Garofolo reporting that the Raiders are interested in bringing in Mariota as a backup. That's something I could get behind. He's not starting caliber, but he's a much better backup than dead weights like our backups in recent years... Nathan Peterman, Mike Glennon, EJ Manuel, Connor Cook.
I'm still skeptical that Carr is going to get dealt despite the speculation. It was the same story last offseason with a lot of rumors of the raiders wanting to dump Carr and trade up for Kyler or just take Haskins, and I was never buying those. Carr ended up having a solid season despite a mess at WR. I also don't think he's going to drum up enough in a trade to justify letting him go, particularly with him being locked up for the next 3 season on team-friendly numbers.
we're bringing back the same offense from last year. all 5 OL back. same backfield. tyrell williams will go back to being the #2 WR, renfrow in slot. they just need to spend that #12 pick on one of Lamb/Jeudy and the offense is pretty much set. spend the rest of your capital on defense and that's your best shot at success. hitting refresh at the QB position doesn't make much sense imho, and dumping the affordable carr for a year or 2 of brady seems very shortsighted and stupid. i also cant imagine brady and gruden coexisting