Could the Raiders hire Bill Belichick or keep Davante Adams? | Zero Blitz
Yahoo Sports' Jason Fitz and Mike Golic Jr. of “GoJo & Golic" discuss the possibilities of the Raiders hiring Bill Belichick as head coach or keeping WR Davante Adams in Las Vegas. Hear the full conversation on the “Zero Blitz”podcast and subscribe on Apple podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
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MIKE GOLIC JR: I mean, honestly, the fieriest hot take would be, what if the Raiders went out and got Bill Belichick to come over there? Like, they tried diet Patriots and getting Josh McDaniels there, and so they just decided to go full bore and get Bill Belichick there. Instead of doing the obvious smart thing and letting Antonio Pierce stay and be the head coach, and then filling out an offensive staff underneath him because you've already got the leadership stuff checked off. I would like it. That would be my gift to the rest of the world, is let's get Bill Belichick in freaking Las Vegas Raiders.
JASON FITZ: I mean, if he's going to do that, does he hire Josh McDaniels as his offensive coordinator?
MIKE GOLIC JR: There you go. There's the take.
JASON FITZ: And then does Mark still have to pay him as the head coach? I love the layers, the layers, the layers.
MIKE GOLIC JR: There's the take.
JASON FITZ: I'll give you one-- this is a real take for a second, though. I'm gonna give you real, responsible football for a second.
How do you like this? Davante Adams will not be traded. And the reason I would say that Davante Adams will not be traded is because, as Charles Robinson and I have talked about several times on "Inside Coverage", you're talking about a 30-plus year old wide receiver that cost a ton of money. I hear a lot of fans say, well, they're going to trade Davante for a first round pick.
There is no team in the NFL, I believe, that would give up a first round pick right now for Davante Adams. I don't think-- I can't talk to an insider that tells me his draft compensation would be that high. So if you're the Raiders and you're sitting there saying, I'm going to trade Davante for a second or third rounder, that seems dumb to me. So all this talk about Davante going anywhere is not going to happen. Davante will be back and he'll be catching passes from some rookie quarterback next year.
MIKE GOLIC JR: He's come out and spoken very highly of Antonio Pierce. Said he believes he should be the guy, gave him the vote of confidence very publicly. And we've seen ticked off Davante Adams has certainly been a part of what we'd imagine is a lot of the move to change around there.
He seemed pretty upset before Josh got fired. And so whatever happens going forward, it's not saying he makes the decision. But if you're the Raiders, and you do want to keep him long term, and have that be kumbaya, he's got to have some influence or at least give the OK to whoever the job ends up going to.
