Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis is displaying patience rarely seen within the organization as he allows general manager Reggie McKenzie to purge the roster of ghastly contracts given out by the previous regime. Davis pointed to the San Francisco 49ers as a model for where he sees the Raiders in the future. "You have to have a very solid team and then you can plug one or two guys in," Davis said in an interview with Steve Corkan of the Bay Area News Group on Monday. "I hate to use the example of the team across the bay, but they're in a position now where they have such a good core that they're able to just pick up a guy here or a guy there. "They're able to bring in a Nnamdi Asomugha or somebody that could possibly help them. If he doesn't (work out), it doesn't really destroy their chemistry badly because they're not counting on Nnamdi to do anything (great), but to augment them." The 49ers' foundation was built through the draft and supplemented by free-agent veterans such as defensive lineman Justin Smith, a plan Davis sees his team emulating. Source: NFL.com
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Well he's absolutly right. The raiders are not only getting these huge contracts off their books, but they are cutting players who can start else where. This should help them acquire more draft picks because thats what they need. They really do need what SF has, 14 picks in the draft.
They're the Raiders, I say keep the huge contracts and I truly hope they NEVA get 14 picks in ANY draft...heckem
