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Raiders firing GM, HC may have prohibited Saints-Hunter Renfrow trade

The Raiders fired their GM and head coach at the NFL trade deadline. It’s hard to hold trade talks when there’s nobody answering the phone:

It’s hard for Mickey Loomis to trade talks when there’s nobody answering the phone, and that may have been the case for the New Orleans Saints and Las Vegas Raiders at Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline. The Raiders announced late Tuesday night that team owner Mark Davis fired everyone at the top of the organization, including head coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler.

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that the Saints were working on a trade for Raiders wide receiver Hunter Renfrow which fell apart in the hours leading up to the deadline, citing disagreements in which side would have paid more of Renfrow’s salary for the rest of the season. It shouldn’t have been difficult to work that out.

Renfrow is due $3.7 million in weekly game checks the rest of the season, but the Saints could have lowered that number by lowering him to the veteran minimum salary and getting the Raiders to cover the difference; he’s qualified for a $1.08 million base salary, which comes up to about $600,000 for the last ten weeks of the regular season. So the Saints would have paid that and the Raiders would have been on the hook for $2.1 million. Were they really so busy haggling over that number (which is less than 1% of the $224.8 million salary cap) they ran this down to the deadline?

Maybe the sudden layoffs at the top of the Raiders’ organizational chart played a factor. CBS Sports’ Josina Anderson cited a source with a team that was in negotiations with Las Vegas who said the lines of communication fell apart on trade deadline day: “Explains why they ghosted us …  Nobody responded yesterday.”

What could the future hold? Renfrow is due a hefty salary in 2024 that will probably make him a cap casualty, and the Saints are clearly interested in him at a near-minimum salary. If he’s willing to sign for that much in the spring and work to reestablish himself as a reliable receiving threat in the NFL, working again with his old quarterback Derek Carr, maybe they’ll circle back to him once he becomes available. But that won’t happen until the season is over and the Raiders have rebuilt their organization yet again.

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Are Chiefs involved in trade talks for Cardinals WR DeAndre Hopkins?

A new report suggests that trade talks for #Cardinals WR DeAndre Hopkins are “ramping up,” Are the #Chiefs one of the teams interested?

With the Dallas Cowboys trading for Houston Texans WR Brandin Cooks, the attention has shifted from the NFL’s free agency period back to the trade market.

Arizona Cardinals WR DeAndre Hopkins has been the subject of trade rumors for weeks, but there has been little tangible movement. Things are beginning to appear a bit more real for the five-time All-Pro and Pro Bowl wide receiver, though.

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, trade talks surrounding Hopkins are “ramping up” among interested teams. Could the Kansas City Chiefs be among the interested parties? We know that one of their new free agent signings is certainly a fan of the idea. We also know the team has a need at the wide receiver position after losing JuJu Smith-Schuster to the New England Patriots. But what of the financial implications of making a trade for Hopkins? Let’s explore.

Part of Rapoport’s latest update suggested that a trade would likely include an “altered contract” for Hopkins. That doesn’t necessarily mean an extension, given that Cooks restructured his deal to create cap space for the Cowboys.

The Chiefs are projected to have around $9.5 million in salary cap space available before the recent signings of Drue Tranquill and Mike Edwards, but after the deal to bring back Nick Allegretti. Even if that $9.5 million was all available to Kansas City, the number wouldn’t be enough to cover his $19.45 million cap hit for 2023. K.C. would either have to do some other salary-cap clearing move to create space (there are still a few contracts they can restructure) or they’d have to work something out with Hopkins to lower that number. That could be an extension with some extra years of funny money tacked on. There’s also a chance that they could offer Arizona a greater level of compensation so that they could eat some more of the costs in 2023.

Financials may or may not be restrictive for the Chiefs in a hypothetical trade for Hopkins, but they certainly shouldn’t stop them from engaging in talks, if there are talks to be had as Rapoport’s report would suggest.

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Report: Cowboys exploring trade options for RT La’el Collins

The veteran OL missed all of 2020 and five games in 2021; he could represent a financial savings in 2022 if the timing is right. | From @ToddBrock24f7

The Cowboys are apparently willing to start thinking outside the box as they look for ways to improve their financial situation and get under the salary cap for 2022.

According to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, the team is “having active trade conversations” with more than one other club about starting right tackle La’el Collins.

That report comes after a busy few days in Dallas that saw the front office place a $10.93 million franchise tag on tight end Dalton Schultz, restructure the contracts of quarterback Dak Prescott and right guard Zack Martin, and re-sign wide receiver Noah Brown to a new one-year league-minimum deal. The team is said to be working on a new deal for wideout Michael Gallup, while Pro Bowl punter Bryan Anger is thought to have been deemed too expensive to keep. Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence was asked to take a pay cut and could be released. And receiver Amari Cooper is rumored to be a candidate for release or trade in the coming days.

Now the veteran offensive lineman, who represents a $15.2 million cap hit in 2022, is also a question mark, with the Cowboys apparently shopping him around.

Collins missed the entire 2020 season on injured reserve and served a five-game suspension in 2021 for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

In his absence, two-year man Terence Steele played quite well, impressing coaches and even staying in the right tackle spot once Collins was eligible to return.

The 28-year-old Collins is slated to make $10 million in 2022. He’d save the team that much in cap room… if he were to be released after June 1. If Collins is traded prior to that, the Cowboys would save just over $1 million and eat another $14 million in dead money.

Pro Football Network’s Aaron Wilson classifies the Cowboys’ conversations about trading Collins as “exploratory” at this point, with no trade imminent, per his sources.

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Catch This Fade S5E15: Leaks are for cowards, trade talk, biggest Cowboys disappointments

K.D. Drummond and CBS Sports’ Patrik Walker tag team the leaks, look ahead to the most dangerous player on Washington’s roster and play the percentages of the most disappointing members of the team at this point in the season.

The Dallas Cowboys continue to battle injury issues and the prevailing themes of the first six weeks are coming to a head. It’s one thing for the media and fans to speak on the issues the coaching staff is having, but when the players do so, anonymously? Nah. Tank?! Ummm, wut? Nah. Trade? Now we have something to talk about.

K.D. Drummond and CBS Sports’ Patrik Walker tag team the leaks, look ahead to the most dangerous player on Washington’s roster and play the percentages of the most disappointing members of the team at this point in the season. This week’s full show was two hours of action-packed and detailed convo. We’re sharing 45 minutes of it for free!

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Report: Washington involves LB Ryan Anderson in trade talks

As the final roster-cut is less than a day away, Washington is reportedly involving LB Ryan Anderson in trade talks.

With less than a day until the Washington Football Team is forced to cut down their roster to 53 players, a report has surfaced that LB Ryan Anderson is being raised in trade talks, according to Albert Breer.

Anderson has played well in training camp thus far, but his position on the Washington defense is an interesting one, as his position is unknown thanks to the switch from a 3-4 to 4-3 scheme. In the old 3-4 scheme, Anderson played as an outside linebacker, but in a 4-3 scheme, he doesn’t fit perfectly into a DE edge rusher role.

Nonetheless, Anderson has played well thus far, and Washington would likely be able to at the very least get a decent mid-round draft pick for him in return if they were to find a trade suitor. Stay tuned.

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Report: Drummond deal dead, Hawks have Steven Adams on their radar

Per Yahoo! Sports, with talks for Andre Drummond falling through between the Hawks and the Pistons, Atlanta could be targeting Steven Adams.

With the trade deadline fast approaching on February 6, teams are having to make final decisions about which players they’re in on and which players they’re not.

For the Atlanta Hawks, they’ve decided they’re officially out on Andre Drummond.

So what does a failed trade between the Hawks and the Detroit Pistons have to do with the Oklahoma City Thunder?

Well, without Andre Drummond in the middle, the Hawks are still in need of a center.

And as it turns out, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports, the Thunder’s Steven Adams could be the player they’re looking at to fill the void.

Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams is also on the Hawks’ radar and talks could potentially pick up steam as the deadline looms, sources said.

As noted by Jordan Green of Sporting News, Adams’ contract could make negotiations somewhat tricky, but the Hawks have the personnel at the price that could make it work.

In terms of trade mechanics, Adams is on the books for $25.8 million this season and $27.5 million in 2020-21, so it would be a challenge for most teams to land him. Fortunately for the Hawks, they have multiple expiring contracts (Chandler Parsons at $25.1 million, Evan Turner at $18.6 million, Allen Crabbe at $18.5 million) and could offer a first-round pick acquired from the Nets or one of their own selections.

Adams’ scoring is slightly down this year after averaging 13.9 points per game in each of the last two seasons.

However, without Russell Westbrook to compete with on the glass, this year Adams is pulling down a career-best 10.0 rebounds per game.