And it’s currently nearly halfway to completion.Via Richard N. Velotta of the
Brandon LaFell Jersey , the Raiders’ new stadium is “nearly halfway” to completion. It also continues to be on schedule for an August 2020 opening.That
said, Velotta cautions, vaguely, that plans are not complete “to move thousands
of people to and from the 65,000-seat indoor stadium.” So it’s apparently
possible that the stadium will be ready but that the surrounding infrastructure
aimed at regularly filling and emptying the venue with humans in the possession
of cash money to spend there won’t be.The Raiders have executed a lease in
Oakland with an option for 2020, in the event the stadium isn’t ready. This
shouldn’t be interpreted as a suggestion that the stadium won’t be ready; mere
mention of the possibility that the team won’t move to Las Vegas by 2020 gets
some Raiders fans nearly as upset as mere mention of the possibility that Derek
Carr won’t be the starting quarterback through 2030. Still plenty of money to
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additions, Raiders top 10 in cap space after two days of free agent
dealsNew,189commentsStill plenty of money to spend. Here’s how they got
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cap space after two days of free agent dealsKyle Terada-USA TODAY SportsAs of
last Friday, the Raiders had been chipping away at their approximately $70
million in salary cap room. Then they started making moves. With free agency not
yet here, they first went about re-signing their own.They re-signed several
players which ate into the cap. There was a one-year extension for Denzelle Good
($1.675 million cap hit in 2019 according to Overthecap.com)
Derek Carrier Jersey , round two tenders on Daryl Worley and Jalen Richard ($3.1 million each), a new 2-year deal for Erik Harris ($2.025 million), and a new
2-year deal for Johnathan Hankins ($2.5 million). Subtract the $495K salaries
that got bumped out of the top 51 and you have about $10 million spent.With some
$60 million to spend, they traded for Antonio Brown who represents a $15.125
million cap his in 2019. The next morning we learned they had traded Kelechi
Osemele to the Jets for a fifth round pick, taking his $10.2 million cap hit off
the books. Between that and Brown’s arrival, it subtracted another $4.8 million
from the available cap money, to give them about $55.2 million.Monday morning
they got right at it in free agency, agreeing to terms with tackle Trent Brown
on a 3-year deal. He carries a $15.25 million cap hit this year. Minus the
obligatory $495K lowest man dropoff, and you put the Raiders at about $42
million in cap room.With two new players on offense now brought into the fold,
the next signing was that of defensive back LaMarcus Joyner on a 4-year, $42
million deal. His cap hit in 2019 sits at $9 million
Mike Nugent Jersey , bringing the Raiders available money down to $33 million. Right at 10th in the league.The next official move could possibly be the release
of Donald Penn. He would offer a savings of $5.475, raising the Raiders
available money under the cap to right about $38 million, which would currently
land them at 8th most.They will need to set aside about $8 million to sign their
rookie class (you can see how I came to that figure before they traded the 66th
pick to the Steelers), giving them approximately $30 million to spend. With a
new wide receiver, offensive tackle, and safety/slot corner in house and a
starting guard now gone, they still have plenty of needs to address. Most
notably on the defensive side of the ball. While everyone was drooling over the
possibility of Le’Veon Bell, there’s the small matter of fixing their
historically bad defense and the pass rush in particular. And his asking price
($13 million) would have nearly cut the Raiders available cap money in half.That
$30 million figure is enough to land them probably one more somewhat high
profile free agent, a second tier guy, maybe re-sign a couple of their own and
then look to bring in a handful of quality depth/competition players.See the
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