Highest tender for Routt?
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 1:36 pm in Oakland Raiders.
According to Scout.com’s Adam Caplan, whose information regarding contractual issues is normally on point, the Raiders will issue a first-and-third round tender to cornerback Stanford Routt.
That’s the same level the Broncos gave to Elvis Dumervil, who led the NFL in sacks with 17.
That means if any team wanted to sign Routt and the Raiders declined to match, they’d get first and third-round draft picks in return. Which, obviously, is not going to happen.
Routt doesn’t even start. The first-and third-round tender would earn Routt $3,268 million this season.
The Raiders are either dramatically overpaying a size/speed player whose play has never matched his physical attributes, or are planning on moving a starting cornerback. There have been trade rumors regarding Nnamdi Asomugha. Chris Johnson, Oakland’s other starting corner, is in the second year of a four-year, $16 million contract and scheduled to make $2.6 million in salary this year.
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March 3rd, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Head scratcher
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:38 pm
ROUTT’S A BUM!
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:39 pm
LOL!
this just keeps getting better … *barf*
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:41 pm
I’ll take a MR. IRRELEVANT in this years draft for this bum!
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Good gawd damn!!!
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:41 pm
# KoolKell Says:
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Richochet
Your Anger has nothing to do with me or my website. Why are you so angry, is the question you should be asking yourself.
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lol…you idiot.
Anger? Where’s the anger? I’m laughing, and you construe that as ‘anger’?
Hell dude, look at your little snippy frazzled replies.
Everyone about you screams out ‘frazzled and flustered”.
But hey, let’s pretend you didn’t read the comments about that weak page you put up, which EVERYONE KNOWS is a feeble attempt for you to try and convince someone/anyone that you’re not a loser.
See…successful people NEVER..as in EVER have the need or feel the need to list accomplishments, that are NOT requested.
You’re obviously insecure, and it’s your way of hoping someone buys it…what’s sad is it appears the ONLY ONE who buys it…is you.
Good for you, Kelli..as long as YOU think someone might believe it? why not.
Hows sales going? Oh…wait…you wouldn’t know..now…would you?
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:41 pm
trade Nnamdi for Wilfork and the Pats 1st rounder!
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:43 pm
DMAC Says:
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Vegas, wassup
I just started getting into the softball thing too. Its kind of cool. Got to adjust to that slow, rainbow pitch though.
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I am the Luis Polonia of softball.
Great outfielder, terrible hitter. I have a line-drive swing, you need the upper-cut for softball.
And 3X times was the sh1t!!! Keep it on the Real, Bay Area classic
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:43 pm
I love Nnamdi, but I’m cool with that.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:43 pm
WOW
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:44 pm
They tendered Routt that high? In my view, this means they are definately trading DMAC.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:45 pm
A first and third tender for Routt? My god, Al Davis must have had a stroke.
Can we please get someone in here that knows what the hell they are doing?
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Yeah, I keep hitting some fukn grounders and swinging bunts.
LMAO
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:45 pm
trade Routt for the pinched nerve in Peyton Manning’s neck!
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Trade Routt for Woodson’s turf toe.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:48 pm
finally found the group that has Al Davis’ ear!
http://www.eduwonk.com/uploaded_images/clown-719358.jpg
makes a whole lot of sense now …
Is that Cable in the middle?
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:49 pm
This is just another example of how the Raiders are delusional about the talent level of their players. From being paranoid about teams signing Jordan, to demanding two first rounders for Jerry Porter to putting the exclusive tag on a player like Seymour and now this.
If a team called up offering a 4th rounder for Sam Williams Al would probably counter with a request for a 1st and 3rd rounder.
FUK!
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:51 pm
My Javier Arenas dreams have been crushed!!!
Well on second thought, this is Al Davis, he still may draft Arenas and a couple other DB’s!!!
Damn you old man!!
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Bring in Derek Anderson. Let Southwick work with him.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Jewzzus H Christ, Al Davis wants to hold on to Routt like hell, no?
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Blame Haden for not running a 4.3
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Bring in Derek Anderson. Let Southwick work with him.
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did DA finally get released?
the Danchise could probably bring him back to Pro Bowl form …
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Vegas,
What did Arenas run at the combine?
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Next…..
2 first rounders for Cpt. Kirk
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:57 pm
4.52….than pulled up lame, lol
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:57 pm
how long before Cable says something about the O-Line and secondary being addressed this offseason?
who’s next?
Barnes, Green, Walker & Eugene?
at least maybe then they’d at least CONSIDER a D-Tackle 8th overall!
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Next…..
2 first rounders for Cpt. Kirk
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YES! DO IT AL!
then draft a real NT!!!
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:58 pm
I like Arenas too, but you might as well scratch him off the list.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Lol,..nice try old troll kell,..you never got me banned, nor brian,..brian happens to be working alot, and doesnt follow this stuff too close this time of year,…I still have the email you sent jerry, that he forwarded to me,..its funny, sad on your part old man, but we both got a laugh out of it.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Wow. Nobody would even give up the third for Routt. The Raiders live in their own dream world.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:59 pm
I guess if a person from here stays away more then 2 days, old troll kell will say he got them banned,..how old are you old troll?…arent you a little old for those games?
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:00 pm
But dont worry old man, you still have MR`s support,…lol.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Doofus
Why do you suppose you can’t even spell Bri(e)n’s name in here?
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:01 pm
By the way, me and alot of bloggers in here have barricaded ourselves from the upcoming FBI raid, thanks to MR,…lol…too funny.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:01 pm
When the Raiders had the choice to dump Washington or Routt they dumped Washington. The Ravens felt that Washington was good enough to become a starter for the team and made a trade for him.
Routt is still young and developing and is fast as the wind. In todays NFL your 3rd corner is a starter and you can never have enough help in the secondary.
As Denver found out in last years draft, the corner they picked had all kind of coverage ability in College but was slow. His lack of speed in coverage made him a liability in coverage for Denver.
Corners are in very high demand this year and I am glad to see Routt being hung onto.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Routt has “Raider speed”
period!
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Hes not banned,..last time I saw him in here he used godliness,..something like that,…maybe you should cry to Jerry again old man.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:02 pm
I would rather have routt then nnambdi,..get rid of that sissy, get something for him,..draft Haden. Hey now.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:03 pm
But old man, you should go to that rap gig,..Brian will be there….him and a few of his boys,..maybe you guys can all settle your little squabble.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:03 pm
i’m not mad that Routt is back, but for $3.2 million?
crazy …
they should have no problem paying Huff his $5 million then!
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:03 pm
WHAT!!!??? ROUTE IS HORRIBLE!!! Unbelievable! The only 1st and 3rd they’re going to get for this d1ckhead is from the UFL draft. This is not a professional sports organization anymore. It’s a welfare program. Any Davis defenders care to chime in on this brilliant move? The old man should just go out back, dig a hole, and fall into it.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Brian’s either in Jail or Banned, period.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:05 pm
So we spent the money on a bust Corner? A guy who I thought was better than Chris Johnson?
Chris Johnson sucks. Stanford Routt sucks.
We need a OT/DT so badly and I see Davis selecting Taylor Mays. FUGG THIS
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Old kell,..I talk to him about twice a week,..hes working fulltime,..if it makes you feel better to think hes locked up, feel free…why would you talk in such a way about a fellow brother old kell?…brians a good dude.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:07 pm
You cant get anyone banned old kell,..sorry to inform you, but you have no influence in here, or anywhere else,…youre just a jealous old man,..get over it.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:08 pm
what was it Jim Mora said-you think you know but you really don’t.About sums things up.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Gosh,.,old troll kell,…you have a nack of bumming a person out,..brb, need another Norco.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Doofus
You were banned for almost a year, for your anti-semitic remarks, remember? And they call MR racist.
It’s the off-season and they let the trash back in.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:11 pm
on routt’s defense, he’s played well as a #1 or #2 corner. ‘07 against the bears played very well, last 2 games in ‘08, did good enough to get us 2 w’s against good teams, then this year he played well filling in for nnamdi vs the eagles.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Nope,..was never banned,..sorry old man,..thats just your dimentia,…see, when you are an old loser like you, you imagine things, lose sense of reality….sucks to be you obviously,..I was never banned, nor will I ever be. Too bad loser.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Excuse me repost:
Doofus
You were banned for almost a year, for your anti-semitic remarks, remember? And they call ME racist.
It’s the off-season and they let the trash back in.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Nope,..was never banned,….sorry old man,…but I do have the email you sent Jerry,..I keep it for laughs.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:13 pm
routt has been terrible as a nickel corner, so maybe there is something to him being tendered so high. nnamdi adios?
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:15 pm
N21 is on the trade block.
Maybe somebody finally convinced Al that paying $15-25 million per season for a shutdown corner is worthless when you are bottom 5 in run defense for 7 years and counting!
get a real NT!!!
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:15 pm
I like Routt,..hell of a lot better the nway overrated nnnnnaaammbbbdddiii.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:16 pm
also i believe there isn’t anything out there in regards to db’s in fa or the draft.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:16 pm
brian told me nnnaaambbddii is going to be traded to Jets,..and brians never been wrong yet. word.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:17 pm
raiders should get joey porter too,…to kick some aasss.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:17 pm
tendering morris is more of a head scratcher.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Doofus
Yeah, you made hateful anti-semitic remarks. I sent them to Jerry and within 10 minutes you were gone for a year. But hey………….
Unfortunately, anti-black comments don’t carry as much weight.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Trade Nnamdi….for what, another couple of draft picks Al can waste trying to replace Nnamdi? It only took him ten or fifteen picks to finally get one right with Nnamdi…
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Routt wasn’t terrible but he did get quite a few bum calls against him last year.At least 1 or 2 ints. were taken away by bad calls.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Stanford Routt: Raiders give highest tender to CB Routt
Stanford Routt – DB – OAK – Mar. 3 – 3:37 pm et
The Raiders have assigned a first- and third-round tender to restricted free agent CB Stanford Routt.
The move is stunning, until you consider the team making it. Routt, no more than a nickel back who’s been routinely toasted when forced into spot starts, will collect over $3 million in 2010. We’re quite sure he wouldn’t have drawn strong interest had Oakland assigned Routt a far less expensive original pick or second-round tender. Routt did run a blistering forty time coming out of the University of Houston in 2005. So that probably explains it. Mar. 3 – 3:37 pm et
Source: Adam Caplan on Twitter
lol
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Lefty
A 1st and 3rd for Routt????????
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:21 pm
I’m at a loss for words… this is insanity.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Sorry old troll kell,..your dimentia is playing with you again,..yes I made remarks about pizza ovens,..so what…i dont make racial statements in here or anywhere else, sorry if that disappoints you….however those remarks you say i made, anti semite?…yes I made those,..never got me banned though,…I stand by those remarks I made,..I make them alot. still do.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:21 pm
raideredoutL.A. Says:
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:11 pm
on routt’s defense, he’s played well as a #1 or #2 corner. ‘07 against the bears played very well, last 2 games in ‘08, did good enough to get us 2 w’s against good teams, then this year he played well filling in for nnamdi vs the eagles.
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He’s actually been fine when he plays outside. The TD he gave up to Bowe in the 1st KC game was a great throw and catch. After JR, he’s the main reason we beat Denver in the second game. Instead of giving up, he chased Stokley down with that “Raider speed” of his. Glad we’re keeping him. It would be awesome if we can find some team dumb enough to give us a king’s ransom for Nnamdi. Anything for more picks in this draft.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:21 pm
If Routt was worth a 1st and 3rd, he’d be starting, no?
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Routt is better then nnmmabbdi…faster, hits harder,..nnmm,ddii the most overrated player in nfl history. hey now.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Sure, pay $3 million to a backup CB and keep ignoring the offensive line.
The New Raider Way Baby!
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:22 pm
brian said nbdi is goint to the jets before draft,..thats good enough for me…brians never wrong.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Whatever Boob, how was your Vegas trip? You party hardy?????
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Ya,..got drunk for 4 days, if thats what you mean,..didnt pay much attention sunday,..not my thing…but was in the infield, for what thats worth.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Sure Boob, sure.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Last years nascar in sonoma was best ever,..ken stabler was grand marshall. heres something else for you not to believe,..drank southern comfort with him in the bar there,…brians seen the pics…Snakes the man.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Thank God JaLoser isn’t a RFA. He would have gotten the tag Seymour received and the money to boot. Dementia has hit Alameda.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:27 pm
old troll kell,…it really doesnt matter that you believe these things or not,..you arent anyone we try and impress….just an angry old man.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:27 pm
KK-we aren’t giving up a 1st and a 3rd so who cares.All the Raiders are doing is saying they want him on the team.I,unlike a lot of people on here,agree.I doubt there are many if any CBs in the draft who are better than he is.It also helps that we don’t have to spend a high pick to reach for 1,although that still might happen.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:28 pm
yes exlax, old troll kell isnt the only one in alameda with dimentia.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Lefty
I understand, but the Raiders are saying they won’t take anything less than a 1st and 3rd for Stanford Routt, a nickel back.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Routt is a great player, get over it…why ya hate him old timer?
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:31 pm
I guess I’d rather pay CJ & Routt a combined $5 or $6 million than spend $10 or $11 million per season for Dunta Robinson and have to find another nickel CB in the draft!
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Raiders should get Vick…he would be best on roster if he was here now.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:34 pm
I can’t wait until we put the franchise tag on Jon Condo.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Still no tags on kirk and howard,..hope neither gets one….bring in joey porter and merriman instead. word.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:36 pm
KK-like I said,I look at it as they want him and are making sure he stays.What is the big deal about the tender-we want him so make it costly for someone else to take him.As you know teams can put weird things into contracts that make it difficult to match offers.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:38 pm
tag Condo!
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:39 pm
$3.268 mil is way out of line for Routt. He is more of a $1.5 to 2. player. Being a 2nd rd pick, no way he should be tagged like that. Ranked 19th RFA Corner by Scouts.com. Guess AD has been looking at his Kodak
Super 8 films on his projector.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Lefty
Alrighty then. I don’t have a problem with Routt. But he is a nickel back.
You wouldn’t take a 1st and 4th for him
Or two 2nd’s???????
Frankly, they’d probably be lucky to get a 3rd for him. Anyway……
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I didn’t realize that there was such a market for corners who don’t start, get burnt, and can’t tackle. Yep, sounds like a prototypical Al Gayvis player to me.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Pro Bowl receiver Brandon Marshall, who began and ended last season in coach Josh McDaniels’ dog house, received a first-round qualifying offer – which would make it easier to facilitate a trade.
Marshall would get a 14.7 percent raise next season to $2.521 million if he’s still in Denver.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:42 pm
exlaraiderseasonticketholder Says:
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:39 pm
$3.268 mil is way out of line for Routt. He is more of a $1.5 to 2. player. Being a 2nd rd pick, no way he should be tagged like that. Ranked 19th RFA Corner by Scouts.com. Guess AD has been looking at his Kodak
Super 8 films on his projector.
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Exactly
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:42 pm
You guys can laugh about Condo,but Lechler says he is the best snapper he has ever been around.Says he helps him due to his velocity and accuracy-gives him more time so he never has to rush his kicks.And the guy made the pro bowl.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Reported that Gradkowski gets a 2nd rd tender. Come on AD, bump it to a 1st.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Nope,..routt was tagged apropriately…hes our best corner,..easily…Im not one of the many fooled by nnbbmmadi….and mitchell will be pro bowl alternate this next season. Hey now.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Cut Condo!
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:44 pm
S.Routt is pure GARBAGE!! Nobody would even give a 3rd or 4th round pick for him so I guess we can count on him being with the raiders with a salary of $3.3 millon he should be getting base salary he’s not even a starter….
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Get mike vick,..now. all you experts can laugh, but he will start somewhere every game in 2010,..might as well be here…Im all for it,..and Im in row 1,…so there.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Dakota,
Nothing like a few Raider stupid moves to get the blood pressure soaring. I’m glad my annual physical got moved to next week. I’m probably off the charts.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:47 pm
sorry, I forgot. the team still only gets 1 franchise tag and we’ve already placed ours on Seymour, Dick.
place the transition tag on Condo!
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:47 pm
It isn’t you guys money-what the hell do you care?With the uncapped year who knows what salaries will be like before this thing gets settled.And as I said obviously the Raiders wanted to keep him and the tender pretty much makes sure he stays.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:47 pm
exlaraiderseasonticketholder Says:
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Reported that Gradkowski gets a 2nd rd tender. Come on AD, bump it to a 1st.
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Dude, what the hell for? The guy means less to us than Stanford Routt. And Al knows he wouldn’t get as much action as Routt on the open market. We could have gotten away with a tender on him that matched his orginal draft status. Wasn’t he a 6th rounder?
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Jerry’s on point with this one.
Either the Raiders are dramatically overpaying for Routt (who I still actually think is a pretty decent CB when on the outside but struggles vs. smallish slot WRs) or there is a blockbuster trade in the works for Nnamdi.
I’d have to guess it’s the former. The Raiders did overrate Ricky Brown last year and Chris Morris this year so far when assigning tenders. Don’t forget the monster contracts given to Tommy Kelly as well as — although they’re obviously very good players — Nnamdi, Lechler and Janikowski. Factor in their exclusive franchise tags on Nnamdi and Richard Seymour in recent years. And there’s a definitive pattern of paranoia about losing guys.
Still, the potential of this meaning Nnamdi will be dealt is certainly real given the reports that he was being shopped.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:51 pm
new post!
March 3rd, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Dakota
Condo got a 2nd round tender..
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:15 pm
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