The best Wide Receiver in the League just changed teams"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Colts StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Colts NewsYahoo Colts Team PageYahoo Colts ReportYahoo Colts Depth ChartYahoo Colts TransactionsYahoo Colts PhotosShop About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Free AgencyColts Free AgencyColts Impact: Antonio Brown to the RaidersNew Indianapolis Colts Robert Okereke Jersey ,9commentsThe best Wide Receiver in the League just changed teamsEDTShareTweetShareShareColts Impact: Antonio Brown to the RaidersOn Sunday, former Pittsburgh Steeler Antonio Brown was traded to the Oakland Raiders for what is being reported as a third (66th) and fifth-round (141st) pick in the 2019 NFL Draft — which is roughly equivalent to a late second (61st). Let’s talk about why the Colts didn’t involve themselves in this trade and what it means for the Raiders.This was a great move for the Raiders. When he was in the booth, Mike Mayock was one of my favorite analysts. He always came across as a calm and collected individual with an open mind who progressed as the game evolved. I am not a huge fan of Jon Gruden. He pushes players to give their very best, both during practice and on game day; however, as a team builder, he tends to lean more towards veterans with proven experience that have a few years left in the tank. Let’s make this clear: He won a Super Bowl with Tony Dungy’s guys and then his decision making promptly destroyed what Tampa had left. With this in mind, let’s take a look at the Raiders situation. They have a QB that signed, at the time, the largest contract in NFL history, and who was playing at a MVP level until Trent Cole broke his leg. They traded 2 of their 3 best players for multiple first round picks, acquired a talented WR for what should be considered a piece of gum and some pennies, but the team has to carry around $21 million in dead cap. Their defense is atrocious, finishing 30th in defensive ranking with a defensive DVOA of 12.3%, a secondary ranked 32nd and a rush defense that is ranked 22nd. They were dead last in the league with 13 sacks.Ironically, former Raider Khalil Mack had 12.5 by himself in Chicago.Further, the wide receiver group is bad. Before the Antonio Brown trade, the Raiders’ three best receivers going into next season were Jordy Nelson Cheap Alize Mack Youth Jersey , Marcell Ateman and Derek Carrier — all of whom combined for 961 yards last year. Ouch.The O-line was slightly better, though it faced major injuries to key contributors such as Donald Penn, Kelechi Osemele, Gabe Jackson, and Jon Feliciano. The starting offensive line was likely to be (from left to right) Kolton Miller, Kelechi Osemele, Rodney Hudson, Gabe Jackson and Donald Penn. Former Colt Denzelle Good started 3 games near the end of the season, playing so well that he earned a new contract. He could find himself in a 6th man role at RG or RT. (Good could find himself starting as Osemele was traded)If I were the Raiders, my goals for this offseason would be:Select Quinnen Williams, Marquise Brown and like the arrow is trending upward for the organization. That is if (and only if) Gruden is willing to let go of the reins a little bit and allow for Mayock to have some say in the decision-making process.In my opinion, I think Ballard should have absolutely doubled down and gone for Antonio Brown. In February, I published an article and the consensus seemed to be that going for AB made sense, as long as it was the right price. No one can argue that a third and a fifth for the best WR in the league should be considered a robbery. Some may bring up that his contract was restructured, but it was nothing crazy or that the Colts couldn’t afford. Further, Brown’s main problems seemed to be related to Big Ben and the lack of pay/respect given to him. Luck would never throw Brown under the bus like Ben did, and they could have paid him what he wanted White Marlon Mack Jersey , so there is really no excuse. Would you have accepted this deal if it landed Brown in Indianapolis?Post-Write note: Osemele and a sixth-round pick were traded to the Jets for a fifth-rounder. The Raiders trade a Pro-Bowl LG to get rid of the $10.2 million he is owed and the Jets get a 30-year old guard to protect their young QB and open lanes for... Le’Veon Bell? After all the trades go through, the Raiders will have around $50 million to play with, more than enough to address other team needs. KANSAS CITY, Mo. 鈥?The Kansas City Chiefs didn’t draft Patrick Mahomes merely to make the playoffs.Matt Cassel accomplished that, and quarterbacks Steve Bono, Elvis Grbac, Trent Green and Alex Smith went one better by making it to the divisional round. Smith even won a wild-card game, the first playoff victory by the long-suffering Chiefs since Joe Montana led them to the AFC title game in the 1993 season.No, the Chiefs didn’t trade up to select Mahomes just to make the playoffs.They did it to win in the playoffs.Now, Mahomes gets his first chance when the first-year starter leads the AFC West champions against the Colts 鈥?their longtime playoff nemesis 鈥?on Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium.Win and the young All-Pro quarterback has the Chiefs one game away from playing in the Super Bowl. Lose and Mahomes must wait a full year to get another crack at wiping away the stink of all those playoff failures.“A playoff run in general would mean a ton to everyone in this community, including us. I know the history,” Mahomes said, “but at the same time, we are a different generation.”That may be true, but he was on the sideline last season for the latest postseason letdown.Mahomes was given his freshman season to learn the ropes under Smith, who ended a Chiefs streak of eight straight playoff defeats by beating Houston in the wild-card round in January 2016. But they lost the following week at New England to end their playoff run, then lost at home to the Steelers in the divisional round in 2017 and blew a big lead at home against the Titans in the wild-card round a year ago.Three defeats after that rarest of playoff wins.The sting has been even more brutal at Arrowhead Stadium Marlon Mack Jersey 2019 , where the Colts have won just as many playoff games as the Chiefs (two apiece) over the years. Both of the Chiefs’ wins were in the wild-card round.They’ve never won a home playoff game in the divisional round or beyond.Yet if there’s any reason to believe that stretch of futility will end Saturday, it just may be the optimistic kid with the big arm and curly Mohawk. Bono, Grbac and the rest never put up the kind of numbers that Mahomes has this season, nor did they engender the same kind of confidence in their teams.Mahomes exudes poise. And the rest of the Chiefs can feel it.“It’s the way he plays,” Chiefs center Mitch Morse said recently. “Not only his talent, which is uncanny, but the way he prepares, the way he conducts himself in the huddle, and then the guy has got a swagger about him that’s infectious.”There is no denying this is a new experience, though. Mahomes played in only one bowl game in three seasons at Texas Tech, which would be the only thing even remotely close to an NFL playoff game with the entire football world watching.“So far I haven’t seen anything that’s too big for Pat. I’m not even worried about that,” coach Andy Reid said Monday, just before the Chiefs resumed practicing following a well-earned week off.“He’s going to get himself ready, just like he does every week, to play against a good football team,” Reid said. “But I don’t think he’s wired the other way. I’m not predicting anything, I’m just telling you Womens Skai Moore 2019 Jersey , matter of fact, how he’s wired, how he goes about his business.”That doesn’t mean Reid hasn’t pulled him aside for a few extra chats.“Everything is a little faster in the playoffs. That’s how things go,” Reid said. “At the same time, he has to be himself and continue to lead and play like he has been doing. I don’t think he will have a problem with that. I think he understands that. He is wired the right way to handle all of it.”Mahomes said he’s chatted with Smith about his postseason experience, and he’s soaked up what he can from the veterans in his locker room. Defensive back Ron Parker, linebacker Justin Houston and fullback Anthony Sherman are among those who have been part of several postseason letdowns.As they take the field with Mahomes on Saturday, they have a chance to scribble over that history.“I mean, we are definitely ready. We know what it’s going to take,” Mahomes said. “It’s going to take a full effort from everyone, every single day, to the game and hopefully on. We know that you have to capitalize on every single play. You can’t let one play get you down for the next. The next play is the most important play. We are excited we get the chance to do that.”100View Gallery Gallery:View from the sidelines: NFL cheerleaders 2018Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports | Raj Mehta