Oakland Raiders: 2013 Offseason Activity

07/31/13

Gain:

Signed free agent DT, Myles Wade (TB)

07/29/13

Gain:

Re-signed LB, Omar Gaither

07/26/13

Gain:

Signed free agent OL, Andre Gurode (CHI)

05/16/13

Gain:

Signed free agent P, Chris Kluwe (MIN)

05/15/13

Gain:

Signed free agent WR, Josh Cribbs (CLE)

Signed undrafted free agent QB, Matt McGloin (Penn State)

05/14/13

Gain:

7 Undrafted Free Agents

CB Chance Casey-Thomas (Baylor)
LB Eric Harper (Grambling State)
WR Greg Jenkins (Alabama State)
TE Jeron Mastrud (Kansas State)
DE Ryan Robinson (Oklahoma State)
C Andrew Robiskie (Western Illinois)
CB Mitchell White (Michigan State)

Claimed WR, Andre Holmes (NE) off waivers.


05/01/13

Gain:

Re-signed LS, Nick Guess (Practice Squad last season with Oakland)

04/30/13

Gain:

Re-signed K, Eddy Carmona (Camp Body last season with Oakland)

04/29/13

Gain:

14 Undrafted Free Agents:

LB Billy Boyko (Lehigh)
DB Adrian Bushell (Louisville)
P Bobby Cowan (Idaho)
C Deveric Gallington (Texas Tech)
S Shelton Johnson (Wisconsin)
TE Brian Leonhardt (Bemidji State)
G Lamar Mady (Youngstown State)
WE Sam McGuffie (Rice)
QB Kyle Padron (Eastern Washington)
LS Adam Steiner (Akron)
DT Kurt Taufa'asau (Wyoming)
WR Conner Vernon (Duke)
T John Wetzel (Boston College)
RB Deonte Williams (Cal Poly)


04/10/13

Gain:

Signed free agent, S Reggie Smith (CAR) and RB, Rashad Jennings (JAC) to undisclosed deals.


04/09/13

Gain:

Re-signed DE, Andre Carter to a 1 year deal, signed free agent S, Usama Young (CLE).

Re-signed CB, Joselio Hanson


04/08/13

Gain:

Signed free agent CB, Mike Jenkins (DAL) to a undisclosed deal


04/06/13

Loss:

LB Rolando McClain - Released (UPDATE 04/10/13: Signed with the Baltimore Ravens to a 1 year undisclosed deal)





04/02/13

Loss/Gain:

Traded QB Carson Palmer to the Arizona Cardinals for a condition 7th round 2014 pick.

Gain:

Signed free agent CB, Tracy Porter (DEN) to a 1 year, $2.5 million deal.


04/01/13

Loss/Gain:

Traded 2014 & 2015 Late Round Draft Picks to the Seattle Seahawks for QB Matt Flynn.


03/27/13

Loss:

DT Tommy Kelly - Released (UPDATE 04/08/13: Signed with the New England Patriots to a 2 year undisclosed deal)


03/26/13

Gain:

Signed free agent OT, Alex Barron (SEA) to a undisclosed deal


03/22/13

Loss:

P Shane Lechler - Signed with Houston Texans to a 3 year $5.5 million deal
*Thanks for the memories Shane, you arrived during the Gannon-Gruden era and stuck around during the post Super Bowl Era. Good luck in Houston and chase that ring you rightfully deserve.*


03/20/13

Gain:

Re-signed OT, Khalif Barnes to a undisclosed deal

Loss:

S Mike Mitchell - Signed with Carolina Panthers to a undisclosed deal


03/18/13

Gain:

Signed free agent DT, Vance Walker (ATL) to a undisclosed deal


03/17/13

Gain:

Signed free agent LB, Kevin Burnett (MIA) to a undisclosed deal


03/16/13

Loss:

TE Brandon Myers - Signed with New York Giants to a undisclosed deal


03/15/13

Gain:

Signed free agent LB, Nick Roach (CHI) to a undisclosed deal (UPDATE 03/18/13: 4 year $13 million deal)

Loss:

RB Mike Goodson - Signed with New York Jets to a 3 year, $6.9 million deal
DE Matt Shaughnessy - Signed with Arizona Cardinals to a undisclosed 1 year deal


03/13/13

Gain:

Signed free agent LB, Kaluka Maiava (CLE) to a 3 year $6 million deal, DT, Pat Sims (CIN) to a undisclosed deal, and DE, Jason Hunter (DEN) to a undisclosed deal

03/12/13: Start of Free Agency

Gain:

Re-signed CB Phillip Adams to a 1 year, $630K deal

Loss:

WR Darrius Heyward-Bey - Released (UPDATE 04/01/13: Signed a 1 year, $3 million deal with the Indianapolis Colts)
FS Michael Huff - Released (UPDATE 03/27/13: Signed a 3 year, $6 million deal with the Baltimore Ravens)
LB Phillip Wheeler - Signed with Miami Dolphins to a 5 year, $26 million deal
DT Desmond Bryant - Signed with Cleveland Browns to a 5 year, $34 million deal

Lakers Lose the Dwight Howard Sweepstakes to Houston

Well looks like dark times are coming. The Dwight Howard experiment is over for the Lakers as he chose the Rockets over the purple and gold. None of this is official until July 10, but yeah, Howard's gone.

The Dwightmare is over. If you're a loyal Laker fan, you knew this was coming, if you're bandwagoner, pack your bags to Houston or go across the hallway to be Clippers fans because you guys are not wanted. Yeah dark times are coming. I know one season and we'll be in salary cap heaven at the end of 2014 because Gasol and Kobe are going to be free agents. But then again, what happens if we don't sign LeBron, what happens if we don't sign Carmelo or Westbrook considering 2014's hot free agents? That's something to think about my Laker brethren, the pros and cons of waiting for 2014 for more cap space to sign big name players for a max deal and mortgaging the future.

In other words our future is screwed because we don't have any picks to build through the draft. We traded them away for Gasol in '08 and we traded a lot of our picks last year to acquire Nash and Howard. It's an eerie similarity to the Raiders from 09-12 when we traded for Richard Seymour, Aaron Curry, and finally killed with Carson Palmer. 2 years of rebuilding and next year we too will be in salary cap heaven considering the job Reggie McKenzie has redone, but we have to consider pros and cons too to who we sign next season. I'm going off topic, but it's the truth, the Lakers are in the same problem now that the Raiders had to endure since Dwight has bolted LA for Houston.

Lastly, let me make a shoot at the current regime of the Laker organization: Jim Buss, Mitch Kupchak, and Mike D'Antoni, you might as well nickname them the Three Stooges because this is a travesty that they have burned a prestigious franchise like the Lakers to the ground. Little Jimmy can't ride the coattails of his dad and has a huge insatiable ego, Kupchak turned from a great GM to an ass-kissing "YES" man who answers to Jim, and D'Antoni, um you know what he is capable of as a head coach. Jerry Buss is turning in his grave and Phil Jackson is somewhere in Montana Skyping with Jeanie, laughing at her brother's circus. As a Laker fan for 13 years and a Raider fan for 12 years, I wouldn't be surprised if Little Jimmy and Kupchak go into full panic mode like Al Davis (RIP) did with the Raiders in the last 10 years since Super Bowl 37 and do a coaching carousel that all started with the firing of Mike Brown, except they have done it worst already.

The future is getting dark for the Lakers and rebuilding is going to be a long process if we lose out on the LeBron James sweepstakes next year. All I can say, best of luck Dwight in Houston, Jim Buss, Mitch Kupchak, you guys have a lot of explaining to do because both of your overconfident bullshit has finally bitten you in the ass. Laker fan for life, but the front office needs a major overhaul and hire people who give a damn about the franchise's history and its tradition to win.