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LesterHayesHOFer wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 11:17 am If McCoy doesn't get the bone plug surgery and plays this year I wonder if it's a situation where built up use of the knee wears it out, or is he one play and hard tackle or hard cut from blowing it out?

Goodtimes333 wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2026 10:31 pm Same way they f[raiders_icon]cked up the whole oline and team in general. Truly an egotistical & clueless staff. Lies of competition when in reality it was picking favorites for roles in the clown show

Opoponax50 wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 9:07 am A fourth round pick is where you can find good depth and possibly a starter. It's not a throw away pick. The same goes for 5th rounders. It's the 6th and 7th where you can take a flyer on a guy with great measurables but not a lot else. Special teams players are also taken there.

IOW, there are foreseeably impactful players that can be taken in the 4th. McCoy may not see the field until 2027, which means zero possibility of an impact this year and for all practical purposes, 2027 would be his rookie year after not playing for two years.

I hope for the best for us and for him, but just because we drafted him doesn't mean the pick is above criticism.

Attyla wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 9:47 am The problem with your statement is that you said he had great measurables but not a lot else. That is patently false. We have significant game day tape on the guy and he was projected as a first rounder, and a high first rounder by some. And he ran at his pro day so we know the ACL has healed up. The only question is the bone plug and his medical records would have been accessible so they know more and due to HIPAA are just not sharing more about how that process is going.

And if he cannot go until 2027, so what of it. 2026 is not a year where we are making a run, we are a young rebuilding team.

RunOverByHubbard wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 8:42 am Ryan Wilson of CBS gave four teams an A+ for the draft and the Raiders were one of them. Here’s what he said and in the below link you can see where he placed our draft choices on his big board. He used his big board to develop the grades as if you pick someone in the third round who he had as top 20 player your grade is higher.

Wilson's notes:
Favorite pick: Treydan Stukes had first-round buzz heading into the draft and every team I spoke with talked up what a great human being he is. He's almost as good a football player, which is amazing given that he's a former walk-on at Arizona.

Best value: Jermod McCoy, all day long. You wish the best for him and his recovery from a knee injury he suffered in January 2025. Put another way: if I told Raiders fans 2 weeks ago that they would land Stukes and McCoy they'd be beside themselves. And here we are.

Most surprising pick: On the surface, the Raiders did everything right -- there were no reaches, no players that don't fit what they're trying to do. The biggest surprise is how many good players they got from start to finish.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/new ... aft-class/

Raiders Baby wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 11:49 am From what I understand, this is basically how it all breaks down for McCoy:

His ACL is healed, and he had a bone plug as a graft to replace some of the cartilage. The question at hand is if he should have a second surgery.

The tricky thing with a bone plug is that they take the material to make it from your own bone, so there is a limited number of times you can do it successfully.

If he does a second surgery, he will be out this year, and faces two possible outcomes:

SUCCESSFUL: he will have a chance to play a longer career

UNSUCCESSFUL: game over

If he does nothing, he can probably play this year, but he risks a shorter career because wear and tear makes it less likely a second surgery would be successful, if he needs it.

Again, this is just how I understand what I've heard on the internet -- if anyone has better info feel free to correct me

Raiders Baby wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 11:49 am From what I understand, this is basically how it all breaks down for McCoy:

His ACL is healed, and he had a bone plug as a graft to replace some of the cartilage. The question at hand is if he should have a second surgery.

The tricky thing with a bone plug is that they take the material to make it from your own bone, so there is a limited number of times you can do it successfully.

If he does a second surgery, he will be out this year, and faces two possible outcomes:

SUCCESSFUL: he will have a chance to play a longer career

UNSUCCESSFUL: game over

If he does nothing, he can probably play this year, but he risks a shorter career because wear and tear makes it less likely a second surgery would be successful, if he needs it.

Again, this is just how I understand what I've heard on the internet -- if anyone has better info feel free to correct me

chucker wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 4:53 pm Good explanation, and this is how I understand it as well. Honestly the best, completely selfish, option for the Raiders is for McCoy to just play this year and see how it goes because he likely plays for at least a couple of seasons and probably plays pretty well and he's dirt cheap for a potential starting CB. The best option for McCoy is probably to have the surgery and sit a year. If he comes back healthy then he has a better chance at a long career and a second contract.

GoodTimeCharlie wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 5:08 pm Seems they’ll have to talk it out. McCoy and the FO that is. The gist I can surmise is that he can burn his available bone plug surgeries (2 to 3) for football (assuming they’re all successful), or have a somewhat shorter career, approximately 3 to 4 years and save a future bone plug surgery for a less handicapped post-career.

Based on most football players’ mindsets, he’ll use them all for football giving him a 7+ year career (again, that’s presuming all the surgeries are successful), and live that cane-life post-career.

chucker wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 5:10 pm oh, that's interesting. I might offer him some of your bone plugs to get him a few extra years.