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Notes from the Dark site, My dear raiders Sept. 11 2009

By: AJ Garphy

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The Raiders' trade for Richard Seymour was made on Sunday, the NFL has it listed in their trades, Raiders.com has it listed on their transactions sheet, and William Joseph was graze to make room on the roster. So why isn't Seymour inside a Raiders uniform yet? Better yet, why isn't he even in Oakland yet? The trade is not officially conclude until Seymour takes and passes a physical and reports to practice. But since the news of the trade has went down, here has been no movement going on. Merely a lot of chatting and speculation.

Initially it was pondered whether Seymour would turn down to report to the Raiders but that perception was seemingly unfounded. Simply a bunch of NFL analysts so as to think no skilled player would appreciate being traded from the NFL sweet Patriots to the NFL pariah Raiders. So therefore came practice on Monday and Seymour wasn't around and so it was schedule to kick the speculation into high gear.

Where is he? Why? Has a person spoken to him? Is he holed up in his residence curled up in the corner refusing to come out? Is he pulling a Morgan Freeman in Lean on Me, shouting "I don't have to do nothin' but stay black and die"?

Cable attempted to nip a little of the speculation in the sprout in his press meeting today:

"I have talked to him... We have attempted to produce a deal. Present are a number of issues still among him and the Patriots that are being worked out. In suspense that so as to will get resolved as quickly as possible. We know that the player wants to be here but we have really no control on those issues. So that's really all I'm going to converse about it for now."

He was therefore asked again if Seymour specifically said he wants to be in Oakland to which Cable said "Yes".

So what might be these "issues" he needs to resolve with the Patriots that are keeping him from being in Alameda taking his physical and getting his new Raider throwback jersey?

According to Patriots spokesman Stacey James, via Greg Rosenthal of Pro football talk.com, the Patriots are completely unaware of any difficulties surrounding the deal. And as have you ever known the Patriots to lie about anything huh?

A while after so as to, Tom Curran of the Pro football talk.com, which is sounding more and more like ESPN with the amount of Raider hatred they are spitting, spoke to ex-Patriot Rodney Harrison (and current NBC analyst the company that PFT is currently a part of...hmm). Harrison said he spoke to Seymour and he said,

"He is not thrilled... Put yourself in his position, He's going from a first-class organization to one of the worst in the NFL."

He after that went on a rant about his own outlook of the Raiders and how horrible they are compared to the Patriots. But as he was asked about whether Seymour would inform to the Raiders, all he could say was "I don't know that" and so therefore continued to rail on with his outlook.

Hey..uh... Rodney? No one gives a flying F--K what YOU think of the Raiders, got it? You were a Charger, Chief and Patriot so it is a pretty safe bet that you are just a little bias in this position.

So we still haven't heard a single person publicly say there are a few problems (Cable said "issues" not problems) keeping the deal from going through. And despite the circus of media, most of whom don't really care much for the Raiders, insisting that there is no way Seymour wants to participate for the Raiders, we have nothing to go on but conjecture.

What might he be fretting about anyway? He has three rings already. He has held out for extra money with the Pats three times and is still low paid for a five time Pro Bowl player (Under 4 mil a year). One thing he knows he will get in Oakland is paid. His line mate Tommy Kelly has proven nothing and he was momentary the highest paid defensive tackle in football prior to last season. Last time the Raiders sent picks to a team for a high profile player was the DeAngelo Hall deal and they gave Hall a sickeningly huge payday to the tune of $70 million. The Pats NEVER sign those kinds of checks. They think that each player should just be grateful just to be a Patriot. Even though the Patriots have never revealed any loyalty to even the players that were the most loyal to them.

But don't take my word for it, just ask Rodney Harrison:

"You look at the move made by [Patriots head coach Bill] Belichick, and you can see him saying, 'I'd rather get rid of a guy before the last year of his contract.' You know what? That's the business... I knew that and instead of my getting whacked [by New England], I whacked myself."

So despite Rodney Harrison getting all lathered up about the Raiders and "whacking" himself off, it makes not much sense for Seymour not to approve of the chance to be a Raider at this moment in his career. He will be appreciated in Oakland in a way that he was never appreciated in New England, with a contract to match his production and with a loyalty that is unmatched as well. And if he can fix this team's run defense, he will have indeed achieved greatness.

But until further notice, let's keep all of this in perspective considering it is just ONE DAY following a trade no one expected to happen-- least of all Richard Seymour-- and everyone expects him to arrive from completely across the country ready to go? Can he pack first? Kiss the wife and kids? Get his affairs in order?

Certainly, Tom Cable would love to have Seymour in the fold, as Cable said "Just as soon as possible", but I would at least allot it an extra day before I start getting edgy. So for now Seymour is still in Boston. The flight alone is a lengthily one so unless he takes a red eye "voyage" Monday night, he probably won't be at practice Tuesday either.

If we don't see Seymour trotting out on the playing ground by Wednesday for practice, then we can get edgy. The Raiders have a longer week than most teams being to facilitate they don't play until Monday. If they were playing on Thursday therefore Seymour wouldn't even need to disturb because he wouldn't be playing in the game anyway. But with the first game being a home game and the game being Monday, if he gets here by Wednesday, he will have five days of practice. That must be sufficient time to give the Chargers a few fits trying to figure out how to keep him under wraps.

All the while, the Chargers still need to think out how to keep Tila Tequila under wraps.

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