Kirk Morrison is very available

by Hambone on Mar 3, 2010 7:02 PM EST

Kirk Morrison is very available Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on March 3, 2010 6:23 PM ET

Stanford Routt felt the Raiders love Wednesday despite starting only one game last year.

Middle linebacker Kirk Morrison, who has led the team in tackles for five straight seasons, was not so lucky. Adam Schefter reports the team extended an "original pick" tender to Morrison, meaning any interested team would only have to give up a third-rounder if they signed him away.

Make no mistake, the Raiders would love for that to happen.

Morrison is due $2.5 million next season and would have made the exact same money if he got the second round tender. (It's explained well here by the Oakland Tribune.)

Essentially, the Raiders placed a lower tender on Morrison despite no financial savings. They wanted to create the highest chance for a trade and knew no one would give up a second-round pick for him

Morrison could get an offer sheet, and then everyone's happy. If not, he'll have to return to a team he knows didn't want him back.

My father and I have gone back and forth on Morrison over the past month or so. We love this guy but we arent sure how or if he would fit into the new 3-4 defense. My thoughts are that usually a guy who can play all 3 downs and can rack up 100+ tackles each year is "usually" good enough to fit into most schemes. With him only being tendered a 3rd round but already having been in the league and already proven, I would think it would be worth at least a look.

Thoughts?

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I was going to write up a fanpost!!

You beat me to it!

I really like the guy, I think he’d fit over the middle with Poz and we could slide Mitchell to OLB.
I think we could probably get him for less than a 3rd, the Raiders tendered him to at least protect themselves in order to get something in return. Obviously if someone else offers a 3rd then we’re dead but I’m sure they’d take a 4-5th, which would be a steal for us. It’s worth a try

Nothing left to say... the clock is ticking...

by keysh67 on Mar 3, 2010 7:25 PM EST reply actions

Sounds good to me… an under-the-radar but solid possibilty… just what the Bills do most times… but let’s hope Nix and the other guy are better than the other Guy

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by killascript on Mar 3, 2010 8:57 PM EST reply actions

Kirk Morrison is a run-around-blockers type… in short, he’s a weak-side inside linebacker at best, and as that’s exactly what Poz and Kawika are, he’s kind of redundant here. We need bigger, thumper-type guys to occupy blockers, stack and shed, and just rack up tackles.

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by Brian Galliford on Mar 3, 2010 9:39 PM EST reply actions

Like Foote and Wihlem.

What a lot of ppl don`t seem to fully understand right now is that the vast majority of 4-3 MLB are weak side ILB`s in the 3-4. We have 3 of those on our roster right now in Poz, Veek and Ellisson (who has been tendered today). We don’t need a 4th one.

What we do need is a BIG bruising type of MLB that can take OG`s head on and win. Guys like Larry Foote. Also that type of MLB is readily available in the middle rounds of every year’s draft and I would not at all be surprised to see us draft a bruiser in round 4 or 5 this year. And the up side is that usually those players are fairly NFL ready. We could draft a guy in the 5th round this year and have him be our top backup at Mike ILB this year. Heck we could even draft one in the third and have him be our starter!

Meanwhile guys like Morisson and Bulluck would get lost in our depth chart and in our system. They are not viable options for us, unfortunatly.

The more I see, the les I know.

by CanadianBillsFan on Mar 4, 2010 1:37 PM EST up reply actions

Right on. Pittsburgh let Foote go for a reason – he doesn’t play a premium position and would’ve cost them a pretty penny. Farrior is their big-play linebacker; Foote was just his complement. He’d fit that role well in Buffalo, but you’d end up platooning either Poz or Kawika.

I expect them to pursue Matt Wilhelm at ILB. That’s a guy that Buddy Nix is very familiar with from SD, and a guy who really did a nice job off the street filling in for Takeo Spikes this past year in SF. That’s their guy, I think.

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by Brian Galliford on Mar 4, 2010 1:49 PM EST up reply actions

And that'd be fine with me

Wilhelm is a bigger player, and definitely seems like a better fit as a rotational thumper than Foote would be. Foote is going to look for starter’s money and starter’s playing time, while I think Wilhelm wouldn’t be opposed to the rotational aspect of what we’ll be looking for…..At least I hope so.

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by Kurupt on Mar 4, 2010 1:54 PM EST up reply actions

I think that you might be right about Wilhelm. Although I’d still much prefer Foote and plattoning Poz and Veek. I just don’t think that Mitchell is well suited for the Mike position. Actually I don’t think that Mitchell is a good fit for any 3-4 LB position as a starter, but would be a very good backup for most positions.

The more I see, the les I know.

by CanadianBillsFan on Mar 4, 2010 1:57 PM EST up reply actions