Here’s the latest out of Oakland:
- The Raiders say they want to hold onto Marshawn Lynch, but they are also still intent on keeping pending free agent Doug Martin, Vic Tafur of The Athletic writes. Martin finished out the year with 723 rushing yards, four touchdowns, and a yards per carry average of 4.2, his best showing since 2015. In late November, Jon Gruden was adamant about re-signing Martin, so it’s little surprise to hear that he remains in the team’s plans.
- Gruden also said the Raiders will work hard to re-sign tight end Jared Cook, Tafur writes. “I had a good meeting with Jared before he left,” Gruden said. “And we’ll do the best we can to get him back. It will be competitive. I’m sure there are a lot of teams who look at the tape and put him on their wish list.” Cook was named to the Pro Bowl as an alternate after he hauled in a career-high 68 catches for 896 yards and six TDs.
- Former Buccaneers defensive line coach Brentson Buckner has taken the same job with the Raiders, but former DL coach Mike Trgovac is still in the team’s plans. Gruden says he’ll remain with the club in an advisory role.
Raiders should trade for the Jags RB LF. Raiders like vet players and have plenty of picks.
So give up Cooper and Mack to get picks to trade for LF? Makes no sense at all
I agree, but I haven’t seen that organization make much sense this century.
As a chiefs fan and raider hater i really think the best thing for raiders is to sign Kareem Hunt. His numbers tell there own story. Maybe the baggage would get lost in the year of transition before the move. Better than Fournette , cheaper and wont cost a pick.
It’s pretty clear from these latest Raider updates that Chucky is going to making all personnel decisions so why did they even bother to hire a GM?
They didn’t. They hired an ESPN personality. He’s real good at mock drafts so there’s that.
Won’t Chucky want to trade all his draft picks for a good casino manager?