Trent Edwards, Justin Smiley And Steven Heyer MAY be The Worst Signings Of 2011

**Dros666** · 08-03-2011, 12:35 PM

Trent Edwards, Justin Smiley And Steven Heyer MAY be The Worst Signings Of 2011: - Silver And Black Pride

Hope not...

**rise421** · 08-03-2011, 12:38 PM

Every signing MAY be the worst ever. Aso could tear his ACL this year and never be the same. Smiley could win the starting job and make his first pro bowl.

My point: We won't know until after the season

**Foed** · 08-03-2011, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by rise421

Every signing MAY be the worst ever. Aso could tear his ACL this year and never be the same. Smiley could win the starting job and make his first pro bowl.

My point: We won't know until after the season

Read the link and then you'll understand.

**DreDay707** · 08-03-2011, 12:49 PM

Yeah but don;t we HAVE to have 90 players on the roster? We have to sign players...

**Dros666** · 08-03-2011, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by TheRAIDERS

Read the link and then you'll understand.

Right on

**Ingersoll** · 08-03-2011, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by Dros666

Trent Edwards, Justin Smiley And Steven Heyer MAY be The Worst Signings Of 2011: - Silver And Black Pride

Hope not...

I believe the writer of the article may have changed his tune after you posted. In parentheses at the top it now says that the point of the article is moot due to the CBA being different now than what it was before.

**Kakish** · 08-03-2011, 12:52 PM

Could we have gotten 2 3rds for both Aso and Miller? Both were top tier FA's...

**Dros666** · 08-03-2011, 12:52 PM

MAY , will see

**Dros666** · 08-03-2011, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by Kakish

Could we have gotten 2 3rds for both Aso and Miller? Both were top tier FA's...

Miller , Aso , Gallery

3 3rd i think

**BoJack247** · 08-03-2011, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by DreDay707

Yeah but don;t we HAVE to have 90 players on the roster? We have to sign players...

^^this^^

just because we went out and signed Wand, Heyer and Smiley doesn't mean that these guys will actually make it onto the roster.

i think the person who wrote the article on the Raiders blog is prematurely jumping the gun. the Raiders will be compensated for the loss of 3 starters, two of which were Pro Bowlers last year.

**rise421** · 08-03-2011, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by TheRAIDERS

Read the link and then you'll understand.

Originally Posted by Dros666

Right on

Thank you both for making my point

**RaiderAg** · 08-03-2011, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Dros666

Miller , Aso , Gallery

3 3rd i think

I don't think Gallery will yield a third...Aso is a 3rd for sure. Miller a 3rd/4th, Gallery more a 4th/5th maybe even 6th because he only started 8 games last season.

**BoJack247** · 08-03-2011, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by RaiderAg

I don't think Gallery will yield a third...Aso is a 3rd for sure. Miller a 3rd/4th, Gallery more a 4th/5th maybe even 6th because he only started 8 games last season.

Gallery for sure will not yield a 3rd. last draft the Panthers were the only team to get a 3rd round compensatory pick and that's because they lost Julius Peppers. they were given a 7th for losing AJ Feeley.

two teams got a 4th, both Tennessee and Green Bay for the loss of Kyle Vanden Bosch and Aaron Kampman respectively. i think this is where Gallery would probably be slated.

i mean c'mon....the Raiders were given a 7th round comp pick for losing Cornell Green.

**dcraider34** · 08-03-2011, 01:24 PM

I could be wrong about this, but if memory serves me doesn't the whole compensatory pick thing also consider the specific positions you lost out on and if you got a FA to replace them slated at that particular position?

i.e. in principle, why would picking up Trent Edwards negate losing freaking Nnamdi in terms of compensation?

**BoJack247** · 08-03-2011, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by dcraider34

I could be wrong about this, but if memory serves me doesn't the whole compensatory pick thing also consider the specific positions you lost out on and if you got a FA to replace them slated at that particular position?

i.e. in principle, why would picking up Trent Edwards negate losing freaking Nnamdi in terms of compensation?

no.

they take into consideration starters, production, etc. when handing out compensatory picks.

comp picks are handed out for two things...losing more free agents than it signs and/or losing free agents that were better than those signed. so for example's sake, if the Eagles lose Vick next season and sign Jake Delhomme, they'd probably still end up with a 3rd round comp pick. just signing fill-ins doesn't negate compensatory picks.

the only things i'd see being a wash would be the signings of the three OL with the loses of Mario Henderson and Langston Walker.