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The Raiders finish the year off against the Chiefs.

Will the tank make it all the way home?

Corleone wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 7:14 pm yes, it benefits the team to pretend they wanted to keep him, it keeps the trade value up, and got the Raiders to pay up a 3rd rounder. It was a very shrewd move to pretend they wanted to keep Geno.

In any case it turned out to be a terrible move, as did Carroll. I really didn’t see it turning out so horribly.

HolyRoller wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 4:27 pm How stupid - win a meaningless, terrible game - during the draft you can see what this cost us. I guarantee not having that first pick of the 2nd round will be painful.

If the raiders had lost and gotten the 33rd pick I guarantee you would have had issues with them not trading back into the bottom of the first for the flavor of the day. There's always a better player to be had once you're past pick 1.1.

As I mentioned earlier I’m more upset at how happy chiefs fans are for moving up to the 9 spot with this loss. Fk them. I think if they won they would be at 12 or so???? Big difference

Raiders also have an extra 4th and 1st pick of 6th round from the Meyers trade. We have plenty of draft assets and cap room to put together a team around Mendoza

He strikes again..

DanKD wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 5:43 pm I highly doubt it. Dallas needs cost controlled assets. I see other teams going harder for Maxx

That'll work!

ALLRAIDERWORLD21 wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 8:03 pm He strikes again..

What is his record against KC?

Xramfan wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 7:55 pm As I mentioned earlier I’m more upset at how happy chiefs fans are for moving up to the 9 spot with this loss. Fk them. I think if they won they would be at 12 or so???? Big difference

I disagree. We’ve been in similar positions for the better part of the last 25 years. Rarely is the pick cut and dry and usually there is a wrong pick (which we seem to gravitate toward). The difference between 9 and 12 is dependent on the year. When we got Bowers at 13, we were the beneficiary of 6 highly rated QB’s being draft eligible. This year there are only 2 ( possibly 3, if Simpson comes out) highly rated QB’s which limits the blue chip prospects. I’m no talent evaluator so I can’t say who they will pick vs who they could have picked but I’ll guess that they’ll be picking between similarly rated prospects.

Well we got the 1st pick, that was the most important thing, it would have been nice to have that first pick in the second rd but not the worst thing that could have happened. Since the Raiders got the win nobody can accuse them of tanking now.

Pfish252000 wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 9:44 pm I disagree. We’ve been in similar positions for the better part of the last 25 years. Rarely is the pick cut and dry and usually there is a wrong pick (which we seem to gravitate toward). The difference between 9 and 12 is dependent on the year. When we got Bowers at 13, we were the beneficiary of 6 highly rated QB’s being draft eligible. This year there are only 2 ( possibly 3, if Simpson comes out) highly rated QB’s which limits the blue chip prospects. I’m no talent evaluator so I can’t say who they will pick vs who they could have picked but I’ll guess that they’ll be picking between similarly rated prospects.

Tankathon has them getting Spencer Fano. I'd hate to see that.

Raider_Dave wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 10:11 pm Tankathon has them getting Spencer Fano. I'd hate to see that.

Like I said, I’m no talent evaluator but I must ask, is there not a player projected to be available at 12 that you’d hate to see them get?

RaiderandBulldog wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 9:20 pm What is his record against KC?

He's 2-1, should have been 3-0 expect for that errant snap in Arrowhead last year. The 1st game vs Chiefs last year at Allegiant he played some and got injured--I was at that game. It was close until Minshew came in and couldnt score on four downs from the 2 yard line.

Hahaha..

Pfish252000 wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 10:14 pm Like I said, I’m no talent evaluator but I must ask, is there not a player projected to be available at 12 that you’d hate to see them get?

Never know who's going to be a hit or a bust, but every mock I've seen has Fano as the top OT in the draft and going very high. Maybe someone will grab him before Chiefs... but yeah... whoever they get at 9 or 12 will be someone we will probably hate them getting

Xramfan wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 4:39 pm How many spots did the chiefs gain by losing?

Where do we pick on day 2 now?

The chiefs “won” by losing to us

We got the number one pick; and we beat the chiefs….I am not programmed to root against the raiders; it not in my DNA….

Been a long time since the raiders won; just enjoy it