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islandboy wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 7:20 am Only way Spytek trades the #1 pick is if he can get 4 1sts-(26,27,28,29), a couple of 2nds and a starting guard, from a team that he thinks will be bottom 10 for the next 4 years (Cle/Az/NO??)

Then if you trade Max for 2 1sts and a 2nd, that would be alot of building blocks to rebuild this team.

islandboy wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 7:20 am Only way Spytek trades the #1 pick is if he can get 4 1sts-(26,27,28,29), a couple of 2nds and a starting guard, from a team that he thinks will be bottom 10 for the next 4 years (Cle/Az/NO??)

Then if you trade Max for 2 1sts and a 2nd, that would be alot of building blocks to rebuild this team.

chucker wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 7:30 am First, I think trading for more picks would be a bad idea. There are teams that loaded up with picks this year, likely hoping to be able to trade into the top spot and pick their QB, and they now can't do that because a QB needy team has the top spot.

Second, just a detail but you can't trade 2029 picks until the 2027 draft has started. And you can't trade 2028 picks until this year's draft has started.

Attyla wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 6:50 am Thanks for this. My take a ways:

First he preps hard and knows how to articulate the job
He is really a nice guy but very focused
He listens, and that is important because he did get some great advice
He asked good questions and he also has great awareness.
Honest answer to the Heisman noise so he is self aware

He is going to be the next great Raiders QB

JRaider17 wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 7:36 am Its a great point, picks sound and look great until you realize they aren't even enough to get the guy you want because that team needs him also.

CWood24 wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 10:57 pm As much as Flores is a head case he is being proven right though that Tua wasn’t that guy & that Herbert/Love were better options

Tua is the poster boy for why owner’s should never be involved when drafting because the minute they do then you GM & HC are on a hiding to nothing

Not that Flores is my first choice but he is a hell of a coach though & consistently puts out top tier defences

This is why i want Davis & Brady nowhere near our draft process, even though Brady was arguably the greatest to play his position it doesn’t mean he knows anything about scouting they are two completely different worlds

Attyla wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 8:03 am And we are not just in need of him, we have been in need of him for way way too long. I don't trade this pick.

Raidernation1979 wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 5:21 am Mendoza starts at about 25 mins. Great play break down

Attyla wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 8:03 am And we are not just in need of him, we have been in need of him for way way too long. I don't trade this pick.

tatalalicious wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 8:35 am I watched some dopes on ESPN today arguing essentially that the Raiders are so bad they shouldn't take Mendoza but trade for more picks. Of course its fine for every other bad franchise to take Mendoza/Moore. Never understood this weird argument when there is great qb prospect available at the top of the draft and a team desperately needs one.

tatalalicious wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 8:35 am I watched some dopes on ESPN today arguing essentially that the Raiders are so bad they shouldn't take Mendoza but trade for more picks. Of course its fine for every other bad franchise to take Mendoza/Moore. Never understood this weird argument when there is great qb prospect available at the top of the draft and a team desperately needs one.

Opoponax50 wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 8:45 am They gotta have something to talk about and it's going to be a long four months to the draft, which means that people on the internet are going to be echoing a lot of the stupid things they see on TV.

It's a 100% chance that it's going to be Mendoza. Our energy is better spent worrying about the next HC, FA, and how this draft is shaping up for 2nd round players (unless we trade Maxx for first round picks).