[...]PFW forecast Russell’s demise – Inside the Oakland Raiders – A look inside the world of the highly classified Oakland Raiders from the writers of Bay Area News Group[...]…

[...]PFW forecast Russell’s demise – Inside the Oakland Raiders – A look inside the world of the highly classified Oakland Raiders from the writers of Bay Area News Group[...]…

[...]PFW forecast Russell’s demise – Inside the Oakland Raiders – A look inside the world of the highly classified Oakland Raiders from the writers of Bay Area News Group[...]…

[...]PFW forecast Russell’s demise – Inside the Oakland Raiders – A look inside the world of the highly classified Oakland Raiders from the writers of Bay Area News Group[...]…

[...]PFW forecast Russell’s demise – Inside the Oakland Raiders – A look inside the world of the highly classified Oakland Raiders from the writers of Bay Area News Group[...]…

[...]PFW forecast Russell’s demise – Inside the Oakland Raiders – A look inside the world of the highly classified Oakland Raiders from the writers of Bay Area News Group[...]…

Regardless, this isn’t about Veldheer. Veldheer is under contract, and presumably has the starting LT job locked up for now.

This is about RE-SIGNING a player who hasn’t shown the ability to be a consistent, starting-caliber player after four seasons in the league.
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He outweighs him by 15lbs but is more than an inch taller so the difference is negligible. Mario’s problem was never in the run game it was in pass protection. he gave up 9.5 sacks in 15 starts in 2009, which everyone thought was terrible. Veldheer gave up a 1/2 sack more in 4 less starts last season. Bringing him back if for nothing more than to be an experienced back up would be wise. We will have enough new starters on our OL i think a veteran presence who has some experience in the scheme that will be running would be wise. Blocking concepts wont be exactly the same but a lot of what Hue the OC did will be done under Hue the HC.

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Well, the rookie outweighs Henderson by 15 pounds. And he’s just a rookie, coming out of a Div II school, who seemed to get better over the course of every game he played in. Yes, he struggled at times, there’s no doubt about that. But Veldheer earned another crack at the LT job by outperforming Henderson in spite of being thrown into the fire as an inexperienced small-school project player.

Regardless, this isn’t about Veldheer. Veldheer is under contract, and presumably has the starting LT job locked up for now.

This is about RE-SIGNING a player who hasn’t shown the ability to be a consistent, starting-caliber player after four seasons in the league.

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Moreover, if Mario added 15-20+ pounds of pure muscle, wouldn’t he want it reflected on the Raiders website, NFL.com, HIS OWN WEBSITE, etc.?

So assuming that he’s just too heavy, what do you want? Do you want to re-sign a guy who isn’t in shape? Or do you want him to lose that alleged weight and get back down to his listed weight (which is the same weight as Samson Satele, except Henderson is about five inches taller)?

Don’t get how Henderson being heavier that 300 is supposed to be an argument in his favor, especially when his play has been terribly inconsistent no matter what his weight allegedly is.
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Players list players at lower weights and taller heights consistently. Tommy Kelly admitted that he played heavier than at his listed weight. Andre Smith is listed at only 340. Teams manipulate these numbers just how they manipulate the results of physicals