Though both parties came into agreement the day before free agency, the official Raiders website has confirmed that Kansas City Chiefs center, Rodney Hudson, has signed his contract with the team. Referring back to the details, Hudson's contract is up to 5 years worth $44.5 million, making him the highest paid centers in the NFL. Hudson didn't become the full time starting center until after his 2nd year after recovering from injury and has remained on the field ever since.
Looking back at this, as mentioned, Hudson was ranked #3 overall in Pro Football Focus's best centers in the league rankings while Stefen Wisniewski couldn't crack at the top 10 at best. Like I said when this deal was disclosed, it provides a huge upgrade at that center position and bolsters that O-line. Evaluating Wiz's play at center, I gotta admit, it was mediocre at best, whether Carson Palmer, Terelle Pryor, Matt Flynn, Matt McGloin, or Derek Carr was under center. Bad communication, bad snaps, committed too many holding penalties when the running game had a good gain up the middle. With a O-line consisting of Penn, Jackson, Hudson, and Austin Howard, who's moving to his natural position at right tackle, that's a pretty decent O-line to give Carr protection and potentially open up big holes for the running game.
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