Cardinals jump on Moses after Raiders reportedly cut him by mistake.

[Hammock Parties]

This is amazing. The Raiders are a sad, sad organization.

http://mvn.com/nfl-cardinals/2007/09/02/thanks-oakland-cardinals-jump-on-moses-after-raiders-reportedly-cut-him-by-mistake/

In what has to be one of the strangest internet stories i’ve heard in some time, it is being reported all over the Internet and sports fan sites that due to an administrative mistake at the Raiders headquarters 3rd round pick Quentin Moses was mistakenly included in the Raiders cut list to the NFL.

This was the report on the KFFL fan site earlier today:

"Radio 680am just reported that Quentin Moses was let go in error. Apparently Don Johnson, an assistant coach on the defensive line had submitted a prioritized list of players he wanted to keep. Moses was inadvertently left off the list. He then sent a separate email to a guy named Jeff Birren who works in administration. Birren thought Moses was to be added to the release list, so he added the name and faxed it in to league offices in New York. The error was not discovered until after the move was official. Accidents happen."

680 am would be KNBR, the big sports radio station in the Bay area that covers the MLB Giants and SF 49ers. I haven’t heard the reports, but the Cardinals fan sites are covered with similar postings so I’d say where there is smoke, there is fire. I’d suspect that if there is truth to the fact that some staffers at Raiders HQ made a mistake that the story will come out in the next few days as local media up there looks into it.

The bottom line is that with the injury to Chike Okeafor the Arizona Cardinals were desperate for a DE that could bring a pass rush and be a better fit for the hybrid 3-4 scheme they are trying to run this year. To have a prospect like Quentin Moses drop into their laps, and to fill the single biggest area of need on the defense, is an amazing stroke of good luck. Even if Moses isn’t an impact player and is merely “good” thats a substantial degree better for the Cardinals then what they had on final cut downs. It is going to be very interesting to see how Moses fits with the Cardinals and if the potential he showed at U of GA can be realized here in Arizona.

[beer bacon]

Hahaha. Oh Oakland.

[Bowser]

LMAO LMAO

Beautiful! I need to hear AutumnBlowhard's expanation of this.....

[luv]

LMAO

Sorry, bud. We released you. Don't be mad. It was an accident.

[Deberg_1990]

Peter King mentioned this earlier today..

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/peter_king/09/02/tucker/5.html


e. Something stinks in Oakland. The Raiders released third-round defensive end Quentin Moses. When I was in Raiders camp, there was talk of him starting this year. Smells like a disagreement between Al Davis and Lane Kiffin over the final roster. To me, it's a terrible mistake. Moses will play, and play well, in the NFL, and the Raiders will be embarrassed over this. The Cardinals claimed him. I bet he'll be starting for the Cardinals by Oct. 1. What a dumb cut that was.

[gta0012]

Well at least the raiders signed their first round pick....oh wait.... Looks like we found a team with a worse pre-season then the chiefs lol

[Bowser]

LMAO

Sorry, bud. We released you. Don't be mad. It was an accident.

Shit, this kid is probably jumping for joy right about now.....

[chief52]

Well, this is Kiffin's take...at least publicly.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?p=2353902

Kiffin spoke for the first time since making roster cuts Saturday. The biggest surprise on that lost was Moses, who was the first pick of the third round and impressed the coaches early in training camp.

Moses, who was beaten out by fifth-rounder Jay Richardson and veteran Chris Clemmons, was immediately picked up by Arizona.

"There were some hard ones where it wasn't that a guy wasn't doing everything that we asked," Kiffin said. "We wish great luck to Quentin and I think he'll be a good player in this league. But at the end of looking at all of it we had other people that could help us more."

[morphius]

Brilliant!

[Hammock Parties]

"There were some hard ones where it wasn't that a guy wasn't doing everything that we asked," Kiffin said. "We wish great luck to Quentin and I think he'll be a good player in this league. But at the end of looking at all of it we had other people that could help us more."

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[Skip Towne]

It would be even better if we got him.

[dj56dt58]

Moses is one lucky sob

[Frankie]

It would be even better if we got him.
That would be poetic justice. To have him play in the same division as the Raiders. Would have been good signing too with Allen gone for 2 games.

[Rain Man]

To be outsmarted by the Cardinals is a sad, sad thing.

[HemiEd]

ROFL

[BigRock]

I prefer to think that they cut him on purpose, because it's funnier to think that they blew a 3rd round pick this badly. If he was released by mistake, it would probably never happen again. If they released him on purpose, it's yet another notch on their list of blown picks in recent years.

[unothadeal]

This waivers thingy. Is there an order in which teams get to pick? Were the Cards first?

[GarySpFc]

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm (http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm)POSTED 12:47 p.m. EDT, September 3, 2007MOSES WASN'T CUT BY MISTAKEDespite from Internet rumors and reports that the Raiders accidentally released defensive end Quentin Moses, the team's third-round pick in the 2007 draft, an industry source tells us that the cutting of the rookie was not the result of a mistake.Moses received a $610,000 signing bonus when he signed with the Raiders, and will keep that money as he heads to the Cardinals, who claimed him on waivers. For the Cardinals, it made their decision to dump third-rounder Buster Davis (who also received a $610,000 signing bonus) a wash.

[beer bacon]

I prefer to think that they cut him on purpose, because it's funnier to think that they blew a 3rd round pick this badly. If he was released by mistake, it would probably never happen again. If they released him on purpose, it's yet another notch on their list of blown picks in recent years.

I think this is hilarious. On some other boards, Oakland fans have been saying he was cut because their d-line is sooooooo damn good. It is nice to see that he was actually cut because their front office/coaching staff is sooooo damn stupid.

[DaKCMan AP]

That's rich. LMAO

[Valiant]

Well looking at there are a few good points made..

If it was an accident the Raiders could just tell the League office and they would fix it ala Owens...

And the big one... If Oakland really wanted him they are higher up on the Waiver chain then Arizona...

[beer bacon]

Well looking at there are a few good points made..

If it was an accident the Raiders could just tell the League office and they would fix it ala Owens...

And the big one... If Oakland really wanted him they are higher up on the Waiver chain then Arizona...

That isn't how it works. After Oakland cut him, every other team had a chance to sign him to their active roster before Oakland could do anything. The Cardinals signed him to their 53.

[chief52]

The "FIRST" player taken in the third round and he is already gone. This is a huge mistake no matter how they spin it.

[Mr Luzcious]

I love everything about this.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

[evolve27]

They ran out of cap room to sign Jamarcus and next years#1 pick.

[CoMoChief]

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ROFL

Usually I don't think you're very funny, but that's some funny shit what you just posted.

[gblowfish]

Brilliant!Baghdad Bob reminds me of Chiefs PR director Bob Moore...

[chiefbowe82]

This has to be a front office mistake. I don't care what the third round pick has done you don't cut a third round pick before he even plays a game. (basically a second rounder) by the sound of it their coaching staff saw nothing but good in him...

[TN_Chief]

I like to laugh at the Raiduhs as much as the next Chiefs fan...but given the dog-and-pony show that our FO and coaching staff has managed to put on over the past couple of seasons, I'm not sure we've got a hell of a lot of room to talk...

[beer bacon]

I like to laugh at the Raiduhs as much as the next Chiefs fan...but given the dog-and-pony show that our FO and coaching staff has managed to put on over the past couple of seasons, I'm not sure we've got a hell of a lot of room to talk...

Eh, not really. We haven't done anything like this.

[Valiant]

That isn't how it works. After Oakland cut him, every other team had a chance to sign him to their active roster before Oakland could do anything. The Cardinals signed him to their 53.


You sure that is not just for the PS.. I think they could have added him back to their Active Roster.. They follow the waiver wire, but if you pick up the person they have to be added to the active roster...

[BigMeatballDave]

That is fuggin hilarious! LMAO

[KcMizzou]

LMAO

Best thing that ever happened to that kid.

[Molitoth]

HAHAH RAYDERRRS

[NUMBER7]

Al is going to have a cow!

[Rain Man]

In a bit of positive news, the Raiders are pleased to announce that they have signed first-round pick Todd Marinovich.

[NUMBER7]

In a bit of positive news, the Raiders are pleased to announce that they have signed first-round pick Todd Marinovich.

Classic. ROFL

[KChiefs1]

In a bit of positive news, the Raiders are pleased to announce that they have signed first-round pick Todd Marinovich.

ROFL

[Brock]

Mistake, sometimes it just happens. /mecca

[88TG88]

w00t hilarious LMAO

[kstater]

Just think, next year the Chiefs will have first crack at who the Raiders accidentally cut.

[Bwana]

Leave it to the Faiders!

ROFL

[Ultra Peanut]

http://sickmovies.aresick.net/al.gif

[CoMoChief]

Eh, not really. We haven't done anything like this.
Siavii, Freeman

We drafted a 2nd round draft pick without even working the mother ****er out first.

[Eleazar]

The Raiders are the only team that will cut 3rd round picks.

[RustShack]

The Raiders are the only team that will cut 3rd round picks.

Arizona let theirs go too, and I would rather have Buster Davis than our backup MLB's.

[TN_Chief]

Eh, not really. We haven't done anything like this.Oh really? Take a look back at the 1983 draft. We picked Todd Blackledge at 7. We could have had Jim Kelly or Dan Marino.

Yeah...we wouldn't do anything like waste a third round pick (or inadvertently cut him).

[Hydrae]

Wow, I feel so much better. I was afraid we might wind up in the cellar this year. I think the Raiders have it sown up already! ROFL

[Brock]

Oh really? Take a look back at the 1983 draft. We picked Todd Blackledge at 7. We could have had Jim Kelly or Dan Marino.

Yeah...we wouldn't do anything like waste a third round pick (or inadvertently cut him).

Yeah, how could they have missed that? Marino and Kelly were both hall of famers.

[Rain Man]

Oh really? Take a look back at the 1983 draft. We picked Todd Blackledge at 7. We could have had Jim Kelly or Dan Marino.

Yeah...we wouldn't do anything like waste a third round pick (or inadvertently cut him).

I think you're mixing administrative incompetence with football incompetence.

Though I still think Blackledge can do well if we give him the opportunity.