Some teams will say farewell to a player or a coach by just posting thank you player or thank you coach the

Raiders put a little more time and effort into their farewell tweet to Derek Carr. This is from coach Josh

McDaniels and GM Dave Ziegler. We have a lot of respect for Derek Carr and what he has meant to the

Raiders organization for the last nine years. Derek has done great things in this league and we're

thankful to have been able to work with him in this past year. He's a true professional. We appreciate his

hard work is driving to produce the results. We all desire. We wish Derek and his family all the

best in the future. PS pack your shit and leave. Pack your shit and leave. All right. So that I mean

because that's about in line. I you say all the right things, but the reality is after one season

after 15 games together, they decided that this was not something that was going to continue and

they weren't able to trade him. It wasn't going to work out. It was never going to work out. It was

never going to happen. An agent called me yesterday and said, do you think there's a chance they just

pick up that 40.4 million that they keep him around and then trade him later or if all else fails

cut him because all he has to do is make 32 million this year and you're off the hook seven and

a half million next year and you're off the hook for the rest of it. But it became pretty clear to me

once I started sniffing around. They weren't going to do it. Here's the big reason why they weren't

going to do it. If they were going to do it, we'd have heard about it. If they were going to do that

sheafter would have reported it on Super Bowl Sunday. They would have handed it to him to report.

They would have wanted it out there because you want the fans in the media to be ready for it.

Everything was pointing to the two sides parting ways and the Raiders had done nothing to push back

against it. That's why as the plane started to land, it was 100% sure and certain and obvious

that he was going to be cut yesterday and now he's been cut. And as of today, he's a free agent.

He doesn't have to wait until the middle of March. He can talk to any team. He can visit any team

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