Jakobi Meyers Requests Trade
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2025 12:16 pm
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As many others have said, it's not that he's asking for a trade. That's just the business. It's the timing that's the problem. What is it, less than two weeks before the season starts?chucker wrote: Tue Aug 26, 2025 5:59 am It's hard to say who's "at fault" in this without knowing how much Meyers is demanding for a contract and what the Raiders are offering. It definitely sucks that the relationship has reached this point though.
You don't think the players and front office knew he was looking for a raise? Do you think the players are raising even one hair of an eyebrow over this development? Myers is using the only leverage he has at the most tactical moment for him to try and finagle a new deal. More power to him.Opoponax50 wrote: Tue Aug 26, 2025 8:43 am As many others have said, it's not that he's asking for a trade. That's just the business. It's the timing that's the problem. What is it, less than two weeks before the season starts?
He could've done this before camp so that he could be on his way and we could have gotten Bech more reps in the system. I don't think Bech is going to amount to anything, but his presence with the first team this entire time would've been good for everyone. I don't know how Meyer's sudden announcement is anything but bad for the locker room.
I think that can also be part of "it's just business", when the clock gets near midnight things come to a head and get done. You know doing the book report the night before it's due. He's not alone in the league here and some have got that 11th hour deal, will he??? Either way, it's just business. If he doesn't sign and plays it's us talking about it one way, if he sits and doesn't play that costs him and probably us talking about it more and next man up. But it's all just business.Opoponax50 wrote: Tue Aug 26, 2025 8:43 am As many others have said, it's not that he's asking for a trade. That's just the business. It's the timing that's the problem. What is it, less than two weeks before the season starts?
Interesting. So is it (A) Let's get what we can for a disgruntled player now and use Cooper and our young wideouts; or (B) End up settling a pay raise for Meyers (maybe an extension or maybe not) and use Cooper mixed in with the young guys and we have two good vets to help the young guys.raiders93 wrote: Tue Aug 26, 2025 8:00 am I don’t see jakobi moving at this point. If the wheels fall off this team early, a move at the deadline makes sense. He hasn’t held out though so it seems like we probably don’t have a ton of pressure to move him. This could just be a tactic on his end to expedite a deal so the headline goes away.
I don’t think the cooper thing is a jakobi replacement. I think if anything he’s cheap and probably more reliable then the guys not named jakobi. At this point Tucker hasn’t really proven anything and Thornton and bech are rookies. Cooper and meyers feels like a decent starting two and the 3rd guy can rotate between Thornton, Tucker, and bech.
Apparently the league isn’t as high on Meyers as his agent seems to think.
Since he had the best drop rate, lets say he has great hands.Corleone wrote: Tue Aug 26, 2025 10:59 am Apparently the league isn’t as high on Meyers as his agent seems to think.
Meyers reminds me of another Myers, Brandon Myers. Put up good stats because we had little other options on offense, when allowed to go elsewhere, proved to not be as good as some thought. Jakobi is an average WR with good hands, that’s about it.
You don't think this throws the whole receiver corp and Geno Smith into discombobulation?Trainnvain wrote: Tue Aug 26, 2025 8:58 am You don't think the players and front office knew he was looking for a raise? Do you think the players are raising even one hair of an eyebrow over this development? Myers is using the only leverage he has at the most tactical moment for him to try and finagle a new deal. More power to him.
That was a wild time. Some on here actually thought myers was good.Corleone wrote: Tue Aug 26, 2025 10:59 am Apparently the league isn’t as high on Meyers as his agent seems to think.
Meyers reminds me of another Myers, Brandon Myers. Put up good stats because we had little other options on offense, when allowed to go elsewhere, proved to not be as good as some thought. Jakobi is an average WR with good hands, that’s about it.
The 2nd coming of Puka Nacua? the 2nd coming of Cooper Cupp? the 2nd coming of Hunter Renfrow?