11-28-2019, 05:21 AM
We’ve now hit one week into free agency. Most of the top tier guys are long gone and even the second and third tier guys have mostly found homes. But the carcass isn’t completely picked clean. What..."We’ve now hit one week into free agency. Most of the top tier guys are long gone and even the second and third tier guys have mostly found homes. But the carcass isn’t completely picked clean. What remains are a few potential starters for the right team. It will require these teams to take a chance on them. Here is the top 25 as I see them.1. ED Justin Houston Rashaan Melvin Jersey , 302. ED Ezekiel Ansah, 293. TE Jared Cook, 314. S Eric Berry, 305. RB Marshawn Lynch, 326. RB Jay Ajayi, 257. RB Isaiah Crowell, 268. LB Zach Brown, 299. ED Michael Johnson, 32 10. S Clayton Geathers, 2611. S Tre Boston, 2612. ED Adrian Clayborn, 3013. CB Darqueze Dennard, 2714. G Stefen Wisniewski, 2915. DI Ndamukong Suh, 3216, DI Muhammad Wilkerson Daryl Worley Jersey , 2917. ED Shane Ray, 2518. LB Jamie Collins, 2919. LB Vontaze Burfict, 2820. ED Derrick Morgan, 3021. ED Nick Perry, 2822. LB Brandon Marshall, 2923. RB CJ Anderson, 2824. G Quinton Spain, 2725. RB T.J. Yeldon, 25Follow @LeviDamien Last year the Raiders traded away two of their Pro Bowl former top picks in their prime. First was Khalil Mack prior to the start of the season, then Amari Cooper at midseason. This year, the..."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Six of NFL.com top 20 players traded in their prime involved RaidersNew,69commentsPDTShareTweetShareShareSix of NFL.com top 20 players traded in their prime involved RaidersLast year the Raiders traded away two of their Pro Bowl former top picks in their prime. First was Khalil Mack prior to the start of the season, then Amari Cooper at midseason. This year, the Raiders acquired Antonio Brown in a trade with the Steelers, though some would argue 31 years old is a bit past his prime Martavis Bryant Jersey , though that’s debatable and we won’t really know the answer for a few years yet.Also this offseason, the Browns traded for Odell Beckham Jr. He is 26 years old, so there’s no debating that he is in his prime.Obviously trades involving players in their prime is somewhat common. But some end up bigger deals than others. All of whom we won’t know how big a deal it was until a few years down the road.NFL.com’s Elliott Harrison decided to compile a list of what he deems to be the top 20 NFL trades of players in the prime and the Raiders are all over it, whether the team acquiring the player or trading them away. They were involved in a total of six trades in his top 20 and four in the top ten alone.Starting at number 3.3) Ted Hendricks, linebacker4) Mike Haynes, cornerback6) Marshawn Lynch, running back9) Willie Brown, cornerback11) Randy Moss, receiver20) Khalil Mack, pass rusherIt’s good that five of these six trades involved players the Raiders acquired as opposed to traded away. Though the Randy Moss one probably isn’t great news considering they traded away a first round pick for one good season and then got only a 4th round pick out of it when they traded him to New England.Khalil Mack is the only player on the list who can still move up. Barring any kind of unforeseen collapse or injury by Mack, his trade will move up this list quickly. Should Amari Cooper continue to play as well with the Cowboys as he did the latter half of last season, he could appear on the list at some point as well, though Odell Beckham would be first because he’s a much better player than Coop at this point of his career.Follow @LeviDamien