Raiders get Richard Seymour?

[12thMan]

I think this came down to a financial consideration between keeping Seymour, who is approaching the final year of his contract, and Vince Wilfork, who has been trying to negotiate a long term deal with the Patriots for a while.

By cutting ties with Seymour and finding a willing and able suiter in the Oakland Raiders, I think it gives them more room to bargain with Wilfork. At the very least they'll slap the franchise tag on Wilfork and retain his services for a few more years.

I think the perfect scenerio for the Pats would be for Seymour to play out his deal with the Raiders, test the market when he becomes a FA, and eventually find his way back to New England ala Jason Taylor and the Dolphins.