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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight
The first big news will be Derek Carr hitting pre-Free Agency in a few days. His brilliant agent structured his extension so that Carr got a no-trade clause AND the Raiders had to decide to pay him a huge bonus right after the Super Bowl.
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given what has transpired in the current and last offseasons, we can infer that the league views Carr more as an Andy Dalton than a Kirk Cousins. No one would give him a big contract (including the raiders) and a meaningful pick.
the contract extension signed last season was a pretty good deal for the raiders. Carr was on the last yr of the contract and sold his future franchise tags as cheap team options with yearly expirations but 'free' roll over. he got back the no-trade clause and the timing of the team decision on guaranteeing the next yr's salary pushed earlier by a month compared to a franchise tag. it's probably the best deal that could have been done for both parties at that point.