The Raiders have made a lot of questionable decision; but this whole ordeal with Brown is not one of them. At least imo, everything that's happened just confirms that AB is an ego maniac that doesn't care about football anymore. You could argue that the Raiders hot and cold reactions on the day to day reports of this incident hint at a lack of decisiveness... or you could recognize that the player involved was highly volatile and their reactions were a symptom of this volatility-- The Raiders wanted him to play if he accepted his role as a player on the team, Brown apologized and overtly accepted the role when he apologized to his team... only to release the closed door phone call between him and Gruden and change his tune once more on social media.Pac_Eddy wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 1:34 pmYeah, I agree on the low cost, but there is damage to the credibility of the organization. The don't know what they can handle. Not the end of the world but had they avoided him they could've gone another route to bolster the WRs.IZigUZag wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2019 1:19 pm Risk vs Reward... It's not like everyone knew that AB was insane; and a couple mid round picks for a top 5 WR is crazy value. The Steelers and Brown were done, the entire NFL knew it... so it's not like the Steelers had a choice to keep him or not.
The Raiders have sacrificed no cap money in this whole fiasco, lost a couple mid round picks that have a fairly low hit rate anyways. It's not the end of the world for them by any means.
This looks far, far more unfavorably on AB than it does the Raiders, at least in my mind.
