The league is actively devaluing the running back position, and RBs league-wide have had enough. Players at the position take to Twitter to support Josh Jacobs and other franchise tagged position-mates who didn’t reach a long-term deal at the deadline on Monday.
Monday afternoon marked the deadline for players who received the franchise tag to reach a long-term agreement with their team. Fans had waited patiently to see if Josh Jacobs and the Las Vegas Raiders would strike a deal, and finally, the day of decision came. Once 4p.m. ET came around, the deadline had officially passed,
Although Raider Nation has hopes of Josh Jacobs returning to defend his rushing title, that may not be how the situation plays out. It’s a tough pill to swallow, but the reality is the Silver and Black may be without their All-Pro running back – potentially for good. Is that something the Raiders are prepared for?
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The All-Pro, the disagreement, and the franchise tag that shall not be signed – such is life for Josh Jacobs and the Las Vegas Raiders.
When Raiders general manager Dave Ziegler traded Pro Bowl tight end Darren Waller to the New York Giants mid-March, the tight end position suddenly became an urgent need in Las Vegas. Ziegler helped patch the group in free agency by welcoming both Austin Hooper and O.J. Howard to Sin City, then put the cherry on
Per ‘reports’, it’s only a matter of time. Not only did the Silver and Black add Jakobi Meyers to their ranks via free agency, but the team also selected aforementioned Tre Tucker in the 2023 NFL Draft. Do these moves signal the end of Renfrow in Sin City? According to these ‘reports’, the answer is yes.
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It’s not all bad in Sin City—throughout these last two years, the Raiders stand alone as the only team to house more than one player who earned an “elite” grade in each of the last two NFL seasons.
Veteran quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was the first player who Las Vegas Raiders’ general manager Dave Ziegler agreed to terms with once the ‘legal tampering’ period began this offseason. Of all the players who verbally agreed to terms with the Raiders during this period, he was the very last to officially sign his deal. First to agree, last to sign the dotted line; what’s going on? According to most reporters at the time, there was nothing to worry about. Everything was just fine – a minor detail in the contract-language was being worked on, that’s all.
Drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders in round two of the 2021 NFL Draft, safety Trevon Moehrig has been a day-one starter in Las Vegas’ secondary. During his rookie campaign, Moehrig played the same coverage-safety role that led him to win the Jim Thorpe Award in 2020. This past season, now in year-two of his NFL career, Moehrig swapped to a utility role. Instead of playing the free safety position he was accustomed to, the former TCU defensive back spent his ’22 season at strong safety. Teammate Nate Hobbs shares a similar story.
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