GM's face, and his offensive line without a left tackle. It's a sad state of affairs in Oakland.

 

 

Any chance Saffold lowers his price?

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That's not bad for #1 receiver in free agency. Nicks might get 3 years $15m and $10 guaranteed.

 

This is exactly what I was thinking, if Decker is only getting $7-8 million a year then the rest of the WR's have got to be cheaper than that. poo we might be able to nab both Nicks and Ginn for around the same price. Best news I've heard all day besides the fact that Anthony Collins is actually considering signing with us.

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Raiders made a dumb decision by bringing in Saffold.  If he was so good, why did the Rams go out and bring an oft injured Jake Long to be their LT last year?  The truth is he sucked as a LT, and Ram fans can confirm as much.  Those Raiders didn't do their homework.  Yet even if Saffold was a decent LT, Veldheer was probably better still overall.  I feel sorry for Raider fans, but not really.  I mean that franchise do have a couple of championships.

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