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So, the Green Bay Packers have decided to part ways with former Raider Charles Woodson and his $10-million salary in 2013. Naturally that has fueled some speculation that Reggie McKenzie, a former front office man for the Packers, will dial the free agent DB in hopes of orchestrating a reunion.

That’s nice and all for the storybook quality of Woodson’s career but the reality is very far from that fantasy.

Charles Woodson will not be a Raider again.

There are any number of reasons why Oakland and Woodson will never cross paths again. Here are the most obvious ones.

1) Woodson has stated his desire to play for a title contender. Unless every NFL franchise except  Oakland loses its top players to injury, illness or alien abduction then the Raiders will not be title contenders during the small window of time remaining in Woodson’s playing days.

2) This franchise is in full reboot mode. Inking another veteran DB won’t help to move things forward and will in fact do the exact opposite by stalling the growth process.

3) Has everyone forgotten how things ended for Woodson in Oakland? I know, I know, Bill Callahan isn’t around anymore. But if you worked for Best Buy and your boss was an arrogant douche that constantly threw you under the bus would you ever want to work for that same Best Buy again? I’m guessing the mere thought of sitting in the same employee break room knowing how many hours you spent stewing there is enough to throw your car in reverse the second you hit the parking lot.

4) There is just no money to pay a veteran player like Woodson who will surely get more lucrative offers from other teams.

In theory it’s a nice way to bookend a Hall of Fame career…from the outside perspective at least. On the inside, more specifically the Woodson side of the fence, it’s just not realistic. If/when Woodson enters the Hall of Fame he’ll be doing so as a Packer, not a Raider. This is how he’ll be remembered with his Oakland days a mere footnote in his storied career.

Far Fetched?

If you think about it Raider Nation, it’s not that crazy. What can it hurt?  Taiwan is buried under 3 different running backs being 4th on the depth chart.  If you watch how he runs with the ball,   he’s not scaring anybody on defense.  Fact is,  he runs like you should be running with a pair of ballerina slippers on. Worst comes to worst Taiwan will just end up being one of our best special teams players on the team. (Kinda like Rock Cartwright in our 2011 season.) We’ve seen players in the past switch from office to defense like Branch in New England. Taiwan Jones has a nose for the ball and great closing speed. (The 2 things that a cornerback should have.) I know it’s a reach Raider Nation, but really what does Taiwan have to lose.

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Calm down Nation. Maintain low tones. There is no reason to get all hot under the helmet just set.

By now you’ve likely heard about or have seen the rumors floating around the interwebs of Oakland’s rumored talks with Jon Gruden about a possibly Chucky reunion in the Bay.

That’s nice and all. No doubt a welcome change as we’ve seen about all we need to know of the current staff. But it’s just not realistic. At least not right now.

For all we know Mark Davis might just have placed a courtesy call to Chucky’s people. Just consider it a once over something along the lines of what Jim Harbaugh did with Peyton Manning this past offseason. Never hurts to know what options might be available. It doesn’t mean a move is imminent. Just means there is the chance of a move occurring if the situation presents itself.

Dennis Allen, sadly enough, is out of town having been by his father’s side as he passed. No need to get into detail why these suddenly surfacing rumors are all kinds of wrong.

No doubt Allen’s seat is warm even if he’s not seated in his East Bay office at the moment. Both Mark Davis and Reggie McKenzie have made it clear that “evaluations” are underway. We all know what that means.

What we don’t know is what types of changes are coming.

Is McKenzie willing to scrap his first ever coaching hire after one failed season? Is Davis making a play from his father’s handbook?

While Mark Davis might be showing some of his dad’s tendencies he’s not about to start running the show the same way as pops. In the past rumors like this wouldn’t have leaked so easily. These new Raiders are much more transparent and if there was backdoor Grudening going on the local beat writers would have got wind of it.

Instead it’s an unfounded rumor first announced on a Chicago radio station.

I’m not saying there is no chance of a Re-Chucky scenario. I’m just saying if it’s going to happen no real talks will begin until the final whistle blows on the season. By then it will be much more than rumor. It will be obvious.