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Surprised nobody has commented on the release of Austin Howard


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He's coming off torn labrum surgery and had a cap number of close to $7 million.  Would have gone on the PUP list probably.  Apparently the Raiders had a servicable backup who could step in for less.

He's a serviceable guy when healthy but hasn't developed into the beast we thought he could be back in 2013-4.

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57 minutes ago, jetscrazey said:

He's coming off torn labrum surgery and had a cap number of close to $7 million.  Would have gone on the PUP list probably.  Apparently the Raiders had a servicable backup who could step in for less.

He's a serviceable guy when healthy but hasn't developed into the beast we thought he could be back in 2013-4.

There  was no way Austin Howard was making the Raiders 53 man roster.  The Raiders cut him now , so it's easier for him to find a team to play with for next  year.

Four fifths of the offense line is settled.( Donald penn holding out )  only position that is up for grabs is RT.     A lot of players are competing for that job.   1. Marshall Newhouse 2. Vadal Alexander- five starts last year 3 . David Sharpe( 4th round) 4Jylan Ware( 7th rounder) 5 Denver Kirkland .

Playing RT for the Raiders is easier than anywhere else as they have pure Blocking Te Lee Smith who just like having another RT to help them out.

 

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7 minutes ago, Raideraholic said:

There  was no way Austin Howard was making the Raiders 53 man roster.  The Raiders cut him now , so it's easier for him to find a team to play with for next  year.

Four fifths of the offense line is settled.( Donald penn holding out )  only position that is up for grabs is RT.     A lot of players are competing for that job.   1. Marshall Newhouse 2. Vadal Alexander- five starts last year 3 . David Sharpe( 4th round) 4Jylan Ware( 7th rounder) 5 Denver Kirkland .

Playing RT for the Raiders is easier than anywhere else as they have pure Blocking Te Lee Smith who just like having another RT to help them out.

 

Funny how we cut Harris a couple months ago and people around here lost their minds that we wasnt cut earlier...

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4 minutes ago, Raideraholic said:

There  was no way Austin Howard was making the Raiders 53 man roster.  The Raiders cut him now , so it's easier for him to find a team to play with for next  year.

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Gee that's awful nice of them 

 

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Just now, BigRy56 said:

The Jets have a potential long term solution at RT. This team has no room for old guys that won't be here 2 years from now.

When referring to guys who won't be here 2 years from now, are you talking about Beachum or Ijalana? We just gave both of them new contracts in March.

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35 minutes ago, whodeawhodat said:

Funny how we cut Harris a couple months ago and people around here lost their minds that we wasnt cut earlier...

The diffrence is Harris was healthy, and Austin Howard wasn't .    No one was signing him till they can check out his health.( pass a physical)

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Just now, Sperm Edwards said:

When referring to guys who won't be here 2 years from now, are you talking about Beachum or Ijalana? We just gave both of them new contracts in March.

My expectation is that Shell will start at RT

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37 minutes ago, whodeawhodat said:

Funny how we cut Harris a couple months ago and people around here lost their minds that we wasnt cut earlier...

Funny how they're not the same situations at all. Harris was healthy and it's not like we have the ILB depth that Oakland has on their OL.

Howard had offseason surgery; his situation was far closer to Decker's.

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I never thought Howard was that good to begin with and this was one of the player losses that I was never too broken up about...Sorry to hear about his injury though, tough break. Hope he can catch on somewhere (not here) either this season or next.

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