Wilkins - Another surgery?
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heavyD
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The potential out is for the 2027 season. The Raiders would incur a $30 million dead cap hit by cutting him next offseason. It’s just not going to happen.chucker wrote: Sat Jul 19, 2025 5:49 am Wilkins has no guaranteed money in 2026 so if he doesn't show something this year then the team likely decides he's not worth the $25 million in unguaranteed salary for 2026 and cuts bait. The dead money isn't crippling, and it's going to hit the cap one way or another. Dragging it out doesn't really help.
Hopefully he gets healthy and gets on the field this season and proves to be worth his contract when healthy. A healthy Wilkins would really help the defense.
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ALLRAIDERWORLD21
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Unless he hurts is foot again dancing to Back Street Boys, he'll be playing this season
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Opoponax50
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I hope you're right, but groovin' to the Backstreet Boys ain't the same as taking on 600+ pounds of O-linemen in front of you. OTOH, has has been pointed out, his injury did occur while celebrating on the field, so maybe boy bands shouldn't be his jam.ALLRAIDERWORLD21 wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:05 pm Unless he hurts is foot again dancing to Back Street Boys, he'll be playing this season
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ALLRAIDERWORLD21
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Opoponax50 wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 3:16 pm I hope you're right, but groovin' to the Backstreet Boys ain't the same as taking on 600+ pounds of O-linemen in front of you. OTOH, has has been pointed out, his injury did occur while celebrating on the field, so maybe boy bands shouldn't be his jam.
What I'm saying is its great to see him out of his boot and dancing around while training ..but Im hoping that foots not made of glass at the moment.If he hurts his foot again I'll never listen to Back Street Boys again!
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You listen to the Back Street Boys?ALLRAIDERWORLD21 wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:09 pm What I'm saying is its great to see him out of his boot and dancing around while training ..but Im hoping that foots not made of glass at the moment.If he hurts his foot again I'll never listen to Back Street Boys again!
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you gotta ride in an elevator sometime
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Religiously from sun up to sundown..And in my car I listen to Rush no exceptions
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The dead money hit next year would all be proration of money already paid this year. If he's not worth the cash salary next year..... they'll cut him and deal with the dead money if they don't see enough to be convinced to pay him another $25 million in cash. There's no reason to spend an extra $25 million in cash just to defer some dead money, especially a team with the cap flexibility that the Raiders have.heavyD wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 2:17 pm The potential out is for the 2027 season. The Raiders would incur a $30 million dead cap hit by cutting him next offseason. It’s just not going to happen.
If he gets healthy and stays healthy this year, then he likely justifies that salary. He's an impact player if he's healthy.
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I think he was top 3 or 4 in snaps played the year before we signed him and the spectre of two non-stop engines on the D line was an all too brief luxury. His returning to form would probably be the biggest gift this defense could receive.chucker wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:34 pm The dead money hit next year would all be proration of money already paid this year. If he's not worth the cash salary next year..... they'll cut him and deal with the dead money if they don't see enough to be convinced to pay him another $25 million in cash. There's no reason to spend an extra $25 million in cash just to defer some dead money, especially a team with the cap flexibility that the Raiders have.
If he gets healthy and stays healthy this year, then he likely justifies that salary. He's an impact player if he's healthy.
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Apparently it was a triple f[raiders_icon]cking cheese burger as some of us Expected!!!RI RAIDER wrote: Wed Jul 23, 2025 5:16 am Unless he goes on the Reserve/PUP list, this is a nothing burger. Putting him on the PUP list was not only expected, but is prudent as well.
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pfish57 wrote: Thu Jul 24, 2025 5:28 pm Apparently it was a triple tucking cheese burger as some of us Expected!!!
Facts!