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It has been reported that they offered him the buyout even if he resigned, in which case yes, they were giving him an option to save some face publicly with none of the downside. I also am not surprised he didn’t take the option and don’t hold it against him. This was his dream job, I wouldn’t quit my dream job either.

Self is denying those rumors.

The only way to guarantee we get him is to trade up to #1 overall.

There is one QB on the Sam Darnold track though, if there is one: Justin Fields. Top 10(ish) pick drafted to a bad situation, 3 years on the team that drafted them then traded to another bad situation, spend 2 more seasons in bad qb situations, then goes to a team with a QB guru coach and WB friendly offense to be a backup. The equivalent of Darnold’s Minnesota season would be next season for Fields. We’ll see.

He’s being paid commensurate with names such as Sam Ehlinger, Nick Mullens, Tommy Devito, and Drew Lock (who he couldn’t beat for a backup spot) to compete with Joe Milton for a chance just to hold a clipboard in Dallas. Every team who has employed him has parted with him, in all cases since Washington for less than they paid to acquire him. Sorry, but 32 teams think he is a complete scrub after multiple teams having him in their programs and giving him a chance to beat out their backups. I think most people would be fine kicking the tires for whatever, it’s just that there are a number of posters having a conniption about signing Kenny Pickett and saying the team needs to sign names such as Sam Howell or Trey Lance to prove they are serious about improving QB play. It just makes no sense.

Gotta wonder what the deal with Sam Howell is if the Eagles are more interested in Andy Dalton as a primary backup than him.

He got run off by the negative nancies for being too complimentary of our football team.

The market for him may not have been as good as it could have been due to him just being arrested on a gun charge at an airport. Reading the report of the charge it seems like he was trying to do the right thing and just uneducated, but still.

So if I’m getting this right, the FO does not think Bryce Young could win an open competition with basically anybody except Kenny Pickett or Andy Dalton, thinks his ego is so flimsy that they wouldn’t dare have any talent on the roster behind him anyways (I guess it’s a good thing he’s never been benched for poor play with that frail ego…), but ALSO if he has just a mediocre season will give him the bag just because. Makes total sense.

Well they will just have to draft another pass rusher in the first round this year…oh wait.

He threw him the ball for 1 season 5 years ago. Y’all are legit crazy lol.

They saw the market for Hendrickson was not as robust as expected and made a business decision. I’d respect it more if they just came out and said “We’re playing by the rules and we don’t need a reason to cancel the trade before 5pm Wednesday. That’s our window to evaluate all aspects of the trade and we decided it wasn’t in our best interests.” Don’t give us all this failed physical bs you just come off more slimy.

I was talking about the team trading for a player with full knowledge of the medical history, getting clowned nationally for giving up too much, then finding an excuse with the “failed physical”. That is exactly what happened in both situations. And a “failed physical” basically means whatever the team wants it to mean. If there was a solid reason, the Ravens would give it, just like when they cancelled a trade because they found a tumor in the guys brain during the physical. That’s a legit failed physical and they were more than happy to provide the reason and not take blame publicly for no reason. There’s nobody anywhere saying Crosby’s rehab is “not progressing” and the only report we have, from his actual surgeon no less, is that he is ahead of schedule.

Having trouble finding all these articles saying the Raiders withheld information. Here’s the latest from Crosby’s surgeon: ElAttrache told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Wednesday morning that Crosby was "doing very well in the early part of his rehab and recovery from surgery to treat a significant meniscus tear and the related stress injury to the bone and cartilage in his knee. He is certainly on track in his planned program." "We truly respect the work of the Ravens' staff with Maxx regarding the contract physical exam. We also understand the challenge the staff faces when tasked to provide a future risk assessment based on an evaluation early in the recovery process," ElAttrache said. "This is especially challenging when dealing with an elite player like Maxx considering the level of commitment necessary for a team to obtain him. The timing of this assessment is unfortunate because the apparent risk will lessen as his recovery progresses and his return to performance over the next few months becomes clear." So the Ravens excuse is the future risk assessment based on the physical, not that the Raiders withheld information. They found an excuse to save face publicly. They had the right to cancel the trade for no reason at all, but they’re trying to save face with the most acceptable reasoning they can find. I’ve heard and seen the Ravens getting dragged everywhere for this. You know what would be an easy way to put a stop to that if you’re the Ravens and the Raiders were actually the shady ones withholding information? Just come out and say that you were not given all the medical information. But they aren’t saying that. I guess they’re just taking the bullet for the Raiders just because? Speculation indeed.

So the articles you are talking about are…speculating? Sorry just had to lol. Also, depending on the time stamp of the comments there was different information available at different times.