[Official] Matt Schaub to Raiders for late round pick.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Oakland Raiders now are expected to trade a 2014 late-round pick to Houston Texans in exchange for QB Matt Schaub, per league source.</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/statuses/446989398341480449">March 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Good luck man!

 

Raiders are trading a late round pick to Houston today for Matt Schaub

Per Adam Schefter:

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter

 

HA! Exactly 1 minute after I posted I was worried about their leverage in trade talks with the Fitz signing.

It's been real. Best of luck to him.

 

Wow- holy cap relief batman.

DD

 

Good Luck Schaub!! I won't miss you...

 

Blake Bortles, come on down.

 

Apparently this provides zero extra cap relief for the Texans relative to what cap space they would have received in releasing him.

But at least they get a pick back for their troubles.

I have a couple of questions from the Oakland perspective though:

1) Does Schaub's salary count towards their "salary floor" this year?

2) If not, are they planning on restructuring his contract for 2015 and beyond?

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>$10.5 M in dead money left on Schaub's contract from signing bonus proration. However, they'll save $11 M in base salary and per gm bonuses.</p>&mdash; Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) <a href="https://twitter.com/caplannfl/statuses/446995467340361728">March 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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I predict this will be an EPIC thread that will eventually be closed because it's going to break down into several fight-to-the-death arguments that have nothing to do with Matt Schaub.

Mods, please quote this post when you eventually close this thread in a few weeks.

 

Lol, we actually got something for Schaub.

Gotta love the Raiders.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Think Raiders trading for Schaub b/c they know he'd sign with Browns if Texans cut him</p>&mdash; Ross Tucker (@RossTuckerNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/RossTuckerNFL/statuses/446990305716633600">March 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Raiders going to pay Matt Schaub $11M this year. He's starting.</p>&mdash; Ross Tucker (@RossTuckerNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/RossTuckerNFL/statuses/446992430450356224">March 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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At first he was like:



Then he was like:

Spoiler

 

I feel bad for the ninja

 

Manziel and foster together at the rockets game... Is that a sigh?

 

How is this official? The tweet says expected.

 

Schefty don't lie.

Dat salary floor.

 

I was shocked when i heard it until I heard it was the Raiders. Moes is probably on suicide watch