[Chron.com] Amobi Okoye, David Anderson given permission to seek trades.

[nunusguy]

I know nothing about Shane Lechler, you guys apparehtly think he's a very talented kicker ? If so, something else I didn't realie was that Okoye had enough value left to possibly attract such a trade ?

[popanot]

Okoye is young and a former 1rst Rd. pick. You'd think someone using a 4-3 would take a chance on him.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by popanot

Okoye is young and a former 1rst Rd. pick. You'd think someone using a 4-3 would take a chance on him.

Agree, and at a shade under $3MM, not a bad chance to take, especially with some of the numbers that are getting thrown around right now.

We shall see.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

I know nothing about Shane Lechler, you guys apparehtly think he's a very talented kicker ? If so, something else I didn't realie was that Okoye had enough value left to possibly attract such a trade ?

The rumors of Lechler being on his way out of Oakland started when he criticized Al Davis for firing Tom Cable, Lechler’s sixth head coach in 11 seasons with the Raiders. He’s a potential Hall of Famer, and even though he’ll turn 35 next week he’s still going strong – last year he was 2nd in the NFL in gross average (47.0) and net average (40.8), 7th in touchback percentage (5.2%), and 14th in punts inside the 10 (8). His net average for each of the last four seasons has been 40+, and he came very close to breaking Sammy Baugh’s gross season average record in 2009. He didn’t kick off for the Raiders (Janikowski did) but I’m pretty sure that he did at A&M and probably could here. Okoye for Lechler is a no-brainer.