*We Need To Talk About* The Las Vegas Raiders Free Agent Moves (AND NON MOVES)

If you learn anything from watching my videos about me I hope it's this. I take my time. I don't come on here scream and yell like a lot of people do because they know it's good for the algorithm. Now listen I want to entertain you but I want to also give my opinion my true blue opinion and just a little tease midway through this video I might say something that could completely tarnish my reputation as a Raider fan down the road. I'm willing to bet my life on a a certain player and we'll get to that in a little bit for right now here's what i will say i'm in love with what we've done with free agency so far let's talk about the departures jimmy garoppolo post june 1st designated cut financial finagling there either way he's off the team see you wouldn't want to be a good teammate bad player goodbye hunter renfro that one hurt the production just started to wane whether that was injuries whether that was mcdaniel's not knowing how to use him which doesn't make a whole lot of sense considering the type of offense McDaniels like to run but I feel like we all knew this was coming this is one of the predictions I made I was hoping we could trade him but it seems like there wasn't a lot of people out there who wanted him he's probably going to New Orleans like most people say to link up with Derek Carr and John Gruden it's going to be tough to see him suit up for another team I thought that might be a Raider for life shout out to Hunter Renfro he's a dog some huge plays for us huge plays this year when he started to you know when ap took back over and he started to be involved i was like wow he's back and he never quite got back to what he was so it's unfortunate but it does save us a lot of money i already gave my christian wilkins take but let's talk about him in the press conference screaming at the top of his lungs great it's just oh it's beautiful it's so much different than the chandler jones thing because we were all excited for Chandler Jones but there was part of it was like ah like it just feels very McDanielsy and at the time we didn't know if that was a good thing a bad thing. Now we know it's a bad thing. This guy just cannot wait to be a Raider. He put his helmet on. He was like, I'm ready to suit up. He dapped up Tyree. Good God, Tyree Wilson's huge. He made Christian Wilkins look like me. And that's hard to do. And I love that he said he's going to work with Max to get Tyree to be the best possible player, which I think is huge. You know, Khalil Mack had Justin Tuck to learn from. One of the best to ever do it. And Max kind of did it on his own but now with Kuntz and Crosby and Wilkins together which is already a lethal lethal defensive line if you take those three and they rub off a little on Tyree and we could have four studs that really is the true value to all this and the way he brought that up in the press conference and the way that he talked to Tyree Wilson in that short little snippet I almost think he pitched that to the Raiders like listen you pay me my top dollar I'll take Tyree under my wing everything that he does, I will do. We will eat, sleep, breathe the Las Vegas Raiders. And it looks like Tyree Wilson is a hard worker. He's in the facility. He doesn't seem like a shithead. And I think that this could be good. Now, if he doesn't perform next year, we got to stop saying, well, he's not healthy. He's not healthy. Like, at a certain point, you got to put up or shut up, right? And I do think, you know, he had three and a half sacks. Khalil Mack only had four his rookie year. Blah, blah, blah. I've said it. The tale is old this time. The fact that Christian Wilkins is going to put Tyree under his wing is huge. Jermaine Elmore is gone. He was whatever. Don't really care. Amik Robertson, that does really hurt because you could tell he loved to be a Raider. He was the only good draft pick since Henry Ruggs before the accident from that 2020 draft, which is absolutely horrendous. And it was going to be tough to see him go. However, I do like that he's going to Detroit because it's easy to root for Detroit. And now it's even easier to root for Detroit. So when we're out of it, go Lions. That's not the thing I was teasing about my reputation as a Raider fan. We'll get to it right now with Gardner Minshew. the reason why I said it's valuable to wait is because when we signed him, my initial reaction was, huh? And most people's initial reactions was to scream and yell. And then the contract came out and certain people were like, 12 and a half million! I can't believe they did this to us! Telesco, what have you done? And then Sam Darnold gets signed for 10 million and then Jacoby Brissett signs for eight. Is Gardner Minshew 2.5 million better than Sam Darnold? or 4.5 million better than Jacoby Brissett? Yeah, I think so. And the reason why I didn't come on here and scream and yell about the people who were screaming and yelling is because I understand Raider fans are passionate and want what's best. But I don't understand why some people took the Gardner Minshew signing as, well, I guess we're rolling with Minshew. First of all, that has no bearing on if we're going to straight up to draft Jayden Daniels or draft the quarterback at 13 or draft the quarterback in the second round. i told you from the very beginning and AP has said as much too we are going to get a rookie and a veteran to pair with Aiden O'Connell and to see who rises to the top pretty self-explanatory not rocket science and i'm not calling people dumb i think people are emotional and now that they've taken a step back and they've watched him the press conference and they go you know this guy's a raider it's amazing how on a dime people could switch their opinion based off of one sentence of him calling Max Crosby a big-ass boy which was very funny i like the Gardner Minshew signing because right now it's an upgrade from aiden o'connell right now we'll see how aiden does in the offseason to get bigger stronger faster and more cerebral with the playbook and we'll see who fits with the Luke Getsis system but i don't understand the complaining for Gardner Minshew he's a decent quarterback he can run around and make some plays he's got that raider swag about him and he's a good mentor he's not like an idiot like he listen he's goofy but he wants to win football games he beat us last year so it is an upgrade especially from the Aiden O'Connell haters I don't know why you wouldn't want somebody to be the backup that's better than Aiden there's a lot of people out there that think Aiden O'Connell stinks which couldn't be farther from the truth so this could be our backup to the rookie or our bridge to the rookie it's not a band-aid if you have a succession plan whether that is Aiden O'Connell or a rookie what a band-aid is is Jimmy Garoppolo and Brian Hoyer that's a band-aid all that being said here's what I want to say and I want this on the record I want this on the record and this is just my opinion I mean that's obvious but I feel like I need to say that because it's going to sound crazy to you guys and I've been saying this as much for a while but I wanted to really put my stamp on it and I've been trying to convince myself of other things, and I'm just tired of trying to convince myself. Aiden O'Connell is going to be our starter week one this year. Aiden O'Connell is going to start all 17 games for us, and Aiden O'Connell will be the future quarterback of the Las Vegas Raiders. I am willing to put my reputation on the line that if we let him go for a rookie, it will be one of the biggest mistakes that we've done in a while. I've watched the highlights a thousand times, not only because I'm a Raider fan, but because I've edited them. I've seen them again and again and again. And if he takes the next step, if he works as hard as AP is saying, if he learns the Luke Getzey playbook and gains a better rapport with Davante and Jacoby and these other wide receivers, he will beat out Gardner Minshew and whoever we draft as a rookie, unless the rookie is just better than him because then we're going to have two quarterbacks who could be the face of our franchise I am putting the Rodney LaBourde stamp on I don't want to trade up for a quarterback if one falls to us at 13 that's fine if we take one in a later round that's fine I want best player available at 13 and I want a quarterback competition between Minshew O'Connell and the rookie and if the rookie is not CJ Stroud or Andrew Luck 2.0 I am putting it out here right now that Aiden O'Connell will beat out Gardner Minshew and will start all 17 games for us and we probably will make the playoffs so there you have it that's what I wanted to say my reputation as somebody who knows anything about quarterbacks is completely on the line and we'll see how this all plays out but unless he gets injured and unless he doesn't work as hard as they're saying I don't claim AP to be a liar Aiden O'Connell will be the starting quarterback he's going to beat out the rookie and he's going to beat out Minshew and for the people saying well us hiring Minshew shows you all you need to know about what they think about Aiden O'Connell you have no idea what you're talking about you have no idea the type of coach Antonio Pierce is and you don't understand what a healthy quarterback competition is because if you thought they were just going to roll into the season with a second year quarterback and a rookie and a lame duck like Brian Hoyer who has no chance of starting then you think that the Raiders are just going to waste their money because if they have the money to get a quarterback who can be an upgrade from Aiden and who can push him, that is the exact opposite of them telling you, you have no faith. And I'm not trying to call people out, but if you know who said that, then you know. And I strongly disagree, and that's where I stand on it. And if you want to tell me I'm crazy in the comments, that's fine. But there's only one thing I can say to you, we'll see. I think we're going to have an upgrade at quarterback this year, whether it's a rookie, whether it's Aiden 2.0, or whether it's Gardner Minshew. And I'm excited to see Gardner Minshew get a shot. And maybe people are saying he becomes to Rich Gannon. He's not that bad. And he hasn't had a good offense to play with. The Colts' offense was not very good. And now he's got, you know, well, I was going to say a competent running game. We'll see with Amari White. But he's got some weapons. He's got Davante Adams to throw to. Let's see what happens if Minshew gets a chance. Comment below. Let me know your thoughts. Am I insane? Could be. I might be. I'm just trying to be honest. Check out the Patreon. 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