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PelisseroThe one guy I still want to know what happens is Kirk Cousins. Yeah, 12 days away.

PelisseroThe Raiders are in a four -game losing streak.

PelisseroOne of the factors, and the fact that we haven't talked about, you know, like Mac Jones and guys like that, is like no one's gotten hurt. Guys have had, outside of Jackson Dart, and obviously the Jalen Hurts situation with blood clots in his lungs, every other quarterback that's gotten hurt has missed like one or two or three games, has been nothing long -term.

PelisseroBut Cousins is the one. Half the league runs a derivative of the offense that he plays in. He's playing at a really high level. and he's got a $10 million guaranteed roster bonus next March that if the Raiders have the opportunity to offload that money to get a pick for a guy who they're probably going to end up cutting in March and play the number one pick, it's hard because you're in the playoff chase.

PelisseroThey win these next two. Maybe you're five and four and you're like, you know what? Let's just ride this out with Kirk. It's going great.

PelisseroBut even like the Eagles, if you're sitting there and you're like, his former backup quarterback, Sean Mannion, his good buddy who he kept in the league as a player for several years is our offensive coordinator. We can bring in Kirk and just go play that offense. Like maybe we got something here. Like I just, I would not take that off the table until we get all the way to November.

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