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Ok maybe this doesn’t need its own thread but the deadline is 5 weeks away. I know the next couple weeks will determine if we are buyers but let’s say we get to 5-2 do we make a move?

I really wish we still had Jakobi here but it sounds like a few guys might be available…

Brian Thomas Jr
Marvin Harrison Jr
Jerry Jeudy

Thoughts?

Jeevo wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2026 12:17 pm Early grade: SI gives the Vikings a B and the Raiders an A-.

ESPN - not Barnwell - Vikings A and Raiders B+

Despite posturing that they might hold Cousins, this was always the best move for the Raiders. Had they not dealt Cousins, he likely would have played a couple more games before they turned the keys over to Mendoza. Was keeping that plan worth a third-round pick and $10 million? Surely not.

There's an argument that starting Mendoza's career with games against the Seahawks and Broncos defenses will stunt his development. I don't really buy that, but if the Raiders are concerned they could play Aidan O'Connell for a few weeks and let Mendoza take over after, perhaps following their Week 13 bye. Either way, it made sense for them to get the third-round pick (and save the money).

Jeevo wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2026 1:28 pm ESPN - not Barnwell - Vikings A and Raiders B+

Despite posturing that they might hold Cousins, this was always the best move for the Raiders. Had they not dealt Cousins, he likely would have played a couple more games before they turned the keys over to Mendoza. Was keeping that plan worth a third-round pick and $10 million? Surely not.

There's an argument that starting Mendoza's career with games against the Seahawks and Broncos defenses will stunt his development. I don't really buy that, but if the Raiders are concerned they could play Aidan O'Connell for a few weeks and let Mendoza take over after, perhaps following their Week 13 bye. Either way, it made sense for them to get the third-round pick (and save the money).

What this fails to mention or intentionally leaves out is we acquired him for nothing and received a 3rd in return.

16 to 88 wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2026 2:14 pm What this fails to mention or intentionally leaves out is we acquired him for nothing and received a 3rd in return.

exactly, the raiders got max value (3rd rd pick) for a guy they got for 650k, plus the deal with the vikes clears the raiders of 10 million against the cap next yr too

As I had written before around here somewhere, I wonder if they are going to trade him, that they may believe or already realize that Maxx might be worth more in the offseason than now? New year, new hope and teams looking for a disruptive DE.

Attyla wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2026 1:13 pm Safe to say we did not. That level of trade would have been announced immediately.

Or leaked

For the "we should have gotten more" crowd take into consideration that no other QB came off the board today so that should tell you that the QB market was very light. Vikes were literally competing against themselves which always makes it tougher. And I know some of you think Cousins was the crown jewel among available QBs and while that might be the case, the drop off after Cousins is really not that significant. While Cousins has some very nice stats, he is coming off one of his worst games in recent history, his good games came against some of the worst in the league and against good teams he has struggled. And there is that pesky 10M the Vikes are eating to get him. This is not Madden, there is no "trade" button that you can push. The Vikes and the Raiders did a deal both needed to do. That also factors into this. We needed to ditch the contract for next year and we needed to offload Cousins to get our guy onto the field without a safety net. Our run game and our receivers need a guy who can push the ball comfortably. This was a win all the way around.