The Raiders will release veteran DL Tommy Kelly Wednesday.

[bigboy3333]

Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora 2m
Would expect him to draw some interest pretty quickly.....CP3 most likely next

[Tenebrous]

Another one bites the dust - one wonders if RM is even talking with Kelly.

[790thSFS]

Another one bites the dust - one wonders if RM is even talking with Kelly.

34 sacks in 10 years??? getting paid millions of dollars??? get him out of here!

[Tenebrous]

Another one bites the dust - one wonders if RM is even talking with Kelly.

34 sacks in 10 years??? getting paid millions of dollars??? get him out of here!

His play has demandend double team coverage and he has shown the ability to be very disruptive to an offense. Overall, he is an extremely solid player when properly motivated. Not surprisingly, his best year was seemingly when the Raiders were moving in the right direction in 2011. Yes, he was a late bloomer of sorts, but is a mistake to discount his abilities. Sadly, the Raiders seem to be determined to find more ways not to win.

In the end, 34 sacks or not, he will be paid millions wherever he goes.

[790thSFS]

he will get millions but will also cause several penalties per game

[DeadRinger]

he will get millions but will also cause several penalties per game

OK, and who exactly do we have on the roster who's better than TK?

[790thSFS]

anyone who can get a better avg 3.4 sacks per year

[DeadRinger]

anyone who can get a better avg 3.4 sacks per year

Well then we're fucked because Vance Walker has 1.25 sacks/year, Pat Sims has 1.0 and Christo Bilukidi has 0.0

Any other ideas?

This is my whole fucking point dude.

[DeadRinger]

The whole point: Reggie and DA turned us into a shitty team overnight, and they're only making it WORSE.

In 2011 we got 19.5 sacks between Wimbley, Kelly and Bryant. Under Bresnahan for fuck's sake!

In 2012 we were 31st in sacks after Reggie cut Wimbley and Routt.

Now they're all gone, every one of them. And not a single pass rusher signed to replace the production. Just a bunch of broken trash and unknown commodities.

[DeadRinger]

OK so now that it's official, our current starting DL looks like this:

Jason Hunter
Pat Sims
Vance Walker
Lamarr Houston

Do you like that better, 790?