xdeadlyxmirage
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Post by xdeadlyxmirage on Aug 30, 2014 19:53:47 GMT -5
This Blurb from Rotoworld seems to me to be worth highlighting -
"With an average age of 27.0, the Raiders are the oldest team in the NFL following Saturday's cuts.
With an average age of 25.09, the Rams are the youngest. Yes, the Raiders — who have averaged five wins over the past 11 seasons — are somehow older than the two teams still starting quarterbacks drafted when Bill Clinton was president. It's a testament to the desperation that's gone into constructing Oakland's 2014 roster, and frankly, ridiculous. A team that should be stockpiling upside has instead populated itself with aging veterans other teams declined to pluck off the scrap heap. It's why time is likely running out on the Reggie McKenzie era, and why the Raiders are poised to remain one of the league's worst teams. Only a Rookie of the Year-caliber season from second-rounder Derek Carr at quarterback could make this team appear on the up and up."
This is absurd, they honestly could use to cut every player over 27 on their roster without exception and start from scratch with draft picks and UDFAs.
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Post by steelersfan4life56 on Aug 30, 2014 20:50:20 GMT -5
I'm not surprised, it seems like most of their free agents aquasitions have seen better days
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 21:01:01 GMT -5
The youngest team is less than two years younger than the oldest team average? Doesn't seem like a good comparison. Raiders for instance could get that average because they have lots of to old guys and lots of to young guys to have a good team. Were as the youngest team could have all twenty five year olds in their prime. Not a good stat without explanation in my opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 21:16:26 GMT -5
Either way you look at it....they suck balls.
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Post by Juggs on Aug 30, 2014 21:41:10 GMT -5
They just drafted Khalil Mack and Derek Carr. They signed Maurice Jones-Drew, Lamar Woodley, Carlos Rogers, and James Jones.
They have great young talents, some blue chip players even in Marcel Reece, Stephen Wisneiski, and Tyvon Branch, and a few guys could break out and be really good: Menelik Watson, Denarius Moore and Pat Sims. Their roster, and even their young guys, are not bad at all. I would go as far as to say they are the most underrated team in the league right now. They will probably ride the ship that Dennis Allen and Derek Carr sail this season, but I disagree that Oakland is automatically a failure because they're so old. They had 60 million in cap room, so of course they signed a lot of veterans. That doesn't make them desperate scavengers that the article portrays them to be. In fact, I think things are looking up in Oakland for once.
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Post by DirtyBird on Aug 30, 2014 23:57:38 GMT -5
THey have a tough schedule....... Sorry Jeff but they will finish last again.....
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