James Palmer

And I think Ryan Poles with both those deals was able to do that.

I think they did a little bit.

And Marcia, you have to remember, there is a minimum you have to spend in the NFL.

The Raiders needed to spend money.

You know that Office episode where Michael finds out there's a surplus and he has to spend something?

That's essentially what was going on with the Raiders.

They're so far below that over the next couple of years, they have to make sure that they spend.

What I do think they did, and everybody overspends in free agency, so let's just say that that's there.

But you overspent for a rare player.

that has no red flags, and very few of them reach free agency in today's NFL.

They're all locked up.

But because of the way the franchise tag is with offensive linemen and him playing center and the way it went, him and Alec Pierce are the rare players that probably get there with no red flags at all.

So you overpay in free agency, period.

You overpay for a guy that really has no question marks next to his game.

And then also, I think he makes your team better, in essence, of your top

two players.

I know Brock Bowers is probably right in that mix, but Ashton Denty, you take him in the top 10 last year, he's hit at or behind the line of scrimmage in probably 60% of his runs, roughly, and you have a dominant run-blocking center that fits exactly the way Clint Kubiak runs that scheme.

So it's a force multiplier to where you're overpaid, but he makes your star running back that you invested a lot of draft capital in to get

better.

And then you have a number one overall pick that we all assume is going to be Fernando Mendoza.