Rod Streater is jumping over to a division rival. Today, the former undrafted wide receiver for the Raiders have agreed to terms to sign with the Kansas City Chiefs. Streater's contract details for the Chiefs is 1-year $4.8 million deal. Streater finishes with 109 receptions for 1,564 yards and 8 touchdowns in his 4-year career with the Silver and Black.
It's always tough to lose a player to a division rival. As much as Streater's loss does minimal impact to the Raiders with the wide receivers they have now, he had a lot of potential to be something special. He showed strides in his rookie year of 2012, developing a connection with Carson Palmer. Then in 2013 with the quarterback roulette between Terrelle Pryor, Matt Flynn, and Matt McGloin, Streater continued to build off from his rookie season, almost becoming our 1,000 yard receiver since Randy Moss. It's just unfortunate that he got injured in 2014 and later got hit with a mysterious illness in 2015 that kept him off the field and he never developed that connection with Derek Carr. With the year Seth Roberts had last season, it was obvious that the writing was on the wall for Streater. Not only did we just like him as a fan favorite, we also liked him because he was a class act on and off the field and the Chiefs are getting a guy who is a definition of class and putting the team first before himself. It hurts that he's going to try to stick it to the Raiders twice a year, but I wish him the best and I'm happy that he's getting a fresh start in his career,
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