After four years as a departure center, Las Vegas Raiders left Andre James this off -season. He was put on the bench during the 2024 season in favor of the Jackson Powers-Johnson recruit and has not played at a high level in the last two seasons.
Despite this, the Los Angeles chargeers gave him a $ 24 million contract over three years in the free agency. It seems that the plan is to make it start in the center for them.
It seems difficult to believe that he would get such a big contract after having played so badly, but the charges are not exactly known to make intelligent decisions. Needless to say, fans of the raids are looking forward to facing James and the loaders.
Andre James was bad in 2024
According to all the accounts, James is a good teammate and does not cause any drama. For a team like the loaders, it should be integrated perfectly.
That said, the charges should not have considering that James is simply not so good in football. He had a 55.6 Professional football focus Rank last season, which was 46th among the centers. There are only 32 departure centers in the NFL.
James had a much better note in 2023, but it was an aberrant value because his note was very poor every two years in his career. Once he took over for Rodney Hudson, the demotion was clear and once Powers-Johnson took over, it was a major difference for the offense of the raiders.
Christian Wilkins should lick his chops when raiders play the loaders. Of course, there is no guarantee that James will end as a departure center, but Los Angeles pays him a lot of money, so it is also a victory for raiders.
