(03-13-2022, 10:38 PM)JaggedSioux Wrote:

(03-13-2022, 10:08 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Why?

It's not complicated to connect the dots here.

Vegas vs. Buffalo; careless rear-ending sportscar death vs. need for speed. MAybe I was being facetious

1.  A couple of years ago, the Raiders spent the 11th overall pick on Henry Ruggs, a blazing fast WR out of Alabama.
2.  Last year, Ruggs drove drunk and killed a woman as a result.
3.  Ruggs is currently incarcerated and likely will spend substantial time in prison.  The Raiders released him.
4/  To help offset the loss of Ruggs, they signed 30 something year old Desean Jackson.  He is far from a long term answer to the problem of speed at WR.

5.  Chark, a WR was timed at 4.36 in the 40, which qualifies as fast by most objective measures.  Chark is currently a free agent and is TEN (10) years younger than Jackson. 

6.  Based upon his speed and his youth, he represents the potential longer term replacement for the incarcerated Ruggs.

Conversely, Buffahole (which you specifically introduced into the conversation), with Stephon Diggs and Gabriel Davis starting at WR, are comparatively set at WR.  They don't have the level of need at WR that the Raiders have.  They are likely moving on from thirty something slot guys Cole Beasley and Emmanuel Sanders.  But Chark is NOT a slot WR.  There are slot WRs available that likely won't cost what Chark would command in free agency.  This is why I would not be as concerned if Chark was hanging out in Buffahole.

Get it now?

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