Raider Nation is still reeling from the report that the Raiders will release Pro Bowl center Rodney Hudson. Some were wondering how a player as good as he is couldn’t have been traded.
At first, it seemed like the fact that Hudson had agreed to give up $3 million of his contract was the reason they would release him and thus allow him to pick his next team while the Raiders at some $12 million in dead money.
Well, Raiders must have been listening. Either that or they got some calls and decided that maybe a trade was possible. Because they are said to be now trying to trade Hudson instead of just releasing him according to ESPN’s Josina Anderson.
I'm told the #Raiders are currently trying to move C Rodney Hudson via trade, per source.
— IG: JosinaAnderson (@JosinaAnderson) March 17, 2021
This doesn’t mean they’ll succeed in finding a trade partner. They could just be putting that out there to say that they tried. Hudson is one of the league’s best centers and is worth the $9.5 million a prospective trade partner would pay him this season as well as the $10.5 million he would make next season. He seems very tradable, but we’ll see.
