Raiders get Richard Seymour?

He's 29 years old, he'll be 30 in October and he had 52 tackles and 8 sacks last year. He's probably got a couple of good years or so left in him and as GTripp pointed out, the Raiders may pick a little lower by the 2011 draft. But once again the Pats pick up a good pick and by 2011 everyone will be wondering how the hell they do it.

They don't fall in love with players. It's all business. Respect.

What a crazy trade. I am sorry, but Al, if he was behind this, has totally lost it. And New England comes off looking super smart. The way Al is running the Raiders, that pick is going to be in the top 3.

I find myself wishing we could have convinced Al of Montgomery's greatness :)

Well, I'm trying to think of the Redskins equivalent for this trade. We would all trade Corneilus Griffin tomorrow if we could get a first round pick for him, but that doesn't quite add up.

I guess the closest thing to this trade: would you trade London Fletcher tomorrow for a 2011 first round pick? I don't think I would. Not that it wouldn't be a good value, but the value of that 2011 pick to this franchise declines severely if our defense sucks this year. Would our defense suck without Fletch? Probably not, but I wouldn't want to risk it.

Not sure what NE is thinking on this one.

That's why you can't get mad at players when at contract time they want the most money possible, I beleive he has 3 SB rings with them and now he's traded imagine his reaction to that. There always screaming players should show loyalty to their team but what about the team showing loyalty to the player.

That's why you can't get mad at players when at contract time they want the most money possible, I beleive he has 3 SB rings with them and now he's traded imagine his reaction to that. There always screaming players should show loyalty to their team but what about the team showing loyalty to the player.

To me NE showed no loyalty in this one. Seymour must be pissed going from a SB contender to one of the worst teams in the NFL. They trade away their best D linemen for a future draft pick? I guess the youth movement on NE's defense is underway.

That's why you can't get mad at players when at contract time they want the most money possible, I beleive he has 3 SB rings with them and now he's traded imagine his reaction to that. There always screaming players should show loyalty to their team but what about the team showing loyalty to the player.

On Sirius yesterday, they made it sound like Tony Paschos was given an ultimatum to take a paycut or be cut(without naming actual names). I think that also is wrong, at least on cut day. You have all off-season to renegotiate contracts, but at the last possible moment, when the player has no real way to check out options and market value is very poor practice. Those sort of moves make me more sympathetic when a player is saying show me the money.

Of course none of that applies to Crabtree. :doh:

Can't make decisions in this league based on loyalty. Seymour is on the last year of his contract, and for the Pats to get a first rounder for a guy about to hit 30 and they had no intentions of giving a big money deal to is simply smart business.

New England Patriots deal Richard Seymour to Oakland Raiders - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4450767)

No idea how this deal came about.


Boy, that's like going from the penthouse to the outhouse. NE sure know how to TCB.

talk about getting bamboozled. Al Davis is the laughingstock of the entire league. and nycskinfan82, the owners show their loyalty come pay day. Seymour might not like his new team, but in the end, it all pays the same